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{{Infobox song
| name = A Praise Chorus
| cover = A Praise Chorus.jpg
| alt =
| type = [[Promotional single]]
| artist = [[Jimmy Eat World]]
| album = [[Bleed American]]
| released = 2002
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Emo]]
* [[pop-punk]]
* [[punk rock]]
}}
| length = 4:03
| label = [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]] {{small|R6538}}
| writer = {{flatlist|
* Jimmy Eat World
* {{nowrap|[[Tommy James|Thomas Gregory Jackson]]}}
* Peter Paul Lucia
* [[Chris Foreman]]
* [[Cathal Smyth]]
* Davey von Bohlen
* Jason Gnewikow
* Scott Schoenbeck
* Dan Didier
* [[Paul Rodgers]]
* [[John Flansburgh]]
* [[John Linnell]]
* [[Nikki Sixx]]
}}
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Sweetness (Jimmy Eat World song)|Sweetness]]
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = [[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]
| next_year = 2004
}}

"'''A Praise Chorus'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Jimmy Eat World]]. It was released in 2002 as the fourth single released from the band's fourth album ''[[Bleed American]]'', later retitled ''Jimmy Eat World'' in the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]].

==Songs "praised" by this song==
After the second stanza, references to seven songs become the "praise chorus" of the title. The first line is sung continuously in the background before the other six are sung over it.<ref name="songlist">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/davey-sing-me-something-that-i-know-28-songs-that-men-1798222558 |title=Davey, sing me something that I know: 28 songs that mention other songs by name |publisher=AV Club |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref>

#[[Tommy James and the Shondells]] – "[[Crimson and Clover]]" – "Crimson and clover, over and over", sung continuously in the background.
#[[Madness (band)|Madness]] – "[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]" – "Our house in the middle of the street."
#[[The Promise Ring]] – "Why Did Ever We Meet" – "Why did we ever meet?"
#[[Bad Company]] – "[[Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy]]" – "[Started] my rock 'n' roll fantasy."
#[[They Might Be Giants]] – "[[Don't Let's Start]]" – "Don't, don't, don't let's start."
#[[The Promise Ring]] – "All of My Everythings" – "Why did we ever part?"
#[[Mötley Crüe]] – "[[Kickstart My Heart]]" – "Kickstart my rock 'n roll heart."

Following the recording of the song's demo (which contains none of these songs, but rather a repetition of "Fast action/Come on, come on, come on/Fast action/So what'cha here for"), the band felt that it needed some additional work in the chorus section. They sent the recording to [[The Promise Ring]]'s [[Davey von Bohlen]], a friend of the band, and asked him to "Sing [us] something that [we] know". During live performances, Tom Linton sings the repeated "Crimson and Clover" line, while Jim Adkins sings the lyrics from the other six songs.

==Track listing==
;The Middle/A Praise Chorus AUS Tour EP
#"[[The Middle (Jimmy Eat World song)|The Middle]]"
#"A Praise Chorus"
#"[[Bleed American (song)|Bleed American]]" (live from the 9:30 Club, Washington DC 6/4/02)
#"[[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)|Firestarter]]" (non-album) ([[The Prodigy]] cover)
#"The Middle" (acoustic)

;Promotional compact disc
#"A Praise Chorus"
#"Authority Song" (demo version)

==Personnel==
Personnel adapted from CD booklet<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bleed American |others=Jimmy Eat World|year=2001|type=CD booklet |publisher=[[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]/[[Geffen Records]]/[[Universal Music Enterprises|UM<sup>e</sup>]]/[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]}}</ref>

'''Jimmy Eat World'''
*[[Jim Adkins]]{{snd}}lead vocals, lead guitar, percussion
*Tom Linton{{snd}}rhythm guitar
*Rick Burch{{snd}}bass guitar
*Zach Lind{{snd}}drums
'''Additional Personnel'''
* [[Davey von Bohlen]] – additional vocals

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2002)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|16|artist=Jimmy Eat World|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Jimmy Eat World songs]]
[[Category:2001 singles]]
[[Category:2001 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tommy James]]
[[Category:DreamWorks Records singles]]

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