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Snuff (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Snuff

| cover = slipknot_snuff.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Slipknot

| album = All Hope Is Gone

| A-side = "Snuff" (radio edit)

| B-side = "Snuff" (album version)

| released = {{start date|2009|9|28}}

| recorded = 2008

| studio = Sound Farm (Jamaica, Iowa)

| genre = Alternative rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.student-life.co/articles/2019/4/13/songs-different-from-the-artists-usual-sounds|title=Songs Different From The Artists' Usual Sounds|website=Student Life|last=Rahul|first=Aneesh|date=April 13, 2019|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120165231/https://www.studentlife.org.uk/2019-4-13-songs-different-from-the-artists-usual-sounds/|archive-date=January 20, 2021}}

| length = * 4:36 (album version)

  • 4:12 (radio edit)

| label = Roadrunner

| writer = Corey Taylor

| producer = * Dave Fortman

  • Slipknot

| prev_title = Sulfur

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = The Negative One

| next_year = 2014

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LXEKuttVRIo|"Snuff"}}}}

}}

"Snuff" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpE-C2vX2LcC&pg=PA118 |page=118 |title=Maggot Brains |date=September 2008 |journal=Spin |volume=24 |number=9 |issn=0886-3032}} Released on September 28, 2009, as the fifth and final single from their fourth album, All Hope Is Gone,{{cite web|title=::: A ballad from Slipknot?|url=https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925183312/https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-date=September 25, 2009|access-date=February 11, 2010|publisher=FMQB}} the song charted at number two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest chart placement to date, surpassing "Dead Memories".{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Snuff-Slipknot|magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 22, 2009}}

Roadrunner Records placed "Snuff" at number six for its greatest music videos of all time.{{cite web|date=April 28, 2010|title=The Ten Greatest Music Videos in Roadrunner History: #10 - #6|url=https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009082823/https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-date=October 9, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011|website=Roadrunner Records}} The song was also nominated for Best Single at the Kerrang! Awards 2010,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/06/and_the_nominees_are.html|title=Relentless Energy Drink Kerrang! Awards 2010| magazine=Kerrang!| date= June 23, 2010| access-date= June 28, 2010}} but lost to "Liquid Confidence" by You Me at Six.{{cite web|last=Dan|date=June 29, 2010|title=And the winners are...|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105210516/https://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-date=November 5, 2013|access-date=October 20, 2010|website=Kerrang!}}

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.

Background

{{Quote|"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{{cite web|title=Snuff by Slipknot|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/slipknot/snuff|access-date=January 31, 2010|website=Songfacts}}}}

{{Quote|"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{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Bryant|title=Hell unleashed|magazine=Kerrang #1423|date=July 14, 2012|page=25}}}}

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",{{cite web|date=October 14, 2009|title=New Music: Slipknot, Megadeth, Killswitch Engage|url=https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/New-Music-Slipknot-Megadeth-Killswitch-Engage-20591.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417065345/https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/New-Music-Slipknot-Megadeth-Killswitch-Engage-20591.aspx|archive-date=April 17, 2010|access-date=December 19, 2011|website=Roadrunner Records}} which premiered on December 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM CST.{{cite web|last=B. Crawford|first=Allyson|date=December 18, 2009|title=Slipknot, 'Snuff' — Short Film Premiere|url=http://noisecreep.com/slipknot-snuff-short-film-premiere/|access-date=December 19, 2011|website=Noisecreep}} It was co-directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan and P. R. Brown, and features Malcolm McDowell and Ashley Laurence of Hellraiser fame.[http://horrorblips.dailyradar.com/story/see-slipknot-s-snuff-short-film-featuring-ashley/ Snuff short film featuring Ashley Laurence]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Dailyradar. Horrorblips. Retrieved January 31, 2010. 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.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Debi|date=December 18, 2009|title=See Slipknot's Short Film Snuff Starring Some Familiar Faces|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35051/see-slipknots-short-film-snuff-starring-some-familiar-faces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004200505/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35051/see-slipknots-short-film-snuff-starring-some-familiar-faces|archive-date=October 4, 2012|website=Dread Central}}

As of November 2024, the music video for "Snuff" has over 180 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEKuttVRIo|title=Slipknot - Snuff [OFFICIAL VIDEO] [HD]|publisher=YouTube|author=Slipknot|date=December 21, 2009|access-date=November 22, 2024}}

Track listing

;Digital Download

  1. "Snuff" – 4:26

;US one-track Promo CD

  1. "Snuff"

;EU/US Promo CD

  1. "Snuff" (radio edit) – 4:11
  2. "Snuff" (album edit) – 4:26

Personnel

Aside from their real names, members of the band are referred to by numbers zero through eight.{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Slipknot {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slipknot-mn0000750742/biography|publisher=AllMusic}}

Slipknot

Production

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2009–2010)

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position

{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|12|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=January 26, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|10|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=October 31, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|6|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=May 4, 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2021}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Slipknot|title=Snuff|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2008|certyear=2021|access-date=November 21, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|artist=Slipknot|title=Snuff|relyear=2008|certyear=2023|type=single|source=radioscope|refname="RMNZ"|access-date=December 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Slipknot|title=Snuff|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=2008|certyear=2022|id=18175-678-1|access-date=June 24, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Slipknot|title=Snuff|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2008|certyear=2019}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

References

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Category:2009 singles

Category:2000s ballads

Category:Slipknot (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Corey Taylor

Category:2008 songs

Category:Roadrunner Records singles

Category:Rock ballads

Category:Songs written by Joey Jordison

Category:Songs written by Paul Gray (American musician)

Category:Songs written by Jim Root

Category:American alternative rock songs

Category:Music videos directed by P. R. Brown