Youth of the Nation
| "Youth of the Nation" | ||||
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| Single by P.O.D. | ||||
| from the album Satellite | ||||
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| Released | November 27, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
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| Length | 4:17 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Howard Benson | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Youth of the Nation" on YouTube | ||||
"Youth of the Nation" is a song by American Christian metal band P.O.D. released on November 27, 2001 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Satellite. It was inspired in part by the school shootings at Santana High School in 2001 and Columbine High School in 1999. The song became the band's only No. 1 hit on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, their only single to reach the top 40. It was ranked at number one on Classic Rock's list of "The 10 best P.O.D. songs" on December 20, 2017.