"Boston" is a song by American rock band Augustana

Augustana (band)

Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who are signed to the Epic Records record label. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."-Beginning years:...

, from their 2005 album All the Stars and Boulevards

All the Stars and Boulevards

All the Stars and Boulevards is the debut album from Augustana, a Californian piano rock band. The album was released September 6, 2005 by Epic Records....

. It was originally produced in 2003 by Stephen Short

Stephen Short

Stephen Short is a Grammy Award–winning record producer and operates Ping Pong Music, an artist management company. Many songs he has worked on have gone on to become chart-topping singles that have won Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, and Golden Globe Awards....

 for Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays

Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays

Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays is the initial demo album of Augustana, recorded in the home recording studio of Jon King. One thousand copies were produced by Augustana and distributed at shows in the Midwest and California.- Track listing :...

and was later re-recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien

Brendan O'Brien (music producer)

Brendan O’Brien is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band...

 for All the Stars and Boulevards

All the Stars and Boulevards

All the Stars and Boulevards is the debut album from Augustana, a Californian piano rock band. The album was released September 6, 2005 by Epic Records....

. Paul Schellenberg who went to high school with Dan Layus and left for Gordon College

Gordon College (Massachusetts)

Gordon College is a liberal arts college located on the former Princemere estate in Wenham, Massachusetts, northeast of Beverly. Founded by Baptist minister A. J...

 was the inspiration for this song.

Music video

The music video starts with the lead singer (Dan Layus) playing a piano on a beach with the sea at low tide initially, later showing numerous other abandoned pianos on the beach. As the video progresses, other band members appear. Soon after, high tide comes up and the entire band continues to play as they are submerged in water over and over. Band members have been shown to be struggling to keep up with their musical instruments, but they do not seem to give up playing even in such adverse conditions. The video ends showing all musical instruments left shattered by the sea waves.

Use in popular media

The song has been used in The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers...

, in the 3rd episode of the 1st season, "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary". It was also featured in Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

, in the 19th episode of the 5th season, "His Story 3".

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	34
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	31
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...	22
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	24