{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = Indestructible | cover = Disturbed indestructible single.png | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] | album = [[Indestructible (Disturbed album)|Indestructible]] | released = September 29, 2008 | recorded = February 2007{{snd}}January 2008 at Groovemaster Studios in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | studio = | venue = | genre = * [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]] * [[hard rock]] * [[alternative metal]] | length = * 4:38 (album version) * 4:00 (radio edit) | label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] | writer = * [[Dan Donegan]] * [[Mike Wengren]] * [[David Draiman]] | producer = [[Dan Donegan]] | prev_title = [[Perfect Insanity]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[The Night (Disturbed song)|The Night]] | next_year = 2009 }}
"'''Indestructible'''" is a song by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], released as the third single from their [[Indestructible (Disturbed album)|studio album of the same name]]. The single peaked at No. 2 on the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart and No. 10 on the [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. The music video for the song appeared on Disturbed's website on August 20, 2008, and the single was released on September 29, 2008. "Indestructible" is meant to encourage troops going into battle, and boost their morale. It is also meant to represent Disturbed's success in the music industry. It is one of Disturbed's best known songs. The song appeared in the video game ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''.
==Lyrics== "Indestructible" is "an anthem for soldiers", vocalist [[David Draiman]] comments.<ref name="interpretation"/> "It's meant to be something that would make them feel invincible, take away their fear, make them strong."<ref name="interpretation">{{cite web|title=In the Studio: Disturbed's David Draiman talks "Indestructible" new album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/21/in-the-studio-disturbeds-david-draiman-talks-indestructible-new-album/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123172424/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/21/in-the-studio-disturbeds-david-draiman-talks-indestructible-new-album/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2007|date=November 21, 2007|access-date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> According to Draiman, the song also signifies Disturbed's lingering presence and success in the music industry. Draiman comments that the song "kind of symbolizes the fact that we're still fucking here, that we haven't been destroyed, that we withstood the test of time."<ref name="indestructible DVD">{{cite AV media notes|title=The Making of Indestructible|orig-year=2008|others=Rafa Alcantara|type=booklet|publisher=Twentyfourcore Productions|year=2008}}</ref>
Guitarist [[Dan Donegan]] furthers this point, stating "We feel that we've become indestructible to be able to survive this long in the business, and continuing a success with it."<ref name="indestructible DVD" /> Draiman concludes, "We have been through a lot. No matter what gets thrown at us, as a band, no matter what happens in the musical environment, we're still here, we're still viable, and still standing."<ref name="indestructible DVD" />
==Music video== A music video went into production in June 2008 with Noble Jones as the director, and was unveiled on August 20, 2008.<ref name="disturbedvideo">{{cite web|title=DISTURBED: 'Indestructible' video available |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103205 |date=August 20, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2008 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826024959/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103205 |archive-date=August 26, 2008 }}</ref> It features high-concept battle scenes, reminiscent of the films ''[[300 (film)|300]]'' and ''[[10,000 BC (film)|10,000 BC]]'', intercut with footage of the band performing the song. The video shows the progression of war throughout history; from basic fighting with spears, to using modern weaponry such as firearms.
The video is unique in that it does break tradition from past historical depictions of armed combat that have, until a few years ago, always shown combatants to be exclusively male by featuring a closing scene of an armed female soldier-warrior, presumably American, charging headlong towards the threat to her fellow soldiers, her "brothers-in-arms".
==Track listing== '''UK''' {{track listing | all_writing = Disturbed | total_length= 8:37 | title1 = Indestructible (Album Version) | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = Indestructible (Edit) | length2 = 3:59 }}
'''UK 7" vinyl limited edition''' {{track listing | total_length= 8:30 | title1 = Indestructible | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = [[Inside the Fire (Disturbed song)|Inside the Fire]] | length2 = 3:52 }}
'''Digital''' {{track listing | total_length= 8:37 | title1 = Indestructible | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = Inside the Fire | length2 = 3:59 }}
==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (2008) !Position |- |The ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="charthistory"/> |align="center"|72 |- |[[Hot Canadian Digital Singles]]<ref name="indestructiblesingles">{{cite web|title=Indestructible single charts|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1382607/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=October 5, 2008|publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> |align="center"|40 |- |[[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref name="charthistory">{{cite web|title=Disturbed: Chart history - Singles|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=disturbed|chart=all}}|year=2008|access-date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Billboard.com}}</ref> |align="center"|35 |- |[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]<ref name="charthistory"/> |align="center"|2 |- |[[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]]<ref name="charthistory"/> |align="center"|10 |- {{single chart|UKrock|2|date=2008-10-12|access-date=October 3, 2020}} |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|access-date=September 27, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Disturbed|title=Indestructible|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2008|certyear=2024|access-date=September 4, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Disturbed|title=Indestructible|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2021|access-date=December 24, 2024|source=radioscope}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Disturbed|title=Indestructible|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2008|certyear=2025|access-date=March 9, 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Personnel== *[[Dan Donegan]] – [[guitar]], [[Record producer|producer]], electronics *[[David Draiman]] – [[lead vocals]], [[backing vocals]] co-producer *[[Mike Wengren]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], co-producer *[[John Moyer]] – [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals]] *Neal Avron – [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
==Release history== {| class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format |- |rowspan="1"| Worldwide<ref name="CDnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title="Indestructible" |others=[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] |year=2008 |page=1 |type=insert |publisher=[[Reprise Records]] |location=[[Burbank, California]]}}</ref> |rowspan="1"| September 29, 2008 |rowspan="1"| [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] |rowspan="1"| [[Music download|Digital download]] |- |rowspan="1"| United States<ref name="CDnotes"/> |rowspan="1"| October 6, 2008 |rowspan="1"| [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] |rowspan="1"| {{hlist|[[Phonograph record|7"]]|[[CD single|CD]]}} |- |rowspan="1"| United Kingdom<ref name="CDnotes"/> |rowspan="1"| October 6, 2008 |rowspan="1"| [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] |rowspan="1"| [[CD single|CD]] |}
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