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"Welcome to the Black Parade"
Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album The Black Parade
B-side"Heaven Help Us"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"The Ghost of You"
(2005) 		"Welcome to the Black Parade"
(2006) 		"Famous Last Words"
(2007)
Music video
"Welcome to the Black Parade" on YouTube
"Welcome to the Black Parade (Outtake Version) on YouTube

"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance, from their third studio album The Black Parade (2006). It was released as the albums lead single on September 12, 2006.

Background and production

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My Chemical Romance began work on their third studio album, The Black Parade, in early 2006 at S.I.R. Studios in New York,[1] with the bands frontman Gerard Way aiming to create an album centered around life and death.[2] He eventually came up with the concept of centered around a man dying of cancer, known as "the Patient", as he nears the end of his life. Death then presents itself to the Patient in the form of his fondest childhood memory: his father taking him to see a marching band when he was a child.[3]

During the production of the album, the band worked on "Welcome to the Black Parade", which was originally conceived during the band's first writing sessions as "The Five Of Us Are Dying".[4] The song was one that the band struggled to complete, reworking it several times throughout the course of its production.[5][4] Additionally, during the production of the song, Way was recovering from a break-up with his girlfriend of six years.[6]

https://web.archive.org/web/20160827041152/http://www.mtv.com/news/2924291/my-chemical-romance-black-parade-2006-vmas/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140810221016/http://www.mtv.com/news/1539521/my-chemical-romance-reveal-details-about-daring-concept-lp/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140924053937/http://www.mtv.com/news/1539518/my-chemical-romance-fergie-performing-at-vma-preshow/

https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-gerard-way-welcome-to-black-parade-writing-meaning-3069975

https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-reveals-welcome-to-the-black-parade-was-almost-cut-3075700

https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/my-chemical-romance-black-parade-emo-anthem/

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-black-parade-revisiting-the-album-that-made-my-chemical-romance-superstars

https://www.loudersound.com/features/top-10-best-my-chemical-romance-songs-gerard-way-franki-iero-mikey-way-ray-ray-toro

https://www.kerrang.com/listen-gerard-way-welcome-to-the-black-parade

Composition and lyrics

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The song opens up with an 11 note long piano introduction[7] that starts with a G note,[8]

Release

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"Welcome To The Black Parade" was released as a single on September 12, 2006, with a studio version of the song being made available on the bands MySpace page ten days earlier.[9]

Critical reception

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https://drownedinsound.com/releases/8242/reviews/1216595-

https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2011254,00.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/top100/tracklisting.shtml

https://www.punknews.org/article/21291/rolling-stones-100-best-songs-of-06-with-afi-sonic-youth-mastodon-green-day-byop

Commercial performance

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Music video

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In 2017, a viewers poll ran by MTV ranked the clip as the "Greatest Music Video of the Century".[10]

Legacy

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"Welcome to the Black Parade" has been viewed as an important song on emo culture,[11] going as far as to be considered an "emo anthem"[9][12] as well as one of the bands most important songs.[13][14] Terry Bezer of Louder described it as the "anthem of a generation",[15] and Kerrang! stated that the song was one of the "biggest, best and most important rock songs of the 21st century", and a "rallying cry for all who feel the world’s dealt them a cruel hand".[16] Cassie Whitt of Loudwire wrote that the song "defined a generation, defined a culture and, more than anything else, defined this band."[11] Chloe Spinks of Gigwise described it the song as perfect, and that it "[displayed] the true musical genius of My Chemical Romance".[17] Several publications have considered the song to be My Chemical Romance's best,[11][13][14] and it has gone on to become one of My Chemical Romance's signature songs.[18]

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[50] Gold 4,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[51]
Full-length ringtone 		Gold 100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[54] 5× Platinum 5,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Bryant 2014, p. 140.
  2. ^ Bryant 2014, p. 141.
  3. ^ Bryant 2014, pp. 142–143.
  4. ^ a b Bryant, Tom (2016-07-08). "The Top 10 Best My Chemical Romance Songs". louder. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  5. ^ Bryant 2014, pp. 183.
  6. ^ Bryant 2014, pp. 176.
  7. ^ Gogarty, Josiah (2024-12-02). "I'll never forget The Black Parade". British GQ. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  8. ^ Casalena, Em (2025-02-22). "4 2000s Rock Songs That You'll Recognize From the First Notes". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  9. ^ a b "How MCR's Welcome To The Black Parade became an emo anthem". Radio X. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  10. ^ "My Chemical Romance Win MTV's Greatest Video Of The Century!". Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c Whitt, Cassie (2019-03-24). "Every My Chemical Romance Song Ranked From Worst to Best". Loudwire. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  12. ^ "Blue Man Group epically cover My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade"". Consequence. 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  13. ^ a b Weatherby, Taylor (2019-11-14). "The 15 Best My Chemical Romance Songs: Staff Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  14. ^ a b Eloise, Marianne (2024-05-27). "The 20 greatest My Chemical Romance songs ever". louder. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  15. ^ Bezer, Terry (2019-11-13). "The Black Parade: Revisiting the album that made My Chemical Romance superstars". louder. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  16. ^ "The 25 greatest emo albums ever". Kerrang!. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  17. ^ Spinks, Chloe (June 13, 2022). "Every My Chemical Romance song ranked from worst to best". Gigwise. Archived from the original on January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  18. ^ Gallagher, Ali (2021-10-21). "My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way reveals 'Welcome To The Black Parade' was almost cut". NME. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
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  22. ^ "Top Lista Hrvatskog Radija". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  23. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 6. týden 2007 in the date selector.
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  25. ^ "Hits of the World: Eurocharts". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 43. October 28, 2006. p. 95.
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  28. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Welcome to the Black Parade". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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  33. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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  37. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
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  40. ^ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  41. ^ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  42. ^ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  43. ^ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  44. ^ "Pop Rock" (in Spanish). Record Report. November 25, 2006. Archived from the original on November 24, 2006.
  45. ^ "European Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  46. ^ "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  47. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2007". ARIA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  48. ^ "Best of 20107 - Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
  49. ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  50. ^ "Guld Og Platin November/December/Januar" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  51. ^ "Japanese ringtone certifications – My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved November 6, 2022. Select 2010年8月 on the drop-down menu
  52. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". Radioscope. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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  54. ^ "American single certifications – My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

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