Underdogs (Manic Street Preachers song) Underdogs (Manic Street Preachers song) "Underdogs" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 2007 by record label Columbia as the first single taken from their eighth studio album, "Send Away the Tigers". A fan competition was announced at the time of the song's announcement, asking fans to send in photos, videos and other visual media they thought fit the song and its theme. The final video, composed of clips from the band's previous videos and fan-sent material, was released on the band's website on 12 April 2007. "Underdogs" was released on 19
Send Away the Tigers return to the hard-edged, more guitar-driven sound of their earlier releases, being described as a hard rock album by AllMusic and Sputnikmusic, as well as glam rock by "Uncut" and "Reno Gazette-Journal". The band itself has described it as a mixture of "Generation Terrorists" and "Everything Must Go". The album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, whose brother Tom provided the US mix of "The Holy Bible". The album sleeve features a quotation from Wyndham Lewis (there misspelled as "Wyndam Lewis"): "When a man is young, he is usually a revolutionary of some kind. So here I am, speaking of my