Rebuild (song)

For other uses, see Rebuild.

"Rebuild"

Single by Switchfoot
Released	November 1, 2007
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Rock
Length	3:39
Label	lowercase people
Writer(s)	Jon Foreman Matt Thiessen
Producer(s)	Switchfoot

"Rebuild" is a song written by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Matt Thiessen of Relient K. The song was written in conjunction with the bands' 2007 Appetite for Construction Tour, featuring members from all three bands on tour, Switchfoot, Relient K, and Ruth. Thiessen sang second vocals, and Dustin Ruth of Ruth played harmonica.

All proceeds from the song download will be donated to Habitat For Humanity. It was slated to surface on iTunes, but Relient K frontman Matt Thiessen said the two bands would release the single online for free, but with an option for donation for Habitat. "So I think we're gonna release it for free online and create a place where people can donate to Habitat," Thiessen said.^[1]

The song was first played live on October 17, 2007 at a live show in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]

Early appearances

Some of Switchfoot's live bootlegs from the tour contain this song.
Jon Foreman officially confirmed the song's imminent online release on October 28, 2007 at a live show in Mobile, Alabama

Official release

It was officially made available to the public November 1, 2007, as an optional download. Methods of downloading offered by the bands included donating money or time to Habitat, or downloading the song for free. This marked the very first release by Switchfoot's fledgling record label, lowercase people records.

Other appearances

The song appears as a track on the San Diego Fire Relief CD, a compilation featuring several San Diego artists, with all proceeds helping relief efforts after the San Diego fires in late 2007.^[3]

References

↑ Bands using music to 'build' something that lasts - Published October 26, 2007 (retrieved May 16, 2009)
↑ - Published October 17, 2007 (retrieved May 16, 2009)
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External links

Relient K

Matt Thiessen Matt Hoopes Dave Douglas Tom Breyfogle Josh Sudduth Todd Frescone Stephen Cushman John Warne Jon Schneck Brett Schoneman Jared Byers Brian Pittman Ethan Luck

Studio albums	Relient K The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do Mmhmm Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer Five Score and Seven Years Ago Forget and Not Slow Down Collapsible Lung Air for Free

Extended plays	The Creepy EP Employee of the Month EP The Vinyl Countdown Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand Apathetic EP Must Have Done Something Right EP The Nashville Tennis EP Is for Karaoke EP

Other	All Work & No Play (demo) The Bird and the Bee Sides (rarities album) Is for Karaoke (cover album)

Selected singles	"My Girlfriend" "Pressing On" "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" "Be My Escape" "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" "The Truth" "Life After Death & Taxes (Failure II)" "Must Have Done Something Right" "Forgiven" "The Best Thing" "I Need You" "Give Until There's Nothing Left"

Tours	The Appetite for Construction Tour Looking for America Tour

Related articles	Discography "Rebuild"

Book Category

Switchfoot

Jon Foreman Tim Foreman Chad Butler Jerome Fontamillas Drew Shirley

Albums	The Legend of Chin New Way to Be Human Learning to Breathe The Beautiful Letdown Nothing Is Sound Oh! Gravity. Hello Hurricane Vice Verses Fading West Where the Light Shines Through

Live Albums	Switchfoot: Live - EP Best of Bootlegs Vol. 1 iTunes Session Hello Hurricane Live

EPs	Oh! EP Building a Hurricane Eastern Hymns for Western Shores Vice Re-Verses Backstage EP Fading West EP Backstage EP #2 The Edge of the Earth Backstage EP #3 Backstage EP #4

Compilations	The Early Years: 1997–2000 The Best Yet

DVDs/Films	Switchfootage 1 and 2 Live in San Diego The Beautiful Letdown (Dual Disc) Feet Don't Fail Me Now Nothing Is Sound (Dual Disc) Live at the Ventura Theatre The Best Yet - Live Fading West

Singles	"Chem 6A" "Home" "Ode to Chin" "Underwater" "New Way to Be Human" "Incomplete" "Company Car" "You Already Take Me There" "Living Is Simple" "Meant to Live" "More Than Fine" "Gone" "Dare You to Move" "This Is Your Life" "On Fire" "Stars" "We Are One Tonight" "Dirty Second Hands" "Oh! Gravity." "Awakening" "Head over Heels (In This Life)" "Rebuild" "This Is Home" "Another Christmas (Old Borego)" "Mess of Me" "Always" "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" "Your Love Is a Song" "Bullet Soul" "Dark Horses" "Restless" "Afterlife" "The Original" "Where I Belong" "Who We Are" "Love Alone Is Worth the Fight" "Let It Out" "When We Come Alive" "Fading West" "Against the Voices" "The Edge of the Earth"

Tours	The Beautiful Letdown Nothing Is Sound Oh! Gravity. Appetite for Construction Up in Arms Music Builds Crazy Making Hello Hurricane Vice Verses Fading West Looking for America Tour

Other songs	"Only Hope" "Lonely Nation"

Related articles	Discography Awards lowercase people Fiction Family

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