Rest in Peace (song)

"Rest in Peace" is a song by American rock band Extreme. It was released on August 24, 1992, as the first single from their third studio album, III Sides to Every Story (1992).

"Rest in Peace"
Single by Extreme
from the album III Sides to Every Story
Released	August 24, 1992 (1992-08-24)
Genre	Hard rock[1]
Length	6:02
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Nuno Bettencourt Gary Cherone
Producer(s)	Nuno Bettencourt Bob St. John
Extreme singles chronology
"Hole Hearted" (1991) "Rest in Peace" (1992) "Stop the World" (1992)

Music video

The original music video for the song was inspired by Norman McLaren's short film called Neighbours in which, instead of a flower, the neighbors fight over a TV set showing the band performing the song. The band was sued, but the controversy was quickly settled out of court. They later released a new version of the video, consisting only of the performance montage of the band on a white cyclorama which was displayed on the television set in the original video.

Chart performance

The song reached the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 96. It topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in November 1992. In the UK, the song charted at No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rest in Peace" (LP version)
2.	"Rest in Peace" (radio edit)
3.	"Peacemaker Die"
4.	"Monica"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 76 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 21 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] 33 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 7 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 20 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 31 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 19 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 24 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 20 UK Singles (OCC)[11] 13 US Billboard Hot 100[12] 96 US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[14] 30

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	August 24, 1992	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl cassette	A&M	[15]
Japan	September 20, 1992	Mini-CD		[16]