The All-American Rejects Biography

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one of its tracks entitled “Swing, Swing” that the quartet finally hit the mainstream as the single managed to enter four Billboard charts in 2003, unquestionably brought them to widespread popularity all over the globe.

The tremendous success they had achieved apparently attracted DreamWorks Records and within a short time the personnel found themselves signed to the company which then re-released “The All-American Rejects” in 2003 with a bonus track of the acoustic version of “The Cigarette Song” in its British edition. Afterwards taking a two-years hiatus to hold numerous shows across the country, the band marked their comeback in 2005 through their sophomore effort, “Move Along”, on July 12 under Interscope Records. Contained 12 impressive songs, including that of “Dirty Little Secret”, the album instantly sold for thousands copies to finally be certified gold by RIAA, proving that the band is really not a one-hit wonder as many people have considered.

The band soon find itself the center of bigger media attention after the release of second single pulled out of the sophomore set. Title track "Move Along" was released in January 2006 and its music video became the more attractive factor to the single. The video topped MTV's ...

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TRL for four days in a row and was even nominated in 2006 MTV Video Awards for "Best Editing in a Video" before finally seizing "Best Group Video". While touring all-year-long in 2006, the band managed to compile a short EP titled "Bite Back" and composed a soundtrack for Disney's "Meet the Robinsons". After that they decided to take a moment to rest while gathering materials for the next studio album. Ritters revealed that he has been listening to Motown and sees the next record sound in between their first and second effort. Fourth quarter of 2008 is aimed to release this album.

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