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“Welcome to the Family” by Avenged Sevenfold

From the album Nightmare (2010)

“Welcome to the Family” by Avenged Sevenfold appears on 14 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2010 and 2011. It was first released in 2010 on the album Nightmare. Its best result is #14 on the 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #88 alternative song of 2011 and #250 of the '10s.

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"Welcome to the Family" was the second single from Nightmare, Avenged Sevenfold's 2010 album on Warner Bros., and it carries a heavy shadow. The Rev, the band's former drummer, had died on December 28, 2009, and this was the second single they released without him, yet it's very much his song. In In the Studio, the band's making-of series on YouTube, M. Shadows and Johnny Christ explained that The Rev wrote most of it and Shadows finished it off once recording got under way; the credit lists all five, Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance included.

Mike Elizondo produced it and Andy Wallace mixed it. It later showed up as downloadable content for Rock Band 3 and in the random race soundtrack of Asphalt Legends Unite.

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

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2010	59	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010	101
2010	22	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2010	89
2010	71	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010	105
2010	44	KFMA Tucson, AZ	KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010	50
2010	77	89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010	89
2010	70	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010	99
2011	90	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011	99
2011	75	KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011	92
2011	74	94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011	94
2011	14	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011	105
2011	61	98KUPD Phoenix, AZ	98KUPD Top 98 of 2011	98
2011	40	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011	88
2011	15	94.3 WCYY Portland, ME	WCYY Top 50 Songs of 2011	50
2011	22	89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011	89

Also listed as: Welcome To The Family; Welcome To the Family.

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