Stupify

"Stupify"
Single by Disturbed
from the album The Sickness
Released	April 12, 2000
Format	12" gramophone record, CD single
Recorded	November–December 1999
Genre	Nu metal
Length	4:07
Label	Giant
Writer(s)	Steve Kmak Dan Donegan Mike Wengren David Draiman
Producer(s)	Johnny K
Disturbed singles chronology
"Stupify" (2000) "Down with the Sickness" (2000)

"Stupify" is a song by the heavy metal band Disturbed. The song was released on April 12, 2000 as a single from their debut album, The Sickness. It peaked at number-twelve on the United States Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number-ten on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[1] The song was also used in an English adaptation of the Dragon Ball Z movie Lord Slug, and remixed for the movie Little Nicky as "Stupify (Fu's Forbidden Little Nicky Remix)". Unlike a lot of other Disturbed songs, "Stupify" features synthesizers.

Meaning

The song speaks out against racism and discrimination. The song is about a relationship Disturbed's vocalist David Draiman was in with a Latina girl. He said her family didn't approve of him because of his different ethnicity.^[2]

Music video

The video for the song features the band performing the song in a rusted cellar-like room, intercut with footage of a young boy sitting in the same room. As the song progresses, the boy is revealed to be haunted by ghost-like images. David Draiman said that the boy represents his inner child and also said, "This inner child has been damaged in such a way that the world he sees around him is dark and frightening and marred by life experience. It's haunted by specters and ghosts from the past."^[2]

Track listing

Version 1

1. "Stupify" - 4:34
2. "Stupify" (live) - 4:34
3. "The Game" (live) - 3:47
4. "Stupify" (restrained edit) - 5:08

Version 2

1. "Stupify" - 4:34
2. "The Game" (live restrained) - 3:47
3. "Voices" (live restrained) - 3:11
4. "Down with the Sickness" - 4:38

European version

1. "Stupify" (restrained) - 4:05
2. "Stupify" (album version) - 4:05

US promo

1. "Stupify" (the forbidden "fu" mix) - 5:08

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Mainstream Rock Tracks	12[1]
	Modern Rock Tracks	10[1]

Personnel

• David Draiman – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Dan Donegan – guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Steve Kmak – bass guitar
• Mike Wengren – drums, percussion, programming

References

1. "Allmusic Single Charts". Retrieved 2009-01-25.
2. Pesselnick, Jill (October 14, 2000). "THE MODERN AGE". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (42): 99. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics