A Beautiful Lie (song)

Infobox Single
Name = A Beautiful Lie
Type = Single


Artist = 30 Seconds to Mars
from Album = A Beautiful Lie
Released = January 29, 2008
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Progressive rock
Post-hardcore
Length = 4:05
Label = Virgin/Immortal
Producer = Josh Abraham
Last single = "From Yesterday"
(2006)
This single = "A Beautiful Lie"
(2008)
Next single = "The Story"
(2008)

"A Beautiful Lie" is the fourth single by the band 30 Seconds to Mars from their second album "A Beautiful Lie".

History

On May 2 2007, this was officially announced on the 30 Seconds to Mars official website,but not before checking the preference of the "Echelon" and "Mars Army". The band could not decide between "A Beautiful Lie" and "The Fantasy"; both songs contain a strong message which the band wished to deliver. [ [http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/main.asp 30STM - News May 2 2007] .]

It is currently unknown when the single will get an international release. Despite being unreleased, it did manage to chart at #37 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts in late 2007. This was due to the song receiving substantial radio airplay.

Though initially released during the summer, the release date of the song had been pushed back to early 2008, possibly due to the long delay of the music video.

Music video

According to EMI Japan, the video for "A Beautiful Lie" was going to be shot in both Alaska and the North Pole. Jared Leto then moved the video to Greenland and the band has started shooting since August 29, 2007. Jared has said that the video will be environmentally safe and for every download of the video, it will go to an environmental charity. Jared Leto has said on an over-the-phone interview with 99X in Atlanta that the video will be like a short film and a documentary. [ [http://cumuluspodcasting.com/media/WNNX/WNNX93/NMX_JaredLeto_100107.mp3 Interview] ]

On 28 January it was aired through MySpace and is soon to be aired on MTV. The video is showing the importance of global warming. The video was directed by Angakok Panipaq. It features hidden messages and a support website [http://abeautifullie.org abeautifullie.org] .

The music video has recently been shown through Rock Sound Magazines website and MySpaceTV.The Rock Sound article can be found online. [" [http://www.rocksound.tv/articles/867/30-Seconds-To-Mars-A-Beautiful-Lie.html 30 Seconds to Mars 'A Beautiful Lie'] ". "Rock Sound". Retrieved on 2008-03-04.]

The video is a montage of images of the Greenland environment interwoven with scenes of the band playing on the edge of an iceberg, and has the slight feel of a documentary. Only the three remaining members of the band feature in the video, touring bassist Tim Kelleher does not make an appearance.

Delays

On Tuesday, November 6, 2007, it was revealed that the video would premiere on Yahoo! Music Premieres on Monday, November 12, 2007. Later, it was postponed for extra time on editing to Monday, December 3, 2007. Then, it was announced that the video will premiere on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. Later, it was postponed again, and it was said the video would air sometime after Christmas according to MTV with a special "making of" of the music video aired on December 30.

The Yahoo! Music Premieres then announced that the video would be aired on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, but soon after the video was removed from the list of upcoming premieres. [ [http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/premieres/ Yahoo! Music Premieres] ]

After months of delay due to heavy editing, the video finally premiered on January 30, 2008, and aired on FUSE at 6:00pm eastern time January 31, 2008.

Track listing

# "A Beautiful Lie" (Single Shot) - 4:05
# "A Beautiful Lie" (Half Caf) - 3:50

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://www.abeautifullie.org/ abeautifullie.org]