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Unity (Shinedown song)

Shinedown song

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7893740 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Unity" is the second single from American rock band Shinedown's fourth studio album, Amaryllis.

Release

The song was released on March 13, 2012.

Music video

On the same day as the release of the official single, the official video premiered on the band's YouTube channel. The video follows a girl taking pictures of people across town. At the end of the song, the pictures resemble two hands, each of a different color.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

"iTunes Store". iTunes. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012.

Editorial summary

“Unity (Shinedown song)” enters the record as shinedown song. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Unity, Shinedown and song can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012-03-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Unity, Shinedown and song.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Unity (Shinedown song)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Unity, Shinedown and song provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7893740. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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This entry incorporates text from “Unity (Shinedown song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.