Rise Up (song)
| Rise Up | |
|---|---|
| Andra Day | |
| publication | August 28, 2015 |
| length | 4:13 |
| Genre (s) | soul |
| Author (s) | Cassandra Monique Batie , Jenn Decilveo |
| album | Cheers to the fall |
Rise Up is a song of the US R & B - singer Andra Day . The piece was released as a single on August 28, 2015 from their debut album Cheers to the Fall , which was released on the same day.
Content and video
The title of the song, Rise Up , can be translated as rise but also indignant . The song tells of pioneering African American women who have achieved something and inspired others and ends with the words “We'll rise up, and we'll do it a thousand times again, for you.” (“We'll rise up, and we'll do it a thousand times again, for you guys. ")
M. Night Shyamalan was commissioned to direct the music video for the song, which appeared in May 2016 ; it is his first music video.
reception
Since the history of soul in particular is closely linked to the struggle of the US civil rights movement against racial segregation and for equality and the content of the song is African Americans, who serve as role models, it is played again and again at related events.
In November 2015, Andra Day sang the song with Nick Jonas at Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in Los Angeles . After the massacre in Orlando Day sang the song in June 2016 as part of the television program Austin City Limits in Austin .
The first trailer for the film The Birth of a Nation by director and activist Nate Parker was accompanied by the song Rise Up . The song made the speech of a leader of a slave revolt echo musically in the trailer and underlined the later take up arms. On June 28, 2015, Day presented her song at the BET Awards 2015 .
success
On February 16, 2016, the song reached number 24, its best placement on the iTunes charts. In December 2015, Rise Up was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The album Cheers to the Fall also received a Grammy nomination for best R&B album. In October 2016, the single reached gold status in the United States.
Web links
- Rise Up on the iTunes charts
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Kreps: Watch Andra Day's M. Night Shyamalan-Directed Video In: Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ↑ Nick Jonas & Andra Day Perform 'Rise Up' At 'Shining A Light' Concert In: hollywoodlife.com, November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Lauren Craddock: Watch Andra Day 'Rise Up' in Solidarity With Orlando Victims for 'Austin City Limits' Performance In: billboard.com, June 13, 2016.
- ↑ What's The Song In 'The Birth Of A Nation' Trailer? It Echoes Turner's Inspiring Preaching In: bustle.com, June 22, 2016.
- ↑ Annette Bögelsack: The Birth of a Nation - New emotional trailer for the slavery epic In: moviepilot.de, June 22, 2016.
- ^ Andra Day. 10 New Artists You Need to Know: July 2015 In: Rolling Stone, July 10, 2015.
- ↑ Brian Cantor: Andra Day's 'Rise Up' receives a gold certification in the United States, confirming 500K in digital units In: headlineplanet.com, October 18, 2016.