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| Single by Slipknot | ||||
| from the album All Hope Is Gone | ||||
| A-side | "Snuff" (radio edit) | |||
| B-side | "Snuff" (album version) | |||
| Released | September 28, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Sound Farm Studio, Jamaica, Iowa | |||
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| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Corey Taylor | |||
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"Snuff" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot.[3] Released as the fifth and final single from their fourth album All Hope Is Gone on September 28, 2009,[4] the song charted at number two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charted single to date, surpassing "Dead Memories".[5]
Roadrunner Records placed "Snuff" at number six for its greatest music videos of all time.[6] The song was also nominated for Best Single at the Kerrang! Awards 2010,[7] but lost to "Liquid Confidence" by You Me at Six.[8]
It is the final single released from the band with original bassist Paul Gray before his death eight months after its release and drummer Joey Jordison before his departure in 2013 and death in 2021. During recent solo acoustic shows, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of "Snuff" as a tribute to Gray.
"Snuff", "Psychosocial", "Dead Memories", "Wait and Bleed", "Sulfur", "Left Behind" and "Pulse of the Maggots" were released as downloadable songs in the Rock Band series.
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"This is the slow one. It's another personal one. Again, not naming names, it's about someone who helped me through a lot and I thought she felt the same way that I did and then she really let me down. At the same time, it was good that she did, because it was that final push to me figuring out myself. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory." – Corey Taylor[9]
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"Corey doesn't really write music for Slipknot – but, when he came over to hear the songs Paul [Gray, bassist] and I were working on for All Hope Is Gone, he showed me this… I had him lay a scratch track down in the studio. Then I went in late at night, without telling him, and laid down some drums… When he heard it the next day, he started crying. It's Corey's masterpiece." – Joey Jordison[10]
Music video[]
It was announced on October 14, 2009 by Roadrunner Records that a music video with a high enough production quality to be considered a short film was to be released for "Snuff",[11] which premiered on December 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM CST.[12] It was co-directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan and P. R. Brown, and features Malcolm McDowell and Ashley Laurence of Hellraiser fame.[13] Corey Taylor is seen for the third time in a Slipknot video without his mask (the other two times being: "Dead Memories" and "Before I Forget") and is cross-dressed at the end of the short film.[14]
As of May 2022, the song has 141 million views on YouTube.
Track listing[]
- Promo single
- "Snuff" (radio edit) – 4:12
- "Snuff" (album version) – 4:36
Personnel[]
Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.[15]
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Certifications[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[20] | Platinum | 80,000double-dagger |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[21] | Silver | 200,000double-dagger |
| United States (RIAA)[22] | Platinum | 1,000,000double-dagger |
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References[]
- ↑ Rahul, Aneesh (April 13, 2019). "Songs Different From The Artists' Usual Sounds". Student Life. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ↑ Korvatin, Chris (28 August 2020). "Every Slipknot Song, Ranked from Worst to Best". We Are The Pit. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ↑ "Maggot Brains". Spin. 24 (9): 118. September 2008. ISSN 0886-3032.
- ↑ "::: A ballad from Slipknot?". FMQB. Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ↑ "Snuff-Slipknot". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ↑ "The Ten Greatest Music Videos in Roadrunner History: #10 - #6". Roadrunner Records. April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Relentless Energy Drink Kerrang! Awards 2010". Kerrang!. June 23, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ↑ Dan (June 29, 2010). "And the winners are..." Kerrang!. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Snuff by Slipknot". Songfacts. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ↑ Bryant, Tom (July 14, 2012). "Hell unleashed". Kerrang #1423. p. 25.
- ↑ "New Music: Slipknot, Megadeth, Killswitch Engage". Roadrunner Records. October 14, 2009. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ B. Crawford, Allyson (December 18, 2009). "Slipknot, 'Snuff' — Short Film Premiere". Noisecreep. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Snuff short film featuring Ashley Laurence[permanent dead link]. Dailyradar. Horrorblips. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ↑ Moore, Debi (December 18, 2009). "See Slipknot's Short Film Snuff Starring Some Familiar Faces". Dread Central. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Slipknot | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Slipknot Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ↑ "Slipknot Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Slipknot Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
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