Rebel Beat

In an interview with Billboard.com, Rzeznik explains Rebel Beat is a collaboration with Gregg Wattenberg, built from a rhythm idea. "I was playing this great old guitar that had kind of a (Led) Zeppelin tone to it," Rzeznik recalls. "I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went from there and then started burbling out lyrics." The final lyrics, Rzeznik says, were inspired by being in New York and walking around the Little Italy and Chinatown districts. "They had this street closed off and a huge party going on," he remembers. "I was thinking, 'I love this! I want to be part of this!' So basically it turned out to be a song about celebrating everything and (saying) no matter what, you've got to have fun. That's really it."^[3]

On the day of the release, the band posted a video on the band's YouTube page.^[4] On January 29, Warner Bros Records released an official lyric video.^[5] On March 6, the webpage VideoStatic, announced the start of the production of a music video for the song. It also stated that the video will be directed by P.R. Brown.^[6]

• Digital single

1. "Rebel Beat" - 3:34

Personnel adapted from Magnetic liner notes.^[7]

Goo Goo Dolls

• John Rzeznik – vocals, guitars, backing vocals
• Robby Takac – bass
• Mike Malinin – drums

Additional musicians

• Gregg Wattenberg – guitars, backing vocals
• John Alicastro – backing vocals
• Gunnar Olsen – backing vocals
• Lenny Skolnik – backing vocals
• Derek Fuhrmann – backing vocals
• Ian Driscoll – backing vocals

Production

• Greg Wattenberg – production
• Chris Shaw – engineering
• John Alicastro – engineering, programming
• Gunnar Olsen – programming
• Lenny Skolnik – programming
• Mark Endert – mixing
• Doug Johnson – mix assistant
• Ted Jensen – mastering