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 and called "Send Away the Tigers" a "brilliant pop record." Among less positive commentaries, "The Guardian" and "The Observer" both awarded the album three stars, with the latter describing "Send Away the Tigers" as a "pedestrian retread of former glories." Alex Denney went further in a negative review for Drowned in Sound, describing the album as a "bloated swansong" that was "embarrassing" in parts, with the band "going through the motions". AllMusic disagreed, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine describing its relatively short and concise length as a "welcome progression from a band that only a couple of albums back seemed stuck