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One of the most popular releases for the Rio Summer Olympics 2016, Katy Perry's "Rise" is a song made for each and every athlete competing in the Rio Olympics 2016 and not just for athletes from a specific nation.
“Rise” was written to 'up the ante' of the Olympic athletes. Co-written by Perry with Savan Kotecha “Rise” came with a big bang on August 4, 2016.
It's producers are Max Martin and Ali Payami.
This song has been proven as a source of inspiration for Olympic athletes and was highly appreciated by the listeners for it's impartiality, equality and treating every athlete irrespective of their nationality with equal respect.
With pretty solid lyrics, it gains immediate traction among the listeners.
In Perry’s views, the track that was weaving inside her from long time and finally it was released and audience accepted it with great pomp and show.
During the television coverage of the 2016 summer Olympics, the release of "Rise" was announced.
Instead of including it in an album, the song was released separately, as a single.
As the song was launched during the Olympics, the theme also related to Olympics of togetherness.
The athletes practice together and rise up their inner spirit to win and the best out of a particular challenge.
The song was chosen as an anthem, which was used at the starting and ends of the Rio games. ‘Rise’ inspired all the participants to rise, heal and unite together to win the game.
The song reached the no.1 spot in the Australian charts, where Summer Olympic Games are as popular as Cricket or Footy.With a music video based on never giving up and 'winning is everything' motto.
Featuring the scenes of participants from the past Olympics, in Joseph Lee’s direction, promotional video was released on July 15, 2016. Many personalities have given their positive response as the video was memorising them the moments of Olympics.
Among them, Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone, Billboard's Gil Kaufman, Bleacher Report's columnist Vanessa de Beaumont, The A.V.
Club writer Esther Zuckerman, gave their 'thumbs up' by saying that the video has Superstar power as it is ravishingly depicting the panache of all athletes, the grit, the attitude and an unrelenting will to succeed.
Katy Perry is seen parachuting from Snow Canyon in Utah getting all tangled up on her way down, in her pink parachute's ropes, almost drowning... rescuing herself to scale a mountain.
Critics argued that "Rise" is a very serious song, lacking any 'fun element' whatsoever, comparing it with Katy's one of most popular singles "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)" .
But Katy's fans came to her rescue, letting her critics know that Olympic Games are no fun with athletes sacrificing everything to train for hours, days and nights for the love of their country, not even taking normal food..even avoiding alcohol to pass the numerous doping tests.
Released on the 14th of July 2016, "Rise" sold more than 22,000 copies in the U.K, in it's first week of release, debuting at the 11th spot in the coveted Billboard Hot 100 U.S charts, "Rise" also reached the Top 20 in more than eight countries, including... Hungary, Canada, Argentina, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United States.
Katy Perry – Rise - Lyrics
Release Date - July 14th, 2016
Album - n/a
I won't just survive
Oh, you will see me thrive
Can't write my story
I'm beyond the archetype
I won't just conform
No matter how you shake my core
'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
Oh, ye of so little faith
Don't doubt it, don't doubt it
Victory is in my veins
I know it, I know it
And I will not negotiate
I'll fight it, I'll fight it
I will transform
When, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in
Think again
Don't be surprised
I will still rise
I must stay conscious
Through the madness and chaos
So I call on my angels
They say
Oh, ye of so little faith
Don't doubt it, don't doubt it
Victory is in your veins
You know it, you know it
And you will not negotiate
Just fight it, just fight it
And be transformed
'Cause when, when the fire's at my feet again
And the vultures all start circling
They're whispering, "You're out of time,"
But still I rise
This is no mistake, no accident
When you think the final nail is in
Think again
Don't be surprised
I will still rise
Don't doubt it, don't doubt it
Oh, oh, oh, oh
You know it, you know it
Still rise
Just fight it, just fight it
Don't be surprised
I will still rise
