Live to Rise

"Live to Rise"
Single by Soundgarden
from the album Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Released	April 17, 2012
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2012
Genre	Alternative rock, hard rock
Length	4:40
Label	Hollywood
Writer(s)	Chris Cornell
Soundgarden singles chronology
"The Telephantasm" (2010) "Live to Rise" (2012) "Been Away Too Long" (2012)
Music video Live to Rise on YouTube

"Live to Rise" is a song recorded by American rock band Soundgarden for the 2012 film, The Avengers. The song was released by Hollywood Records on April 17, 2012 as a free digital download during its first week of availability at the iTunes Store,^[1] and was later included on the film's soundtrack album, Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, released on May 1, 2012.

"Live to Rise" was the first Soundgarden song to be both fully recorded and released since the band reformed in 2010, as "Black Rain" was partly recorded in the early 1990s.^[2] The single has been described as a "riff-heavy rocker" that, according to Chris Cornell, would "work just fine" on the band's then-upcoming album King Animal, even though it did not necessarily represent the entire album's sound.^[3] Despite earlier speculation, "Live to Rise" never appeared on King Animal.^[4]

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Canada (Billboard Canadian Hot 100)[5]	69
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6]	10
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7]	1
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[8]	4
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9]	12
UK Rock (Official Charts Company)[10]	11

Reception

USA Today's review of the Avengers Assemble soundtrack declares "Live to Rise" "is The Incredible Hulk on this all-star soundtrack for the all-star superhero movie The Avengers."^[11]

References

1. "Soundgarden's First All-New Song in 15 Years "Live to Rise" Available as a Free Download on iTunes Beginning April 17" (Press release). PR Newswire. April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
2. Soundgarden's first new song in 15 years: 'The Avengers' - USA Today Retrieved April 2012
3. Soundgarden Rolling Stone News
4. "SOUNDGARDEN: 'King Animal' Track Listing, Final Cover Artwork Unveiled".
5. "Soundgarden Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
6. "Bubbling Under Hot 100 – Issue Date: 2012-05-26". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
7. "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks – Issue Date: 2012-05-99". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
8. "Soundgarden Album & Song Chart History: Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 99, 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
9. "Soundgarden Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
10. Retrieved May 16, 2012 Uk Rock Chart
11. USA Today