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 in a rut with no way out." Retrospectively, "NME" cited the record as when the band "rediscovered their sense of purpose and ushered in their third great phase" with the critically acclaimed "Journal for Plague Lovers" and "Postcards from a Young Man" following. Bassist Nicky Wire remains fond of the album, saying of the pre-"Send Away the Tigers" period: "It didn't feel like we were a band just before that. We were on the verge of nothingness and to dig that out of ourselves made us fall in love with music again." The album helped earn the band the following