"Welcome to the Black Parade" is the first single from the album, The Black Parade, and the ninth single by the New Jersey-based band, My Chemical Romance. It was released on September 11, 2006 on iTunes and October 9, 2006 on CD. The studio version was available on MySpace on September 2, 2006. It became their first UK number one on October 15, 2006 as well as their first US number one when it topped the Modern Rock charts on October 26, 2006 where it stayed for seven weeks. It also became their first top ten single on the U.S. Hot 100.