| Park Avenue | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Girls Against Boys |
| Album: | Freak*on*ica |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Recorded: | October 1997 |
| Studio: | Baby Mountain Studios |
| Genre: | industrial rock[1] |
| Length: | 3:50 |
| Label: | Geffen Records |
| Producer: | Nick Launay |
| Prev Title: | Disco Six Six Six |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Basstation |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
"Park Avenue" is a song by post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1998. It was the lead single from their album Freak*on*ica and is their only single to chart in the United States.[2]
"Park Avenue" was released as the lead single from the band's 1998 album Freak*on*ica. The album was the band's first (and to date, only) album to be released on a major label, Geffen Records. Both the single and the overall album had an electronic-influenced sound, a departure from the post-hardcore genre that the band had mainly presented beforehand. The single of "Park Avenue" consisted of a remix of the song "Black Hole" (in which the original version was found on Freak*on*ica) in addition to the outtake track "EPR" (which also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Permanent Midnight).[3]
In the U.S., the single peaked at No. 28 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was the band's only appearance on a Billboard songs chart in the U.S.; however, the single peaked at No. 83 on the UK Singles Chart. In the UK, "Park Avenue" became the band's fourth and final appearance on the country's singles chart. A music video was produced for "Park Avenue" as well.[4]
| Chart (1998) | Peakposition |
|---|---|
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] | 28 |
| UK Singles Chart | 83 |