King for a Day is a song by American rock band Pierce the Veil released on June 5, 2012. It features guest vocals by Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens. It is the first official single from their third studio album Collide with the Sky (2012).
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Cover for the 2019 re-release specially for the 25th anniversary of Fearless Records
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Single by Pierce the Veil featuring Kellin Quinn | ||||
from the album Collide with the Sky | ||||
Released | June 5, 2012 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
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Length | 3:56 (4:53 in the video) | |||
Label | Fearless | |||
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On August 6, 2012 an official music video was released. Jana gana mana free piano music. The song charted on Hot Rock Songs and the Digital Rock Songs charts, both published by Billboard. 'King for a Day' was nominated for both Best Single and Best Video at the 2013 Kerrang! Awards.
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Background and recording[edit]
The title of the song came from drummer Mike Fuentes.[1] In an interview with Revolver, lead vocalist Vic Fuentes said he was impressed by the title.[1] Together with Curtis Peoples and Steve Miller, Fuentes started to write the song lyrics in a small cabin in Big Bear Lake, California which became later a small recording studio.[1]
Because of the fans, the band contacted Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens asking if he was interested in being featured on the song.[1] They never met before but Fuentes decided to write to him on Twitter. Quinn decided to collaborate with Pierce the Veil.[1] His vocal parts were recorded in a second studio. While producing the song, Pierce the Veil and Kellin Quinn wrote together via email.[2]
Meaning[edit]
This song is about getting pushed past the breaking point. In an interview, Fuentes stated he sometimes has too many things around his mind at once so he isn't able to control his mind or his body at times.[1]
Music video[edit]
An official music video was directed by Drew Russ who would get involved later in their music video for 'Bulls in the Bronx'.[3] On June 25, 2012 Alternative Press announced Pierce the Veil started working on a new music video.[4] On August 2, 2012 the band published an official trailer for the music video.[5] Four days later the video officially was premiered on Vevo.[6]
The video portrays Vic Fuentes and Kellin Quinn as bankers. The bank manager Mr. Smalls asks both to stay in the bank overnight to correct the sales values. In doing this they discover that Mr. Smalls transferred more than two million dollars on a private bank in Switzerland (although it written as 'Switerland' in music video), which was most likely the reason for the pay cut the employees have forcibly taken a week before.
At the beginning of the second verse, Quinn and Fuentes meet with other people (played by the other band members of Pierce the Veil) who plan to rob the bank. In the chorus, Fuentes and Quinn enter the building in black suits. In the bridge, the gang arrive and get into the bank. Mr. Smalls is caught by a robber while all the bankers hide. The robbers get into the safe-deposit and start collecting the money in bags. When they're ready to flee, one of the robbers shoots at Mr. Smalls with a water gun at which point he realizes they have cheated him.
At the end of the video, the robbers celebrate their victory while Mr. Smalls is arrested due to tax evasion and embezzlement and sentenced to 25 years in prison, which was released on the news station the robbers watch during their celebration.
A behind-the-scenes-video was published on October 3, 2012 on YouTube.[7]
Reception[edit]
Commercial[edit]
'King for a Day' was released as the first single of Collide with the Sky on June 5, 2012.[8] On the same day a lyric-video was published on YouTube which got nearly 12 million views.[8] On August 6, 2012 the official music video was released and has garnered 110 million views as of August 11th, 2019.[5]
The single charted on the U.S. Billboard Digital Rock Songs where it peaked at 29, and on the Hot Rock Songs chart with a peak of 37.[9] The song also peaked at 28 in the UK Rock & Metal Singles Charts.[9] In November 2014, the song was certified Gold by the RIAA for having sold more than 500,000 units in the U.S.[10]
On May 12, 2015 it was revealed that 'King for a Day' will be one of the playable songs in the video game Guitar Hero Live.[11] It was also announced that King for a Day will be available for downloadable content for Rock Band 4 when pre-ordered digitally on Xbox One.[12]
Awards[edit]
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Alternative Press Readers poll
- 2012: Best Single (won)
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Kerrang! Awards[13]
- 2013: Best Video (won)
- 2013: Best Single (nominated)
Charts[edit]
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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UK Rock and Metal (Official Charts Company)[14] | 28 |
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[15] | 37 |
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefRevolver: Pierce the Veil Frontman Vic Fuentes Discusses New Song, “King for a Day,” Featuring Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens
- ^Sebastian Berning: Powemetal.de: PIERCE THE VEIL: INTERVIEW MIT VIC FUENTES (German)
- ^Michael Depland: MTV Buzzworthy: Go Behind The Scenes Of Pierce The Veil’s ‘Bulls In The Bronx’ Video Shoot! (PHOTOS)Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Michele Bird: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil shooting “King For A Day” video
- ^ abMichele Bird: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil release “King For A Day” video preview
- ^Cassie Whitt: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil post “King For A Day” video featuring Kellin Quinn (Sleeping With Sirens)
- ^Michele Bird: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil release behind-the-scenes look at “King For A Day” video shoot
- ^ abTyler Common: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil release “King For A Day” lyric video featuring Kellin QuinnArchived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abCharts: US Digital Rock Songs, US Hot Rock Songs, UK Rock & Metal Singles
- ^Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press: Pierce The Veil’s “King For A Day” certified GoldArchived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Daniel Kreps: Rolling Stone: Exclusive: Rolling Stones, Green Day Lead 'Guitar Hero Live' Set List
- ^Evan Campbell: IGN: PRE-ORDER ROCK BAND 4 DIGITALLY, GET A BUNCH OF FREE SONGS
- ^Rhian Jones: Musicweek: Kerrang! Awards 2013 - all the winners
- ^'Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^'Pierce The Veil Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)'. Billboard. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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Tagged: Suicide | Figurative Language[suggest]
Song Released: 2012
King For A Day Lyrics
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Ft. Kellin Quinn(Lead singer of Sleeping with Sirens)
Vic:
Dare me to jump off of this Jersey bridge
Kellin:
I bet you never had a Friday night like this
Vic:
Keep it up keep it up lets raise our hands
Kellin:
I take a look up in the..
Vic:
Dare me to jump off of this Jersey bridge
Kellin:
I bet you never had a Friday night like this
Vic:
Keep it up keep it up lets raise our hands
Kellin:
I take a look up in the..
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1TOP RATED
anonymous
click a star to voteNov 14th, 2013 11:08pmreport
This song is about someone who is planning to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge because they are pushed around to the point of not wanting to take it anymore. They have been contemplating sucked for a while, and they want to go numb.
Then there is a part of the song where they describe a bulimic person who's doing it for the popularity (maybe them or a dead person?).
They ask God to forgive them for what they're about to do. There is a war raging in their head. 'Hail Mary, forgive me
Blood for blood, hearts beating Come at me, now this is war!'
The protagonist is terrified about what is about to happen ('Now terror begins inside a bloodless vein'), but they are gone past the breaking point. They are ready. ('We'd rather die than live to rust on the ground'), and they jump. They change their mind, but too late ('Shit') . -
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anonymous
click a star to voteOct 22nd, 2013 10:24amreport
this is my first interpretation so please don't judge but I think its about how when people have pushed you around for so long you can't deal with it anymore and you change your ways, you stand up for what you believe and no one is going to get in the way of that any more. Also its saying that imagine one day that you'll be a boss of yourself and you don't have to worry what others think of you as long as you think positively about your self. this song applies to me so much as I'm constantly told that I don't belong but this song has showed me different I shouldn't be afraid of who I am -
anonymous
click a star to voteMay 29th, 2016 5:41pmreport
I think this song is about a person who is being pushed around too much and is asking everyone if he should end it (Dare me to jump off this jersey bridge-Give it up give it up let me see your hands) Then the person ( I'm just going to say he okay? Okay.) thinks about how terrible this world is (Red for the blah blah blah). Then he says push me again please *sarcastically* (Please won't u push me for the last time) He's sick of playing life. He dosent want life anymore. The thought of the people that push him around is no fun. As the song goes on the guy jumps off or is commiting suicide. (Now terror begins inside a bloodless vein) And he's falling (or bleeding or anyway to commit suicide) and then he regrets commiting suicide and says 'shit'. But it's to late cause he's too late and then Vic and Kellin are sad -
jtdanico
click a star to voteApr 3rd, 2016 4:21amreport
this song, in context, is about a person who is sick of society beating him down. they are considered part of the lower class because that's how society sees them. they're voiceless against media and others, and it gets him to the point where he decides he's had enough, and he stands up against it. this is a song for people who objectified by standards, the rebels, the outcasts. -
anonymous
click a star to voteAug 10th, 2015 8:59pmreport
This song is about someone who is constantly being pushes around and walked on and has had enough of. Like in the line 'please wont you push me for the last time' or 'no I don't wanna feel a thing anymore'. And the person has had enough and they want to commit suicide 'dare me to jump off this jersey bridge' and 'dying is a gift so close your eyes and rest in peace'. -
anonymous
click a star to voteJul 9th, 2015 7:10amreport
if you decide to look at it by the music video, it seems that he's sick and tired of the bigger power pushing him around so he gathers friends and commits murder by murdering the higher power. First, they celebrate, then they realize what they have done, exactly what he expresses when he says at the end, (swear word) -
pastelmouse11
click a star to voteJul 6th, 2015 7:03pmreport
I think this song is about someone being pushed around a lot, and wanting to commit suicide from all the shit they have been getting. It says 'Imagine living like a king someday' to either convince the kid to put up with them longer, or just saying, if you killed yourself, you would never get to be the king. I think that at the end when Vic says 'We'd rather die than live to rust on the ground' it's a way of saying that there's no point carrying on, and when he says 'shit' that is the person who has jumped off 'this Jersey bridge', regretting it, but it's too late now.
:3 -
anonymous
click a star to voteApr 30th, 2015 4:33amreport
Its about his battle with alcohol. The addiction or relationship is ruling his life to the point where he gets in such a state that he's 'sleeping like a dog on the floor'. He's lost everything to it and imagines living like a king someday without the ghosts in the wall or the memories that drove him to drink. -
anonymous
click a star to voteFeb 25th, 2015 2:31pmreport
This is what I think its about: People are sick of the everyday things and they are just about to give up (The part where he talks about jumping off a jersey bridge) And then he says Hail Mary saying sorry for his actions and all the stuff as he is falling, then right before he hits the floor he regrets his decision and says Shit then SPLAT -
Rickyhorror
click a star to voteFeb 17th, 2015 2:02amreport
It's the guy in the relationships perspective of being manipulated,toyed with ,and treated like crap. 'Dare me to jump off this jersey bridge' is a metaphor for ending the relationship because he feels like he needs her and ending the reactionship would kill him; Although he really wants to end it. It's basically saying I want to end the relationship with out losing myself in the mix and on top of this he has drinking problems -
This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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anonymous
click a star to voteSep 2nd, 2014 9:31pmreport
I agree with all the reviews but what does the song have to do with the music video. -
anonymous
click a star to voteAug 5th, 2014 8:58pmreport
It's about a person who's sick of things he/she is going through to the point where they commit suicide. Then yell 'shit' when they can't take back the fact that they're dead. -
anonymous
click a star to voteMar 19th, 2014 3:13pmreport
You know the song bull in the bronxs. The girl that committed suicide was on the mind when this song was written. -
anonymous
click a star to voteMar 12th, 2014 3:10pmreport
Chemical bond pdf books free download free. I thought that song was just about taking back what's yours. Even if you have to go through so much to get it. -
anonymous
click a star to voteOct 12th, 2013 10:37pmreport
i think this about a person who is tired of being pushed to far. to the point where they think about suicide.
and these people are just adding on and this person is now just like im done. im tired of this and i no longer want your demons to follow me. the part when he is like the ghost in the walls and this is war.
this is when there sick of the bull and are just standing up for themselves and gunna fight back
that is what the song means to me! -
anonymous
click a star to voteSep 19th, 2013 9:19pmreport
My (now ex) boyfriend, right after he dumped me told me to listen to this song. he said this is how he felt about our relationship. I was confused at first but I think I got the message. at the time I was confused about my feelings for him and he knew that. then after hearing his friends tell him he deserved better he dumped me. And I've actually learned from it buuut ya. basically this song is about a person whose done with being toyed with. So they rebel and stand up for themselves
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