Song · Angels & Airwaves
“The Adventure” by Angels & Airwaves
From the album We Don’t Need to Whisper (2006)
“The Adventure” by Angels & Airwaves appears on 18 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2006 and 2008. It was first released in 2006 on the album We Don’t Need to Whisper. Its best result is #6 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 2006, #7,277 alternative song of all time and #234 of the '00s.
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"The Adventure" launched Angels & Airwaves in May 2006, the lead single from their debut album, We Don't Need to Whisper, on Geffen. Tom DeLonge wrote it, sang it and produced it, with Critter recording and adding production and Tom Lord-Alge mixing, and it's a big, wide-open ballad built on chiming guitars that keep climbing, as if the song is trying to reach orbit.
A Smallville trailer gave it an early push, and it later warmed up crowds at Barack Obama's rallies in 2008. Onstage DeLonge often stretches it out with an intro that folds in Blink-182's "Down" and "I Miss You", and he has often called it his favorite song the band has made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 465 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
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