| Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms | |
| Cover: | Megadeth A Call To Arms.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Megadeth |
| Album: | United Abominations |
| Released: | September 26, 2007[1] |
| Recorded: | April 19, 2006 – January 18, 2007[2] [3] |
| Studio: | SARM Hook End Studios in London; The Steakhouse in Studio City, Los Angeles; Big Fish in Encinitas, California; Backstage Productions in Belper; S.I.R. Rehearsal Studio in Hollywood; Mustaine Music in Fallbrook, California |
| Genre: | Thrash metal |
| Length: | 3:54 |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Prev Title: | À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free) |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Head Crusher |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms", also known simply as "Never Walk Alone",[4] is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was released as the second official single from their eleventh studio album, United Abominations (2007).
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms" was co-written by Mustaine and guitarist Glen Drover, the only song on the album not written solely by Mustaine.[5] When bassist James LoMenzo was asked about the lyrics of the album, he said to "talk to Dave about that".[6] The song features Christian overtones, with it reportedly being about Jesus.[7]
The song is one of Glen Drover's favorites on the album.[8]
The video for "Never Walk Alone" was filmed on August 22, 2007, at Cheyenne Studios in Castaic, California.[9] The video was released as a DVD single.[10] It was directed by Labworks.[11]
The music video features the band playing on a highway with a destroyed city behind them.[12] The shots of the band are interspersed with shots of planes and a dirigible flying through the sky.
The song was received very positively. Metal Forces wrote that "Never Walk Alone..." was "one of the album's strongest tracks". A writer from Sputnik Music wrote that the song had some of the best lyrics on the album, while criticizing many other songs.[13] Another writer, from Pop Matters, wrote that the song was "performed with an energy we haven’t heard since the days of the classic Mustaine/Ellefson/Friedman/Menza lineup."[14]
Production and performance credits are adapted from United Abominations liner notes.[15]