Voices (Alice in Chains song)

"Voices"
Single by Alice in Chains
from the album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Released August 13, 2013
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock
Length 5:42
Label Virgin/EMI
Writer(s) Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s) Nick Raskulinecz, Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains singles chronology
"Stone"
(2013)		 "Voices"
(2013)

"Voices" is the third single by the American rock band Alice in Chains, taken from their 2013 album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The song peaked at number 3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 18 on the Rock Aiplay chart.[1][2]

Song

The song was the first to be written for the The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here album. It was penned by singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell in 2011 before he went into hospital for a procedure to repair a damaged shoulder cartilage. He told Grammy.com:

Before I had the surgery I think I demoed 'Voices' really quick, that was a kind of quick song and came together within a couple of days of just me messing around here at the house. It was right after tour and it was a good, strong song and so I sent it around to everybody and everybody liked it and I thought, 'F--k, that's good.' That was the first thing that came together on the record, so I knew there was a good song there.[3][4]

Music video

The lyric video for "Voices" was released on the Internet on July 25,[5] with the official video following on September 5.[6] Both videos were directed by Robert Schober, also known as Roboshobo.[7]

Of the music video, on-line music magazine Loudwire commented:

Accompanying the haunting melodies of "Voices," pushed further by a vocal structure led by Jerry Cantrell, comes an equally haunting music video. Alice in Chains performed the song in a room illuminated by chandeliers and wayward light bulbs while on the outside, the lyrics sung by Cantrell and William DuVall occupy a somewhat bleak cityscape through neon letters.[6]

The video features a picture of the band's former lead singer Layne Staley and Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain.

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] 3
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[9] 18

References

  1. ↑ Voices chart position. "Mainstream rock". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 5, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ Voices chart. "Voices". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Voices meaning. "Voices". Songfacts. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ Interview with Jerry Cantrell. "Interview jerry cantrell". grammy.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ Mary Ouellette (July 25, 2013). "Alice in Chains Reveal Lyric Video for 'Voices'". Loudwire. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann (September 5, 2013). "Lyric video". Loudwire. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Roboshobo official website". Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Alice in Chains – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Alice in Chains. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Alice in Chains – Chart history" Billboard Rock Airplay for Alice in Chains. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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