Alone I Break
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| "Alone I Break" | ||
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| Single by Korn | ||
| from the album Untouchables | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Format | CD (promo only) | |
| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Nu Metal | |
| Length | 4:16 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Beinhorn | |
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| Korn singles chronology | ||
| "Thoughtless" (2002) |
"Alone I Break" (2002) |
"Did My Time" (2003) |
"Alone I Break" is a song by Nu-Metal band Korn and the third single from their album, Untouchables. It is a haunting power ballad that features clean vocals, oddly stylized guitars and synthetic drum beats. In the studio, Munky and Head used custom 14 stringed guitars to make a wide chorus sound. Despite its softness the single failed to gain as much airplay as its predecessors, and it barely cracked the top 20 on the Mainstream Rock charts. There was a contest for this video supported by MTV, in which the winner is chosen to direct the video. Contest winner Sean Dack kept the video consistent with the darkness of Korn. It was actually shot in the form of a reality show where Jonathan Davis kills off members of the band after a supposed mistake made by Munky during a performance. The band later admitted the video would have been more fun to do had the director actually been a Korn fan.
[edit] Jonathan Davis comments on meaning
| “ | I wrote that song in my house, before I put the studio in there. I had the drumming down, and Munky came in and laid some guitars over it, and it became this great song. It's one of my favorite songs that we've done. It's very different from what we're used to doing, and it really hits home. It was one of those moments when I was very depressed...That whole time around Untouchables, everybody in the band was going through all this bad stuff. And I was just feelin' it, so I wrote this song about being alone and breaking down, and not feeling like a man's supposed to feel. You're supposed to be tough and take all this problems. So I'm basically saying, 'Does it make me not a man if I'm upset about stuff?' | ” |
[edit] Live performance
This song was played during a few shows on the promotional tour supporting the release of Untouchables album in 2002, but was quickly scrapped due to difficulties in performing it live.
