Politics (song)
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| Single by Korn | ||
| Released | September 2006 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Length | 3:16 | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jonathan Davis | |
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| Korn singles chronology | ||
| "Coming Undone" (2006) |
"Politics" (2006) |
"Freak on a Leash" (2007) |
"Politics" is the 3rd single from alternative metal band Korn's 7th studio album See You on the Other Side. The song narrowly beat out "Love Song" to be the band's next single off the album.
[edit] Jonathan Davis comments on meaning
| “ | It's just about how I don't like to talk about politics. I mean there's politics in everything, and it's not necessarily governmental politics. There's who's going to sleep with whom to get ahead, who's going to do this to get that. ... I see it in the church, everyday life, government. That's what I'm talking about, not about the stupid crap that's going on with guys in suits and their views and their lobbies and their this and their that. Korn has never been a real political band. I'm political to a point where it affects human life, from global warming to abortion issues to my gun rights, stuff like that. Those are the kind of politics that I care about. The other BS with taxes or who's going to be ahead [in elections], I don't really care. Obviously even going out and voting doesn't really count, it's all based down to these Electoral College votes. What the hell can I do? It's a shame. I just wait for this president to get out of the office, and hopefully we can find someone that can do a better job. But what do we really know? Maybe he is doing the right thing, you don't know. We are all so clouded with what goes on. You understand if we didn't have oil, the United States of America would cease to exist and we'd all die? If you really think about it, oil is what keeps us all going, gets us our medicine, gets us our food, gets us every single thing. | ” |
[edit] Video
The video was shot live on August 26, 2006 at the Alpine Valley Ampitheatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. Along with a traditional camera shoot the band put handheld cameras in the hands of ten members of its fanclub and local area fans who were given all access passes to shoot the performance and any behind-the-scenes footage that they chose. It was released exclusively on MP3.com on October 3, 2006.
