It Ends Tonight (4:05)

Released September 25, 2006.

“It Ends Tonight” is the third single taken from The All-American Rejects’ second studio album Move Along. Contrary to their usual style, the song is a ballad. It also utilizes a string section, with an arrangement by composer Deborah Lurie. During a July 2006 airing of the PBS series Soundstage, the group revealed that the song was not written about a girl, but rather “a dude”. The single peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making “It Ends Tonight” the band’s third top 20 hit. Due to the popularity of the song in the United States, sales for Move Along started to increase. It skyrocketed the album from #88 to #47 in the week of November 8th, 2006. “It Ends Tonight” was the band’s highest charting single in the U.S. until early 2009, when their song “Gives You Hell” reached #4 on the Hot 100.

The video premiered in the United States on August 28, 2006 on TRL.

* This song was feautured on the trailer for the episode “Some You Give Away” (4.09) of One Tree Hill.

* This song was featured on All My Children on February 6, 2007.

* This song was featured on Smallville in the season 6 episode “Wither”. It was also featured on the trailer for the episode.

* Portions of the song were featured in promotional advertisements for the Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica season 3 episode “Rapture”.

* The song has surprisingly hit on ‘The List with Matty and Renee’ on Australia radio, a year after the album Move Along was actually released.