Released May 8, 2012 Length 3:21 | Recorded 2012 Label Mercury | |
Format 7" single, digital download Genre Punk rock, alternative rock | ||
"45" is a song by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, released on May 8, 2012 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Handwritten (2012).
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Composition
"45" was the first song written for Handwritten. Lead singer, Brian Fallon said of the song, "This record was different, because when we started out, I didn't know what was gonna happen, you know, and after American Slang after The '59 Sound, I was like, 'What am I gonna do? Is there anymore Gaslight songs?' It's a scary thing when that feeling, it hits you. When we wrote the song '45', I was like, 'Thank God.' I just knew that it was gonna be alright."
Music video
The music video features the band playing the song for a live audience at the legendary New Jersey music venue, The Stone Pony.
In other media
"45" is part of the soundtrack to the video game NHL 13 and as a playable track in Guitar Hero Live.