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"Twisted Transistor" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side. It was released as the album's first single in September 2005.

"Twisted Transistor"
Single by Korn
from the album See You on the Other Side
Released	September 27, 2005
Recorded	2005
Length	4:12
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Reginald Arvizu Lauren Christy Jonathan Davis Graham Edwards James Shaffer David Silveria Scott Spock
Producer(s)	The Matrix Jonathan Davis
Korn singles chronology
"Another Brick in the Wall" (2004) "Twisted Transistor" (2005) "Coming Undone" (2006)

Music and structure

This is the first Korn single as a quartet without former guitarist Brian Welch who departed the group in 2005. The song introduces a clear change in direction for the band, embracing a more pop-tinged, bouncy sound, free of most of lead singer Jonathan Davis's throaty rage that characterized the group's previous albums, while guitarist Brian Welch's pummeling, seven-string guitar riffs are replaced entirely with James "Munky" Shaffer's simplistic power chords and a more hook-heavy, catchy chorus.

A sample previously implemented on Coil and Danny Hyde's remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer", can be heard at the end of the bridge section of "Twisted Transistor".

Concept

"You know that feeling when you're alone in your room, you feel bad and nothing around you seems to be going well then suddenly when you turn on your radio, you are immediately 'deep in the music'. That's exactly the subject of Twisted Transistor with the lyrics: 'A lonely life where no one understands you but don't give up because the music do'. – Jonathan Davis

Chart performance

The song has become Korn's second most successful single to date on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number sixty-four,[1] and became their highest charting single on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart, peaking at number three, until it was surpassed by "Never Never," which reached number one in 2013.[1] Its success was continued overseas, where it charted in many countries, including number twenty-seven in the UK, number twenty-four in Australia, and number six in Finland.

Charts

Chart (2005–06)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	24
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	37
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	6
Germany (Media Control AG)	66
Ireland (IRMA)	24
Italy (FIMI)	14
Netherlands (MegaCharts)	27
Polish Singles Chart[2]	46
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	60
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[3]	27
US Billboard Hot 100[1]	64
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[4]	9
US Dance/Club Play Songs (Billboard)[1]	24
US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard)[1]	3
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[1]	63

Music video

The video for the song was directed by Ryan Ratajski and features a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary produced by "documentary filmmaker Rob Piner" (a reference to Canadian music journalist Nardwuar the Human Serviette)[5] where four rappers play the parts of Korn: Lil Jon as Jonathan Davis, Xzibit as Fieldy, David Banner as David Silveria, and Snoop Dogg as James Shaffer. The real Korn appears at the end of the video as representatives of "Fony Music", complaining about how the music video isn't going to sell because it lacks "bling-bling" and "booty shakin'". There is also a section in the video featuring 'Jonathan' recording vocals in "Big Rick's Studio", a reference to metal and hip-hop producer Rick Rubin, as Big Rick himself as he appears in the video bears a resemblance to Rick Rubin.

The rappers have jokingly noted in interviews that "It might be a [new] band coming towards you".[6]

Track listing

UK release

• 7" VUS316, CD VUSCD316

1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
2. "Too Late I'm Dead"

Australian release

• CD 3474592

1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
2. "Appears"
3. "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek radio edit)

US promotional release

• 12" VUSTDJ316

1. "Twisted Transistor" (Dummies Club Mix)
2. "Twisted Transistor" (album version)
3. "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek Klub Mix)
4. "Twisted Transistor" (Josh Harris Fuck the Club Mix)

References

На других языках

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[de] Twisted Transistor

Twisted Transistor (englisch etwa für „verdrillter Transistor“) ist ein Lied der US-amerikanischen Metal-Band Korn. Der Song ist die erste Singleauskopplung ihres siebten Studioalbums See You on the Other Side und wurde am 27. September 2005 veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Twisted Transistor

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[es] Twisted Transistor

«Twisted Transistor» es una canción escrita y grabada por la banda estadounidense Korn para su séptimo álbum de estudio See You On The Other Side. Fue lanzada como el primer sencillo del álbum en noviembre de 2005.

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[ru] Twisted Transistor

Twisted Transistor — песня ню-метал-группы Korn и первый сингл с их седьмого студийного альбома, See You on the Other Side.

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