Bat Country

"Bat Country"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album City of Evil
ReleasedAugust 9, 2005[1]
RecordedJanuary 1 – April 18, 2005[2][3]
Studio
  • The Hobby Shop (Los Angeles)
  • Ocean Way (Hollywood)
GenreHeavy metal
Length
  • 5:13 (album version)
  • 4:11 (radio edit)
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)[4]
Producer(s)
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Burn It Down"
(2005)
"Bat Country"
(2005)
"Beast and the Harlot"
(2006)
Audio sample

"Bat Country" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released in August 2005 as the second single from their third album, City of Evil. Avenged Sevenfold won 'Best New Artist Video' at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for "Bat Country" and on May 4, 2021, the single was certified platinum by the RIAA.[5] For these reasons, "Bat Country" is often believed to be the band's most commercially successful song.

  1. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold website". December 30, 2004. Archived from the original on December 30, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "News". Avenged Sevenfold.com. April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on April 25, 2005. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  4. ^ Matthew Sanders; Jonathan Seward (June 6, 2019). "Avenged Sevenfold Presents Breakdown: Bat Country - Part 01 of 02". YouTube. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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