Welcome to the Black Parade

"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song by American rock band My Chemical Romance, from their third studio album The Black Parade (2006). It was released on September 12, 2006, as the album's lead single, with the studio version available on the band's Myspace on September 2, 2006. The music video for the single was recognized as MTV's "Greatest Music Video of the Century" in 2017. The song topped the UK Singles Chart, reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

"Welcome to the Black Parade"
Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album The Black Parade
B-side"Heaven Help Us"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
RecordedDecember 2005–April 2006
StudioDML Recording (Newark, New Jersey)
Genre
Length
  • 5:11 (album version)
  • 4:37 (radio edit)
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"The Ghost of You"
(2005)
"Welcome to the Black Parade"
(2006)
"Famous Last Words"
(2007)
Music video
"Welcome to the Black Parade" on YouTube
"Welcome to the Black Parade (Outtake Version) on YouTube

A demo of the song entitled "The Five of Us Are Dying" was included on their 2016 reissue album The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts.

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