They Rage On
title: "They Rage On" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1989-singles", "dan-seals-songs", "music-videos-directed-by-neil-abramson", "songs-written-by-bob-mcdill", "songs-written-by-dan-seals", "song-recordings-produced-by-kyle-lehning", "capitol-records-nashville-singles", "1988-songs"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Rage_On" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | They Rage On |
| type | single |
| artist | Dan Seals |
| album | Rage On |
| B-side | "Factory Town" |
| released | February 1989 |
| genre | Country |
| length | 4:40 |
| label | Capitol |
| writer | |
| producer | Kyle Lehning |
| prev_title | Big Wheels in the Moonlight |
| prev_year | 1988 |
| next_title | Love on Arrival |
| next_year | 1990 |
| :: |
| name = They Rage On | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Dan Seals | album = Rage On | B-side = "Factory Town" | released = February 1989 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 4:40 | label = Capitol | writer = | producer = Kyle Lehning | prev_title = Big Wheels in the Moonlight | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Love on Arrival | next_year = 1990 "They Rage On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in February 1989 as the third and final single from his album Rage On. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard country charts in June 1989, thus breaking his streak of number-one hits. It was his first single to miss the #1 spot since his early-1985 single "My Old Yellow Car", which peaked at #9. The song was written by Seals and Bob McDill.
Music video
The music video was directed by Neil Abramson. This video, in particular, played on the song's theme of the irony of small-town values with the depiction of an inter-racial relationship. In it, a white teen-aged boy falls in love with an Asian girl, angering the boy's friends to the point they vandalize the boy's car; one boy attempts to assault the girl's father by hurling a beer bottle at him (the bottle misses).
Chart positions
::data[format=table] | Chart (1989) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM) | 38 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard) | 56 |
| :: |
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
- Associated Press, Dan Seals obituary, March 26, 2009. [http://www.legacy.com/KnoxNews/Obituaries.asp?page=LifeStory&personId=125485210] Accessed via the ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]'' on March 29, 2009.
- (December 23, 1989). "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". [[RPM (magazine).
- (1989). "Best of 1989: Country Songs". [[Prometheus Global Media]].
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