Switchfoot

Switchfoot is a United States rock and alternative rock band that rose to mainstream prominence in the mid-2000s. According to Jon Foreman, the name "Switchfoot" is a surfing term. "We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music."

A number of Switchfoot's songs were included in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember. Singer and actor Mandy Moore, who starred in the movie, sang Switchfoot's song "Only Hope" during a scene in the movie.

Their latest album, The Beautiful Letdown, has been their most successful to date. The hit single "Meant to Live" enjoyed widespread airplay on rock radio stations and transitioned into the top 40. A re-recorded version of "Dare You to Move" has been high on the charts as well. The song "Gone" has also received airplay on Christian radio stations but wasn't released as an actual single. In 2005, Switchfoot received five Dove Award nominations, including Artist of the Year.

Members

  • Jon Foreman: vocals, guitar
  • Tim Foreman: bass
  • Chad Butler: drums
  • Jerome Fontamillas: guitar, keyboard
  • Drew Shirley: guitar

Discography

  • The Beautiful Letdown (2003)
    • Meant to Live 3.25 min
    • This Is Your Life 4.18 min
    • More Than Fine 4.15 min
    • Ammunition 3.45 min
    • Dare You to Move 4.11 min
    • Redemption 3.07 min
    • The Beautiful Letdown 5.21 min
    • Gone 3.43 min
    • On Fire 4.39 min
    • Adding to the Noise 2.50 min
    • Twenty-Four 4.52 min
  • Learning To Breathe (2000)
    • I Dare You to Move 4.08 min
    • Learning to Breathe 4.35 min
    • You Already Take Me There 2.43 min
    • Love Is the Movement 5.10 min
    • Poparazzi 3.20 min
    • Innocence Again 3.28 min
    • Playing for Keeps 3.44 min
    • The Loser 3.39 min
    • Economy of Mercy 3.56 min
    • Erosion 3.23 min
    • Living Is Simple 5.17 min
  • New Way to Be Human (1999)
    • New Way to Be Human
    • Incomplete
    • Sooner or Later
    • Company Car
    • Let That Be Enough
    • Something More
    • Only Hope
    • Amy's Song
    • I Turn Everything Over
    • Under the Floor
  • Legend of Chin (1997)
    • Bomb
    • Chem 6a
    • Underwater
    • The Edge of My Seat
    • Home
    • Might Have Ben Hur
    • Concrete Girl
    • Life and Love and Why
    • You
    • Ode to Chin
    • Don't Be There

Billboard Chart Positions, by song

  • "Meant To Live," Adult Top 40, peaked at #5
  • "Meant To Live," Mainstream rock tracks, peaked at #36
  • "Meant To Live," Modern rock tracks, peaked at #5
  • "Meant To Live," Hot 100, peaked at #18
  • "Meant To Live," Top 40 mainstream, peaked at #6
  • "Meant To Live," Top 40 tracks, peaked at #9
  • "Dare You to Move," Modern rock tracks, peaked at #9 (as of writing)
  • "Dare You to Move," Top 40 mainstream, peaked at #29 (as of writing)

Billboard Chart Positions, by album

  • New Way to Be Human, Heatseekers, #31
  • New Way to Be Human, Top Contemporary Christian, #21
  • Learning to Breathe, Heatseekers, #34
  • Learning to Breathe, Top Contemporary Christian, #23
  • The Beautiful Letdown, Top Contemporary Christian, #2
  • The Beautiful Letdown, Billboard 200, #16
  • The Beautiful Letdown, Top Christian albums, #1
  • The Beautiful Letdown, Top Internet albums, #16

External Links

  • Switchfoot (http://www.switchfoot.com/)
  • Columbia Records (http://www.columbiarecords.com/)
  • Switchfoot lyrics (http://www.christianrocklyrics.com/switchfoot.php)
  • +Stars+ Switchfoot fansite (http://www.shrimpdesign.com/sf/)

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The Beautiful Letdown, Top Internet albums, #16. The signature Hyde lyrics were in place: poetic, hypnotic and whispered; mixing conventional songwriting with the use of found material from overheard conversations, answerphone recordings and the like. The Beautiful Letdown, Top Christian albums, #1. Their first album, dubnobasswithmyheadman, was considered more accessible than the group's earlier material and crossed a large spectrum of dance music. The Beautiful Letdown, Billboard 200, #16. The addition of Emerson completed Underworld's dance/rock fusion and seemed to moderate some of hardfloor elements in the original duo's work. The Beautiful Letdown, Top Contemporary Christian, #2. The trio were also known by the names Lemon Interrupt and Steppin' Razor, when they remixed such varying acts as Shakespeare's Sister, Saint Etienne, Bjork and Simply Red.

Learning to Breathe, Top Contemporary Christian, #23. Probably best known for their 1996 floorfilling hit "Born Slippy", featured in the movie Trainspotting, Underworld is comprised of Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and, up until 2001, DJ Darren Emerson. Learning to Breathe, Heatseekers, #34. It emerged from the ashes of the electropop group Freur in the early 1980s, ventured briefly into electro-rock-funk in the late 1980s, and has produced danceable electronic music since then. New Way to Be Human, Top Contemporary Christian, #21. Underworld is the name of an electronic band popular during the 1990s. New Way to Be Human, Heatseekers, #31. 2003 "Born Slippy Nuxx" #27.

"Dare You to Move," Top 40 mainstream, peaked at #29 (as of writing). 2003 "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" #34. "Dare You to Move," Modern rock tracks, peaked at #9 (as of writing). 2002 "Two Months Off" #12. "Meant To Live," Top 40 tracks, peaked at #9. 2000 "Cowgirl" #24. "Meant To Live," Top 40 mainstream, peaked at #6. 1999 "King of Snake" #17.

"Meant To Live," Hot 100, peaked at #18. 1999 "Jumbo" #21. "Meant To Live," Modern rock tracks, peaked at #5. 1999 "Push Upstairs" #12. "Meant To Live," Mainstream rock tracks, peaked at #36. 1996 "Pearl's Girl" (re-issue) #22. "Meant To Live," Adult Top 40, peaked at #5. 1996 "Born Slippy" #2.

Don't Be There. 1996 "Pearl's Girl" #24. Ode to Chin. Underworld 1992-2002 (2003) (Hits Album). You. A Hundred Days Off (2002) #16 UK, #122 US. Life and Love and Why. Everything, Everything (live) (2000) #22 UK, #192 US.

Concrete Girl. Beaucoup Fish (1999) #3 UK, #93 US. Might Have Ben Hur. Second Toughest In The Infants (1996) #9 UK. Home. Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993) #12 UK. The Edge of My Seat. Change The Weather (1989).

Underwater. Underneath The Radar (1988) #139 US. Chem 6a. Get Us Out Of Here (1985). Bomb. Doot Doot (1983). Legend of Chin (1997)

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    Under the Floor. I Turn Everything Over. Amy's Song. Only Hope.

    Something More. Let That Be Enough. Company Car. Sooner or Later.

    Incomplete. New Way to Be Human. New Way to Be Human (1999)

      . Living Is Simple 5.17 min.

      Erosion 3.23 min. Economy of Mercy 3.56 min. The Loser 3.39 min. Playing for Keeps 3.44 min.

      Innocence Again 3.28 min. Poparazzi 3.20 min. Love Is the Movement 5.10 min. You Already Take Me There 2.43 min.

      Learning to Breathe 4.35 min. I Dare You to Move 4.08 min. Learning To Breathe (2000)

        . Twenty-Four 4.52 min.

        Adding to the Noise 2.50 min. On Fire 4.39 min. Gone 3.43 min. The Beautiful Letdown 5.21 min.

        Redemption 3.07 min. Dare You to Move 4.11 min. Ammunition 3.45 min. More Than Fine 4.15 min.

        This Is Your Life 4.18 min. Meant to Live 3.25 min. The Beautiful Letdown (2003)

          . Drew Shirley: guitar.

          Jerome Fontamillas: guitar, keyboard. Chad Butler: drums. Tim Foreman: bass. Jon Foreman: vocals, guitar.