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Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] |
Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] |
Producer = Michael "Elvis" Baskette |
Producer = Michael "Elvis" Baskette |
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Last single = "[[Closure (Chevelle song)|Closure]]"<br />(2003) |
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Last single = ''[[Closure (Chevelle song)|Closure]]''<br />(2003) |
This single = "'''Vitamin R'''" <br /> (2004) |
This single = "'''Vitamin R'''" <br /> (2004) |
Next single = ''[[The Clincher]]''<br />(2005) |}}
Next single = "[[The Clincher]]"<br />(2005) |}}


"'''Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)'''" is a single from [[Chevelle]]'s album ''[[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)]]''. It was their second #1 hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart, and reached #3 on the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs|Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. In interviews, it has been stated that "Vitamin R" is [[Ritalin]]. The song was written about a friend of the Loeffler brothers, who was misdiagnosed with [[ADHD]], and developed an addiction to Ritalin. As a result, he would often do crazy and odd things, such as drive around aimlessly for hours, determined to hear a specific song on the radio.
"'''Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)'''" is a single from [[Chevelle]]'s album ''[[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)]]''. It was their second number-one hit on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart and reached number three on the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs|Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. In interviews, it has been stated that "Vitamin R" is [[Ritalin]]. The song was written about a friend of the Loeffler brothers, who was misdiagnosed with [[ADHD]], and developed an addiction to Ritalin. As a result, he would often do crazy and odd things, such as drive around aimlessly for hours, determined to hear a specific song on the radio.


The song's [[music video]] revolves around imagery seen in the items of a [[cubicle]]. The images become real, life size landscapes that vocalist [[Pete Loeffler]] is seen drifting through. The video is apparently a reference to the many different kinds of hallucinations experienced by misdiagnosed ADHD patients who take, and develop an addiction to, Ritalin.
The song's [[music video]] revolves around imagery seen in the items of a [[cubicle]]. The images become real, life size landscapes that vocalist [[Pete Loeffler]] is seen drifting through. The video is apparently a reference to the many different kinds of hallucinations experienced by misdiagnosed ADHD patients who take, and develop an addiction to, Ritalin.
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==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart
!Chart (2004)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
!Peak<br />position
!align="left"|Year
|-
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] ''
|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|68
|align="center"|68
|align="center"|2004
|-
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
|''Billboard'' [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2004
|-
|-
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|''Billboard'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2004
|-
|-
|}
|}

==See also==
*[[List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)#2004|List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=338626&model.vnuAlbumId=902597 Chevelle - Artist Chart History]
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=338626&model.vnuAlbumId=902597 Chevelle - Artist Chart History]


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| before = "[[Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver song)|Fall to Pieces]]" by [[Velvet Revolver]]
| title = [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks]] [[List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)#2004|number-one single]]
| years = December 18, 2004 - December 25, 2004
| after = "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" by [[Green Day]]
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{{Chevelle}}
{{Chevelle}}

Revision as of 08:01, 7 October 2010

This article is about the music single. For Vitamin R see Methylphenidate.
"Vitamin R"
Song

"Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" is a single from Chevelle's album This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In). It was their second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number three on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. In interviews, it has been stated that "Vitamin R" is Ritalin. The song was written about a friend of the Loeffler brothers, who was misdiagnosed with ADHD, and developed an addiction to Ritalin. As a result, he would often do crazy and odd things, such as drive around aimlessly for hours, determined to hear a specific song on the radio.

The song's music video revolves around imagery seen in the items of a cubicle. The images become real, life size landscapes that vocalist Pete Loeffler is seen drifting through. The video is apparently a reference to the many different kinds of hallucinations experienced by misdiagnosed ADHD patients who take, and develop an addiction to, Ritalin.

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 68
Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 3
Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1

See also


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