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"B.Y.O.B." ("Bring Your Own Bombs") is a song by Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released in March 2005 as the lead single from their fourth album Mezmerize. Like their earlier song "Boom!", it was written in protest against the Iraq War.[2] The song reached number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the band's highest peak to date on the chart.

"B.Y.O.B."
Single by System of a Down
from the album Mezmerize
Released	March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)
Recorded	The Mansion (Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California) Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Thrash metal[1]
Length	4:15
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Daron Malakian Serj Tankian
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin Daron Malakian
System of a Down singles chronology
"Boom!" (2003) "B.Y.O.B." (2005) "Question!" (2005)
Music video
"B.Y.O.B." on YouTube

Music video

Directed by Jake Nava, the music video for "B.Y.O.B." shows an army of soldiers marching through the streets, wearing paintball masks with television screens projecting words like "DIE", "TRUTH", "OBEY", "BUY" or "GOD", with the band members playing in the middle of the street. During the chorus, the band is shown playing inside a night club. Midway through the video, co-lead vocalist Daron Malakian is shown screaming the words "Blast off! It's party time! And we don't live in a fascist nation! Blast off! It's party time! And where the fuck are you?!", when the soldiers storm the night club and force everyone to put on the drone masks, during which the masks show images of television shows and war. At the end of the video, the band members are shown wearing the drone masks, which are playing static.

As of November 2022, the song has over 410 million views on YouTube.

Songwriting legal case

Casey Chaos claimed to have helped write the song in 2002, and Malakian offered to gift him a 2% royalties credit. When Chaos asked for more, the offer was rescinded.[3] Casey Chaos then subsequently sold a 50% interest in the song to Maxwood Music Ltd. However, in 2010 a Manhattan court ruled Malakian and Tankian to be the sole writers of the song.[4]

Accolades

• B.Y.O.B. won the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category in the 2006 Grammy Awards.[5]

Track listing

CD single

• The live tracks were recorded at the Big Day Out 2005 festival.

Digital download [First version]

7" single • digital download [Second version]

Chart positions

Weekly chart performance for "B.Y.O.B."

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	42
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[7]	28
UK Singles (OCC)[8]	26
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	27
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[10]	4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11]	4

Certifications

Certifications for "B.Y.O.B."

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[12]	Gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[13]	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)[14]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of anti-war songs

References

External links

• Listen to B.Y.O.B. at the band's official website

На других языках

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[de] B.Y.O.B.

B.Y.O.B. ist ein Song der US-amerikanischen Alternative-Metal-Band System of a Down. Die Single wurde am 16. Mai 2005 veröffentlicht.

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- [en] B.Y.O.B. (song)

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[es] B.Y.O.B.

«B.Y.O.B.» (sigla de «Bring Your Own Bombs») es el primer sencillo del álbum Mezmerize, de la banda estadounidense System of a Down. El título es un juego de palabras refiriéndose a las guerras: "Bring Your Own Booze" (Traigan sus propias bebidas), sigla usada para anunciar una fiesta en la que los invitados llevan el alcohol; reformulada como "Bring Your Own Bombs" (Traigan sus propias bombas), denuncia la guerra mostrada como una fiesta por los medios de comunicación y el gobierno.

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[ru] B.Y.O.B.

«B.Y.O.B.» («Bring Your Own Bombs») — первый сингл с альбома группы System of a Down Mezmerize. Как и ранее записанная песня «Boom!», композиция посвящена войне в Ираке[3]. На 48-й церемонии «Грэмми» песня была удостоена награды за «Лучшее исполнение в стиле хард-рок».

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