{{Short description|2001 single by Live}} {{Infobox song | name = Simple Creed | cover = LiveSimpleCreed.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Live featuring Tricky | album = V | B-side = * "Shit Towne" (live) * "Sparkle" (live) | released = {{start date|2001|7|24}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 3:26 | label = Radioactive | writer = * Ed Kowalczyk * Tricky | producer = | prev_title = They Stood Up for Love | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Overcome | next_year = 2001 }}
"'''Simple Creed'''" is a song by American alternative rock group Live, released as the first single from their fifth studio album, ''V''. The song features vocals by English rapper Tricky.
==Chart performance== In the United States, "Simple Creed" peaked at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="usas"/><ref name="usmr"/> The song also reached No. 18 in the Netherlands and No. 43 in Australia.<ref name="aus"/>
==Music video== The music video for "Simple Creed" was directed by Marc Webb.<ref>[http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16735 "Simple Creed"] ''mvdbase.com''</ref> It features the band performing the song outdoors, cut with footage of two men fighting as they are urged on by a crowd of onlookers. The fight ends as one of the combatants appears to see the error of his ways. He begins walking and is followed by a large group of young people. When the rap section begins, the video cuts to a young man in his living room watching Tricky perform his section of the song on TV. The band finish performing the song as the sun sets. The final shot is of the now very large group of young people standing behind the band members in a suburban street.
==Track listings== '''Australian and German CD single''' # "Simple Creed" – 3:26 # "Shit Towne" (live version) – 4:40 # "Sparkle" (live version) – 5:26
'''Dutch CD single''' # "Simple Creed" – 3:26 # "Shit Towne" (live version) – 4:37
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+{{sro|Weekly chart performance for "Simple Creed"}} !Chart (2001) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|43|artist=Live feat. Tricky|song=Simple Creed|rowheader=true|access-date=July 21, 2016|refname="aus"}} |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|4|artist=Live feat. Tricky|song=Simple Creed|rowheader=true|access-date=October 24, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=2021|week=36|rowheader=true|access-date=January 7, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|18|artist=Live feat. Tricky|song=Simple Creed|rowheader=true|access-date=January 7, 2023}} |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name="usmr">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2001-09-29/|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2001|url-access=subscription|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref> |11 |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name="usas">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/2001-09-01/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 1, 2001|url-access=subscription|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref> |18 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+{{sro|Year-end chart performance for "Simple Creed"}} !Chart (2001) !Position |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Modern Rock Songs of 2001|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=40|date=December 21, 2001}}</ref> |85 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+{{sro|Release dates and formats for "Simple Creed"}} !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United States |July 24, 2001 |{{hlist|Mainstream rock|active rock radio}} |rowspan="2"|Radioactive |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1411|pages=133, 138|date=July 20, 2001}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |August 27, 2001 |CD |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue600.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 27th August 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=August 27, 2001|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue600.PDF|archive-date=February 20, 2002|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://freaks4live.com/ Official band website] * [https://www.youtube.com/user/LiveVEVO#p/u/17/TgdKMHoEFqk Official Music Video] via Live's ''Vevo'' channel
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Category:2001 singles Category:2001 songs Category:Live (band) songs Category:Radioactive Records singles Category:Songs written by Ed Kowalczyk