teen known as "Johnny boy" fails to fit in with his peers and ultimately commits suicide by firearm, "[telling] the world how he felt with the sound of a gat [handgun]." Music video The music video for "Youth of the Nation" has the band performing the song in a room filled with photos of adolescents as seen on the single cover. It revolves around a group of teenagers taking a cross country trip in a car from New York City to Venice Beach in Los Angeles via Western Pennsylvania (New Kensington, Arnold, Cheswick, Harmarville), Carhenge is used as a backdrop for parts of the chorus along with other locales. The book On the Road by Jack Kerouac can be seen on the dashboard of the car. Directed by Paul Fedor, the video found significant airplay on MTV2. The video features a prefamous Joel David Moore as the teenager driving the car. Marcos Curiel noted that censorship of the video came into play due to Viacom: "We had a girl sitting on the hood of the car going down the highway trying to be free-spirited, you know? [...] But, Viacom and MTV had us edit that out because kids are so easily influenced." Awards 2003 Grammy Awards Best Hard Rock Performance (nomination) 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Best Rock Video (nomination) Track listings US promo CD "Youth of the Nation" (radio edit) – 4:05 "Youth of the Nation" (album version) – 4:16 '''UK, European, and Australian CD single "Youth of the Nation" (album version) – 4:17 "Alive" (semi-acoustic version) – 3:23 "Sabbath" – 4:32 Chart and sales Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 2001 singles 2001 songs American alternative rock songs Atlantic Records singles P.O.D. songs Rap rock songs Songs about bullying Songs about school Songs about suicide Songs about real people Teenage tragedy songs Song recordings produced by Howard Benson Songs written by Noah Bernardo Songs written by Marcos Curiel Songs written by Traa Daniels Songs written by Sonny Sandoval Impact of the Columbine High School massacre