Youth of the Nation

"Youth of the Nation"
Single by P.O.D.
from the album Satellite
Released	December 25, 2001
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Rap rock Alternative rock
Length	4:17 (album version) 4:04 (edited version found on Totally Hits 2002)
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Howard Benson
P.O.D. singles chronology
"Alive" (2001) "Youth of the Nation" (2002) "Boom" (2002)

"Youth of the Nation" was a hit single from P.O.D. in 2002. It was the second single to come from their album, Satellite. It was inspired in part by the school shootings at Santana High School and Columbine High School.

While Satellite contained numerous hit songs, "Youth of the Nation" was the band's only #1 hit on the Modern Rock chart and reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's inspiration stems from a trip when the band was on their way to record for Satellite. They were held up in traffic and discovered that the reason was a school shooting. The album was consequently delayed and they were inspired to write "Youth of the Nation." The song follows three distinct characters in assorted problems they face common to American youth.

Music video

The music video for "Youth of the Nation" has the band performing the song in a room filled with photos of adolescents as seen on the single cover. It revolves around a group of teenagers taking a cross country trip in a car from New York City to what appears to be California. Directed by Paul Fedor, the video found significant airplay on MTV2.

Appearances

The song was featured in

• The movie Blue Crush
• The video game Aggressive Inline
• An episode of Boston Public
• An episode of Third Watch
• An episode of Rise of the Video Game
• This song was satirized in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Angry White Boy Polka" on his album, Poodle Hat.
• Punchline's Christmas rap song from 2006 ends with the members singing the chorus of "Youth of the Nation", after announcing, "let's sing some P.O.D.!"
• On the hidden track on Impending Doom's album Nailed. Dead. Risen., the lead singer can be heard messing up his line and singing the chorus of "Youth of the Nation" instead. Afterwards, someone in the background seems to mispronounce P.O.D.'s name as "Pod".
• This song has been remixed by Pulsedriver.

The song was recently Included on Buzz Ballads 2 A collection of the greatest Alternative hits.

Track listing

1. "Youth Of The Nation" (Album version) - 4:18
2. "Alive" (Semi-acoustic version) - 3:27
3. "Sabbath" - 4:33

Awards

2003 Grammy Awards

• Best Hard Rock Performance (nomination)

2002 MTV Video Music Awards

• Best Rock Video (nomination)

External links

• Official website