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"Riptide" is the fourth single from Sick Puppies' third album Tri-Polar, which impacted radio on 8 February 2011. Originally this song was planned to be the second single, but "Odd One" narrowly beat out "Riptide" because of its strong lyrical message.
Music video
A music video was premiered on 6 April 2011 on Yahoo music. The video features the band playing in front of a wall of T.V's screening the most shocking breaking news and iniquities in the world. At the end of the video a child turns off the T.V. and it shows a phrase saying: "There is still hope".
It was directed by Travis Kopach.
The video went to No. 7 on Yahoo Videos
Chart performance
"Riptide" debuted at No. 35 on the Mainstream Rock chart and peaked at No. 3; it debut at No. 49 on the Rock Songs chart, where it peaked at No. 6. It debuted at No. 36 on the Alternative Songs chart.
