Welcome to the Black Parade

Commencing with one of the most instantly recognizable single piano notes in rock history, the track explodes into a bombastic, multi-part rock opera directly inspired by Queen and Pink Floyd. Serving as the centerpiece to their ambitious concept album, the song's theatricality and triumphant themes of mortality became the defining anthem for the entire 2000s emo movement. Its massive mainstream success secured the band's legacy as stadium-rock icons.