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36: 286:. Scott told the producer, "What if I do the verses like a circus announcer? Remember when you were a kid and you go to the circus and the ringmaster comes out? 'Ladies and gentlemen'." Scott thought Marlette would ridicule him for the idea, but Marlette thought it was brilliant. 281:
Lead singer Josey Scott said the band was trying to write "a song that was filled with dynamics that we knew the sporting community would love and video games and movies would love." After having written 9 or 10 songs for the album already, Scott was brainstorming with producer
369:. In an interview with WWE.com, frontman Josey Scott stated that the song was written with the event in mind for WWE, saying "That's what we wrote it for. We wrote it for our friends at WWE". It was also used on the 35: 381:
channel's Christmas 2008 promotional advertisement, which showcased some of the movies and TV shows the channel was showing during the Christmas period. It was also used the theme for the 2007 annual
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contributor Andrew Blackie found it "painfully unnecessary", describing it as " third-rate downtuned distortion-fest, the verses aren’t so much sung as
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models are boxing each other, while lead singer Josey Scott is playing "multiple roles including announcer, trainer and referee."
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also has been known to use the song as a bumper after the commercial break. The song was used during the landing of the
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for the song, directed by Stephen Penta, features two women boxing each other in a ring while lead singer
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praised Saliva for infusing the song with a "bright, leavening pop sensibility."
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Directed by Stephen Penta, the video takes place in a ring where two former
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Scott also said the pre-chorus lyric, "Welcome to the show", was emulating
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plays the role of an announcer, trainer and referee throughout the video.
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charts respectively, and is also the band's best-selling single, being
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2010 season during home games. The syndicated radio program
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This article is about the Saliva song. For other songs, see
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since 2007. The song has also appeared in the 2008 film
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criticized the song for being "crappy arena metal".
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Index

Ladies and Gentlemen § Songs
The cover consists of a bullhorn set against a white background and blood stains are spread out across the cover.
Single
Saliva
Blood Stained Love Story
Genre
Nu metal
Label
Island
Songwriter(s)
Josey Scott
Producer(s)
Bob Marlette
Saliva
"Ladies and Gentlemen"
YouTube
Saliva
Blood Stained Love Story
Billboard
Mainstream Rock
Alternative Songs
certified Gold
Recording Industry Association of America
music video
Josey Scott
Bob Marlette
Def Leppard
Click Click Boom
music critics
Rolling Stone

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