“From Yesterday”
Single by 30 Seconds to Mars from the album A Beautiful Lie
Released	April 20, 2007 February 4, 2008 (re-release)
Recorded	2006
Genre	Emo Alternative Rock
Length	4:08
Producer	Leah Gragham
30 Seconds to Mars singles chronology
"The Kill" (2005) "From Yesterday" (2006) "A Beautiful Lie" (2008)
Music sample
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Track listing

US CD

1. "From Yesterday" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
2. "The Story" (Live @ AOL Sessions Under Cover) - 3:59

UK CD

1. "From Yesterday" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
2. "Stronger" (Radio 1 Live) - 6:01
3. "From Yesterday" full directors cut video (enhanced CD) - 13:40

UK 7" Vinyl #1

1. "From Yesterday" (Chris Lord-Alge Mix) - 4:14
2. "The Kill" (Radio 1 Live) - 3:47

This limited edition vinyl is clear, and comes in a gatefold case The Kill (subtitled in its single release in America as Bury Me and in the UK as Rebirth) is the second single from 30 Seconds to Marss second album, A Beautiful Lie. ...

UK 7" Vinyl #2

1. "From Yesterday"

This is also limited edition, but is red, and has the band members' signatures etched into the back

Music video

"From Yesterday" was filmed using 1000 Chinese soldiers (they are seen holding flags at the beginning of the video). The film starts with a young boy, presumably the Emperor, being asked what he would like for his birthday. He simply states "The Sound of Tomorrow." The action then cuts to a plain white room with the band members, clad in white outfits similar to those worn in fencing, each doing their own thing. A woman enters and tells them that it is time. She leads them out into the hall and disappears. They walk down to the end of the hall where they attempt to open the door. They are unable to. The lights start to flicker and they go out, leaving the band puzzled. This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ...

It then opens to another scene where the band is walking through giant gates into the row of Chinese soldiers. As they are all walking down, Jared notices a woman with pale white skin walking on the exterior of the row, oblivious to the others.

The band are then taken to the hall where the Emperor is situated, and are given scrolls. Jared then says to his brother, Shannon Leto (the band's drummer): "This is a gift?" Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. ... Shannon Christopher Leto (b. ...

Each band member is then led to a different part of the kingdom, encountering various Chinese traditions. Matt Wachter encounters the butler whipping himself; Tomo Milicevic finds a dead woman lying on her bed, and someone proceeds to put a small black ball (A ball of mercury, which is a Chinese custom) into her mouth; Shannon sees a grown man being breast-fed by his mother or wife; and Jared accidentally walks in on a group of men sacrificing three young women. For contemporary culture after 1949, see Culture of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The band is then shown putting on traditional Chinese armor before meeting in an alleyway for a battle against four others, dressed in identical armor. This scene is mixed with scenes of the band walking through the palace, encountering many peculiarities such as the tradition of leaving the dead in the bed for prolong periods and beheading of criminals. In the end, 30 Seconds to Mars are shown performing in the courtyard, with fireworks in the background. 30 Seconds to Mars (or Thirty Seconds to Mars) is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic // Created in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother, Shannon, 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project. ...

At the end of the video, the band members end up fighting each other and four warriors. They wear masks, and thus cannot see who is who. The warriors are slain, and the 30 Seconds to Mars wind up in a stalemate. They slowly remove their masks, revealing to each other that they are all alive. Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move has no legal moves but is not in check. ...

Chart success

• "From Yesterday" reached #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it 30 Seconds to Mars' first #1 on any Billboard chart. "From Yesterday" is therefore even more successful than "The Kill", a song considered to be the band's breakthrough single.
• This song was #6 on MTV Mexico's list of "Los 100+ Pedidos del 2007".^[1]
• This song was also #79 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.^[2]

It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... 30 Seconds to Mars (or Thirty Seconds to Mars) is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic // Created in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother, Shannon, 30 Seconds to Mars began as a small family project. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... The Kill (subtitled in its single release in America as Bury Me and in the UK as Rebirth) is the second single from 30 Seconds to Marss second album, A Beautiful Lie. ... MTV Networks Latin America is a subsidiary of Viacom-owned MTV Networks, with operational headquarters in Miami, FL, USA. As being based in the United States, all MTVNLA channels are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. broadcast regulator, despite not transmitting for the United States. ... MTV Networks Asia Pacific comprises three distinctly branded channels, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 in the asia pacific region reaching more than 300 million households. ...

Chart positions

Hot100Brasil is an online publisher of various Brazilian music charts. ... Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections. ... The Dutch Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart, which started as the Veronica Top 40, because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. ... The Media Control Charts are the official music charts in Germany. ... The Irish Singles Chart is the Irish music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. ...

In popular culture

• Portions of the song were used in the promo for FOX's Fall 2007 series New Amsterdam.

FOX redirects here. ... New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on FOX. The series is created by Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor, who also serve as executive producers alongside David Manson, Leslie Holleran, Steven Pearl and Lasse Hallström. ...

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