"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, "The Black Parade". It was released on September 12, 2006, as the album's lead single, with the studio version available on the band's Myspace on September 2, 2006. The music video for the single was recognized as MTV's "Greatest Music Video of the Century" in 2017. The song topped the UK Singles Chart, and reached number nine on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. The song was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.