Release and Reception
"Rooster" was released as a single in 1993. "Rooster" peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Ned Raggett of Allmusic said that the song " both the volume and the tenderness in play while tackling a slightly unexpected subject" and that it "alternates between almost dreamy verses, and surging, blasting choruses."
It was also released on the soundtrack for the feature film Terminator Salvation in 2009 and was recently used for the E3 2010 trailer for the 2012 video game, Spec Ops: The Line. The song was also used in the second season of the TV show Supernatural episode 19 "Folsom Prison Blues"
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