“He set it up by saying, ‘You should call the preface to the Olympics The Road to Legends, and here’s your song.’ They heard it and went nuts and said, ‘Yes, this is awesome We love this.’ That’s what happened.” “Legends” was already confirmed as the first single and, according to Bendeth, Benji approached the head of the Olympic Committee with his vision. #TeamUSA is proud to announce LEGENDS by as our OFFICIAL song on the road to the 2018 #WinterOlympics! /c7xYn19IUF We realized that the Winter Olympics were coming up in South Korea so we thought, ‘Let’s pitch it to them.’ Benji said, ‘Leave it to me.’” “The next thing that happened was Benji and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte who manage Sleeping With Sirens said they saw a bigger immediate picture for the song. At the beginning, we were talking about WWE wrestling and any kind of big mainstream sports. “At the same time, we wanted to have an arena for the song. “We wanted to write a two-fold song, one that would obviously inspire people to think that ultimately in their life that they could become something great - maybe legends is far-fetched but certainly something great,” Bendeth said. “We can move mountains/We can break walls/We can stand tall enough to fight/And never fall/ We can be legends after all.” “We can be wild/We can be free/We can be anything in life/We want to be,” begins the anthemic lyric. ‘Legends’ is a story about the American Dream and what is possible. “Like many immigrants of the past and present, his sacrifices aren’t taken for granted. When I learned that ‘Legends’ is being used to represent Team USA for the 2018 Olympics, I couldn’t help but think about my great-grandfather and how proud I’d hope he’d be if he were alive today. “This country afforded him the opportunity to work hard, raise a family, and eventually become a proud American citizen. “Around 100 years ago my great grandfather left southern Italy at a young age in search for a better life in America,” Aiello wrote in an email.
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in 1995 - said.Īiello, who was born in America, also reflected on his heritage when asked by Billboard what it means to him to have one of his songs used by the U.S. “Being a Brit and a Canadian, I never dreamed I would ever live in the USA and make music, let alone co-write an Olympic theme song,” Bendeth - who was born in London in the mid-50s, emigrated to Canada in 1963, and relocated to the U.S.
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22 on Warner Bros., which Bendeth produced.
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The song is also the first single from the American alt-rock band’s new album, Gossip, out Sept.