A 30-second clip was soon added to Jimmy Eat World's official website, as well as the clip being shown on MTV Two, and then on January 27, it was announced the video would premiere on MTV TRL on January 30 at 3.30pm. The band began filming the video on January 5, 2008. In a negative review for the album, Andrew Blackie from PopMatters criticized the track for being 'gimmicky and insincere.' Music video Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe praised the song's use of 'snaps and handclaps' and compared its melody to the highlights on both The Shins' Wincing the Night Away and Shout Out Louds' Our Ill Wills.
The single was released in the U.K on March 3, 2008.
The song impacted radio on December 4, 2007. 'Always Be' is the second single from Jimmy Eat World's sixth studio album Chase This Light.
