Actions & Motives is a the third single by American

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 alternative rock

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 10 Years

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. It was released on their fourth studio album, and second major label release, Division

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Division is 10 Years's fourth studio album and second major label release which was released May 13, 2008. The first single was "Beautiful". It has so far sold over 250,000 copies in the US.-Track listing:#"Actions & Motives" - 3:23...

. This song was not a mainstream success for the band, charted at #36 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Single release

On May 24, 2009, an EP

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 for Actions & Motives was released via the iTunes

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 store. It has a promotional video for the song, a live, acoustic

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 version of the track "Russian Roulette", along with Actions & Motives itself. On the band's MySpace

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, they stated it was an economic stimulus deal. The price for the EP was only $1.49 in the U.S.A..

Promotional video

The video, (although much shorter than the actual song), features live performance of "Actions and Motives". It also features an interview, where the interviewer asks about the band. He states that he reads a lot about them on Wikipedia

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Track listing

1. "Actions & Motives" - 3:23
2. "Actions & Motives" (Promotional video) - 2:04
3. "Russian Roulette" (Live Acoustic version) - 3:37