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"Voices"
Song

"Voices" is the third single by the American rock band Alice in Chains, taken from their 2013 album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The song peaked at number 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks,[1] and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks,[2] and at No. 18 on the Rock Airplay chart.[3]

Song

The song was the first to be written for the album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. It was penned by singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell in 2011 before he went into hospital for a procedure to repair a damaged shoulder cartilage. He told Grammy.com:

Before I had the surgery I think I demoed 'Voices' really quick, that was a kind of quick song and came together within a couple of days of just me messing around here at the house. It was right after tour and it was a good, strong song and so I sent it around to everybody and everybody liked it and I thought, 'F--k, that's good.' That was the first thing that came together on the record, so I knew there was a good song there.[4][5]

Music video

The lyric video for "Voices" was released on the Internet on July 25, 2013,[6] with the official video following on September 5.[7][8] Both videos were directed by Robert Schober, also known as Roboshobo.[9]

Of the music video, on-line music magazine Loudwire commented:

Accompanying the haunting melodies of "Voices," pushed further by a vocal structure led by Jerry Cantrell, comes an equally haunting music video. Alice in Chains performed the song in a room illuminated by chandeliers and wayward light bulbs while on the outside, the lyrics sung by Cantrell and William DuVall occupy a somewhat bleak cityscape through neon letters.[8]

The video was filmed in Seattle, with neon signs of the song's lyrics placed throughout the city in some of the places that are special to the band.[10] The video also features pictures of the band's former lead singer, Layne Staley, and of Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain, at the 2:20 mark.[7]

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11] 3
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[12] 18

References

  1. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs - The Week of November 23, 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Alice in Chains - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Voices chart. "Voices". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Voices meaning. "Voices". Songfacts. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; August 20, 2013 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Interview with Jerry Cantrell. "Interview jerry cantrell". grammy.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Mary Ouellette (July 25, 2013). "Alice in Chains Reveal Lyric Video for 'Voices'". Loudwire. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b "Alice In Chains - Voices". YouTube. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann (September 5, 2013). "Lyric video". Loudwire. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; September 7, 2013 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Roboshobo official website". Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  10. ^ "ALICE IN CHAINS - FIND THE 'VOICES' NEON SIGNS". Brave Words. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Alice in Chains Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "Alice in Chains Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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