Angry Chair
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| "Angry Chair" | ||
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| Single by Alice in Chains | ||
| from the album Dirt | ||
| Released | 1992 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Alternative metal, Grunge | |
| Length | 4:47 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | Dave Jerdan & Alice in Chains | |
"Angry Chair" by grunge band Alice in Chains was the 4th single off their 1992 album Dirt. It is the 12th track on the album. The song was one of the few songs solely written by lead singer Layne Staley for the band. It is about Staley's addiction to heroin, and his time in rehab for his addiction to heroin, which would eventually end his life on April 5, 2002. It also has a reference to the Stephen King film The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick in the line "I'm a dull boy work all day" which is taken from one of the most famous scenes in the film in which main character Jack Torrence writes "All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy" repeatedly on his typewriter. The movie was also referenced in the echoing of "red rum" in the interlude "Iron Gland" on the Dirt album. "Angry Chair" would later be performed unplugged on the MTV show MTV Unplugged (although not shown in the aired performance) which was later released as an album entitled Unplugged. It was also featured on the greatest hits and their box-set Music Bank.
Jerry Cantrell on the song, from the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection: "Such a brilliant song. I'm very proud of Layne for writing it. When I've stepped up vocally in the past he's been so supportive, and here was a fine example of him stepping up with the guitar and writing a masterpiece."
Angry Chair was rated as the #2 Alice in Chains song of all time by fans on the AICfreaks.com survey in Febuary 2007.
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[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Singles | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | Angry Chair | Official UK Singles Chart | No. 33 |
| 1993 | Angry Chair | Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 34 |
| 1993 | Angry Chair | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 27 |
[edit] Trivia
- An uncredited MIDI version appeared in the 1994 computer game Doom II: Hell on Earth on Map 25.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Doomworld Official list of songs that inspired music from Doom and Doom 2 Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
[edit] External links
- [1] Song Lyrics
| Alice in Chains |
| Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall |
| Layne Staley | Mike Starr |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains |
| EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies |
| Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live |
| Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains |
| Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices" |
| Videos |
| Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos |
| Related content |
| Articles: Grunge music | Singles | Mad Season | MTV Unplugged |
| Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs |
