Sound of Madness

"Sound of Madness"
Single by Shinedown
from the album The Sound of Madness
Released February 23, 2009 (Europe)
February 20, 2009 (U.S.) (Rock radio only)
Format
Genre
Length 3:54
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo
Shinedown singles chronology
"Second Chance"
(2008)		 "Sound of Madness"
(2009)		 "If You Only Knew"
(2009)

"Second Chance"
(2008)		 "Sound of Madness"
(2009)		 "If You Only Knew"
(2009)
Music video
"Sound of Madness" on YouTube

"Sound of Madness" is a single by American rock band Shinedown from their 2008 album The Sound of Madness and is also the album's title track, despite the exclusion of the word "the" in the song's title. The song was chosen to be the title track after some road testing on a short run of dates.[1] It was released on February 23, 2009 in Europe.[2] As of June 20, 2009, the song has peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it their third straight single to reach the top spot on the chart. This makes Shinedown the only band to have their first ten singles all reach the top five on the Mainstream Rock chart. It also reached No. 5 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart making it the band's fourth top ten hit and third top five hit.

Track listing

UK CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Sound of Madness" (Album Version)3:53
2."Call Me" (Warner Germany Acoustic Session)6:15
3."Sound of Madness" (Warner Germany Acoustic Session)4:13

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 85
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs 5
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs 2

References

  1. ↑ Sound of Madness Songfacts
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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