Ants Marching | |
Cover: | Antsmarching.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Dave Matthews Band |
Album: | Under the Table and Dreaming |
Released: | September 1995 |
Recorded: | 1994 |
Studio: | Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) |
Genre: | Alternative rock[1] |
Length: | 4:31 |
Label: | Bama Rags Records |
Producer: | Steve Lillywhite |
Prev Title: | Typical Situation |
Prev Year: | 1994 |
Next Title: | Satellite |
Next Year: | 1995 |
"Ants Marching" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in September 1995 as the second single from their debut studio album Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #18 on the Billboard Alternative chart and on the Mainstream Rock chart as well.[2] [3] The song was considered a successful hit single.[4] [5] A different recording of it was included on their prior album Remember Two Things. This version was slightly longer, clocking in at 6:08.[6] According to DMBAlmanac.com, the song is one of Dave Matthews Band's best known songs. Dave Matthews wrote the music and lyrics prior to its first performance in 1991.[7]