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Go to War

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257:"I was going through the end of an eight-year relationship. I was dealing with some stuff, and I got off the phone, and I was angrier than I've ever been. I was never one to yell a lot or get into super-big, dramatic fights or anything like that; I'm pretty laid back. But I'd gotten to that point, was on the edge, and we had it out with each other over the phone, and I was just fuming. At the end of eight-years of stuff that had kind of built up – I looked at Mark , and I was like, 'Let’s get in the studio now! Play that guitar part you were playing yesterday.' And so Mark started to play it, and I just started singing stuff, and it was about 30 minutes later that the bulk of that song was done. So, some of them came out quick like that and were unusual for us. 311:
Lyrically, the song's theme is related to the concept of trust. Frontman Jonny Hawkins explained, "Trust is the foundation of every relationship. As trust erodes, our need for control grows. 'Go To War' is about how we circle the problem, unknowingly spinning the web tighter. If you circle enough, it
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Contrary to the band normal process for song writing, where song ideas are written and tweaked for months until they are finalized, "Go to War" was written in a span of around 30 minutes, with lyrics improvised on the spot. Hawkins, the band's primary writer, explained:
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song of 2017. The song also fared well with Loudwire's readers/listener's with the website's "Cage Match" voting polls, with it being put into its "Hall of Fame" due to winning the vote five times in a row, including winning over
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becomes a spiral. If you spiral enough, it becomes a war." Hawkins also stated that the song was inspired from a particularly negative conversation he had after getting a divorce.
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chart in November 2017, the band's first song to do so. It also received multiple nominations for best rock song in 2017. It received two
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described Hawkin's vocals as possessing a quite-loud dynamic, alternating from a "restrained vulnerable" and a "primal
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interpreted the song to be about how people "aim to score points instead of resolve conflicts".
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The song performed well commercially and critically. It topped the
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recording song was released for streaming on the internet as well.
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The song performed well commercially and critically, topping the
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was recorded on June 1, at the Lacy St. Production Center in
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Daniel Oliver – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
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Index

Go To War

Single
Nothing More
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Genre
Hard rock
Label
Eleven Seven
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nothing More
Here's to the Heartache
Do You Really Want It?
rock
Nothing More
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Billboard
Mainstream Rock
Grammy Award
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Performance
2018 Grammys
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
promotional single
Don't Stop
lyric videos
music video
Los Angeles
War for the Planet of the Apes

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