Editing Switchfoot (section)

===''Oh! Gravity.'' (2006–2007)===
{{main|Oh! Gravity.}}
Switchfoot's next album, ''Oh! Gravity.'', was released on December 26, 2006, to considerable critical acclaim. It entered the Billboard chart at No.&nbsp;18<ref name="Billboard">
 {{cite magazine
 |url         = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1063510/omarion-leads-active-post-christmas-album-chart
 |title       = Omarion Leads Active Post-Christmas Album Chart
 |magazine   = Billboard
 |date        = January 3, 2007
 |access-date  = January 5, 2007
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140914094053/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1063510/omarion-leads-active-post-christmas-album-chart
 |archive-date = September 14, 2014
}}
</ref> and peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on iTunes' Top Albums chart.

[[File:Switchfoot Live Charleston.jpg|thumb|left|Oh! Gravity Spring Tour 2007 in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]]]

Before the release of the album, Switchfoot e-mailed a newsletter on June 2 which contained a free download of the song "Daylight to Break", a statement from Foreman implying that the band wanted to have a new album out by the end of the year, as well as a thanks to their fans for helping keep the band together for ten years. The band tried to involve their fans in the creation of the album,<ref name="reuters">
 {{cite news
 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3022855020061030
 |title=Switchfoot seeks fans' help
 |work =Reuters
 |last=Price
 |first=Deborah Evans
 |date=October 30, 2006
 |access-date=November 19, 2009}}
</ref> setting up a webcam in their recording studio and running a contest for a chance to play the [[cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]] in the studio with the band.<ref name="bandfarm">
 {{cite web
 |url         = http://echo2.bandfarm.com/hostedemail/email.htm?h=bc1db182df1b4bb69b408e0eb779dc60&CID=797072014
 |title       = New Album Update
 |publisher   = Switchfoot
 |date        = August 21, 2006
 |access-date  = August 21, 2006
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20120707181347/http://echo2.bandfarm.com/hostedemail/email.htm?h=bc1db182df1b4bb69b408e0eb779dc60&CID=797072014
 |archive-date = July 7, 2012
}}
</ref>

Promoting the album the band first released the song, "[[Dirty Second Hands]]", as a "preview" single via iTunes on September 26.<ref name="MTV06">
 {{cite web
 |url         = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540207/20060905/switchfoot.jhtml?headlines=true
 |title       = Switchfoot Slipping On Tour Boots Again As ''Gravity'' Approaches
 |publisher   = MTV
 |last        = Harris
 |first       = Chris
 |date        = September 5, 2006
 |access-date  = September 13, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060910073524/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540207/20060905/switchfoot.jhtml?headlines=true
 |archive-date = September 10, 2006
}}
</ref> The title track "[[Oh! Gravity. (song)|Oh! Gravity]]" was also released to iTunes on October 21 and was sent to radio on October 31 as the lead single for the album,<ref name="fmqb">
 {{cite magazine
 |url         = http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=282163
 |title       = Quick Hits: Jet, The Killers, Barenaked Ladies, Robert Plant, Flavor Flav, Switchfoot, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Twilight Singers, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Madina Lake, As Fast As, Jimmy Buffett
 |magazine   = FMQB
 |date        = September 29, 2006
 |access-date  = October 2, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070313093406/http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=282163
 |archive-date = March 13, 2007
}}
</ref> seeing limited success at alternative and modern rock radio. The album's second single, "[[Awakening (song)|Awakening]]", was released in early 2007. Although it had virtually no play on mainstream radio, the accompanying band-funded music video song received over one million hits on YouTube in less than three months. When ''Oh! Gravity'' was pre-ordered a 3-song EP called ''Oh! Switchfoot'' was included. The short CD included three songs: "The Sound in My Mouth", "C'mon C'mon", and "Oh! Gravity (Acoustic)".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://switchfootage.blogspot.com/2007/12/switchfoot-oh-ep.html | title = Switchfoot – Oh! EP | access-date = April 6, 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110830092408/http://switchfootage.blogspot.com/2007/12/switchfoot-oh-ep.html | archive-date = August 30, 2011 }}</ref>