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Soldiers of Misfortune (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Soldiers of Misfortune'" is the lead single from Filter's fourth studio album, 'Anthems for the Damned'. It premiered on Myspace on February 25, 2008 and was released to radio stations on March 18, 2008. "Soldiers of Misfortune" was added to Amazon MP3 and iTunes on April 29, 2008.
The song is described by singer Richard Patrick as a "sardonic anti-war/pro-troops song." Its first-person narrative was inspired by a letter from Sgt. Justin L. Eyerly, a Filter fan who had enlisted in the Army National Guard to get his college tuition paid; in his final year of college, he was shipped off to Iraq where he died from an improvised explosive device attack after only two months of duty.
Music video
The video for the song features the band performing while shots of soldiers and war are shown, as well as plastic soldiers shooting each other.
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Category:2008 singles
Category:Filter (band) songs
Category:Songs of the Iraq War
Category:Songs about the military
Category:Songs about soldiers
Category:Anti-war songs
Category:Songs based on actual events
Category:Songs written by Richard Patrick
Category:2008 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Josh Abraham
Category:Rock ballads
Category:Fontana Records singles
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