Weapon (song)

"Weapon" is a song by Canadian alternative rock artist Matthew Good. It was released in October 2002 as the lead single from his debut solo album, Avalanche. The song peaked at No. 4 on Canada's Nielsen rock chart.^[1]

Music video

The music video for "Weapon" was directed by Matthew Good and Ante Kovac. In a later commentary, Good related that Kovac's first edit of the video was far too standard, with gratuitous and generic fades. After firing Kovac, Good flew to Toronto and worked with video editor Jay Deschamps to re-craft the footage. While working on the edit, Good began to experiment with overlaying text and adding still frames and stock photos to help deliver the message. Good noted that he felt that the video was his favourite from his catalogue.

The video won the award for "Best Video" at the 2003 Juno Awards.^[2] Due to Good's boycott of the Juno Awards, Kovac accepted the award alone.

In popular culture

The song is featured on MuchMusic's compilation album Big Shiny Tunes 7.
An excerpt of the song was used as the opening credits theme music for CTV's series The Eleventh Hour.
The song was featured on Hockey Night in Canada in the opening montage for Game 5 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.
"Weapon" was also featured in the second season finale of Smallville.
The song is used in the second season episode "A Higher Echelon" of the J.J. Abrams series Alias.
The song appears in the third season of Queer As Folk.
The song was featured in the first season of Flashpoint in the episode "Between Heartbeats".

References

↑ "Good Unleashes 'Avalanche In Canada". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
↑ "2003 Video of the Year". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2013-04-11.

External links

"Weapon" Official music video on YouTube

Matthew Good

Matthew Good Band (1993-2002)	Rich Priske (1999-2002) Dave Genn (1995-2001) Geoff Lloyd (1995-1999) Ian Browne (1995-2002, 2011) Ariel Watson (1994-1995) Eran Vooys (1994-1995) Judy Renouf (1993-1995) Steve Codling (1992-1995)

Matthew Good (solo) (2002-2005)	Christian Thorvaldson Pat Steward (2002-2007, 2012) Rich Priske Mark Olexson (2002)

Matthew Good (solo) (2008-2010)	Stuart Cameron Blake Manning Milos Angelov Peter Nunn (2008)

Matthew Good (solo) (2011-present)	Jimmy Reid Blake Manning (2013-present) Milos Angelov Anthony Wright

Demo Tapes	…And in Closing (Rodchester Kings) (1991) Left of Normal (1992) Broken (1993) Euphony (1994) 15 Hours on a September Thursday (1994)

Studio Albums	Last of the Ghetto Astronauts (1995) Underdogs (1997) Beautiful Midnight (1999) The Audio of Being (2001) Avalanche (2003) White Light Rock & Roll Review (2004) Hospital Music (2007) Vancouver (2009) Lights of Endangered Species (2011) Arrows of Desire (2013) Chaotic Neutral (2015)

Live Albums	Live At Massey Hall (2008)

Compilation Albums	In a Coma (2005) Old Fighters (2013)

EPs	Raygun (1996) Lo-Fi B-Sides (1998) Loser Anthems (2001)

Singles	"Alabama Motel Room" "Symbolistic White Walls" "Haven't Slept In Years" "Everything Is Automatic" "Indestructible" "Apparitions" "Rico" "Hello Time Bomb" "Load Me Up" "Strange Days" "The Future Is X-Rated" "Carmelina" "Anti-Pop" "Weapon" "In a World Called Catastrophe" "Near Fantastica" "Alert Status Red" "It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man" "In Love With a Bad Idea" "Oh Be Joyful" "Born Losers" "I'm a Window" "The Devil's In Your Details" "Last Parade" "Us Remains Impossible" "In a Place of Lesser Men" "Zero Orchestra" "Had It Coming" "Arrows of Desire" "All You Sons And Daughters"

Bands	Limblifter Age of Electric 54-40 Odds

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