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"Wait and Bleed" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the band's debut single off their 1999 self-titled debut album. It was remixed with a good portion of the growled vocals removed, it was released as the lead single from the album in July 1999, and peaked at number 34 on the American Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in February 2000. It remains one of the band's signature songs.

"Wait and Bleed"
Single by Slipknot
from the album Slipknot
Released	July 1999 February 28, 2000 (commercial)[1]
Recorded	1998 at Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California
Genre	Nu metal[2][3][4]
Length	2:27
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Joey Jordison Corey Taylor
Producer(s)	Ross Robinson Slipknot
Slipknot singles chronology
"Wait and Bleed" (1999) "Spit It Out" (2000)
Music video
"Wait and Bleed" on YouTube
Claymation music video
"Wait and Bleed" on YouTube

Meaning and background

Joey Jordison recalled in an interview with Kerrang!: "I wrote the music for 'Wait and Bleed' on my own… I showed it to the guys at rehearsal, and then Corey wrote some lyrics really fast in our practice space… He took us to a new level immediately." "The song's about that switch in your head that can go at any moment," noted Corey Taylor. "You go from being a civilized human being to someone who can commit terrible acts. I've always been fascinated by the fact we represent ourselves as civilized when, at any moment, we can become animals."[5]

Release, awards, reception and use in popular culture

"Wait and Bleed" earned Slipknot a first Grammy nomination in 2001 for Best Metal Performance, though it lost to Deftones' "Elite".[6] The song won the Best Single award at the 2000 Kerrang! Awards. The song enjoyed a degree of commercial success, reaching number 34 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[7] and number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.[8] It was also ranked number 36 on VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" list.[9] In 2020, Kerrang and Louder Sound ranked the song number four and number one, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Slipknot songs.[10][11] This track, along with "Left Behind", "Pulse of the Maggots", and "Snuff", were released as downloadable songs in the Rock Band series. A remix version of "Wait and Bleed" by Terry Date was featured on the soundtrack for Scream 3.

"It was just a basic song. We didn't know it was going to be that popular. The funny thing is the record label, especially new guys at the record label, were coming around when we started getting big, and they're like, 'Oh, the next record, you can write, like, three Wait And Bleeds.' And we're just like, 'You are an idiot.' Therefore, we don't do that. But obviously the band, believe it or not, we have so much control over what we do that we don't write anything for money, we don't write anything for popularity, we have to like it first. And it's just a song that we liked, and it just so happened that it got on the radio and got the attention that we didn't expect." – Chris Fehn[12]

Music videos

There are two videos for "Wait and Bleed". The first, directed by Thomas Mignone,[13] features a live performance of the song, filmed during the band's appearance at Ozzfest. The second, known as the "Claymation version", depicts all nine members as small, animated, doll-like creatures inside a laboratory inhabited by a man who is attempting to catch them. Eventually, the band cause the man to fall and be stung by dropping a jar of insects. As the band looks over the man, Chris Fehn's doll covers him in fuel and Shawn Crahan's doll sets him alight, killing him.

As of March 2022, the official video for the song has 123 million views on YouTube.[14]

Track listing

All songs credited to Slipknot.

EU & Japan CD single

1. "Wait and Bleed" (Terry Date mix) – 2:34
2. "Spit It Out" (Overcaffeinated hyper version) – 2:28
3. "(sic)" (Molt-Injected mix) – 3:28

• Includes "Wait and Bleed" live music video
• "(sic)" (Molt-Injected mix) is missing on Netherlands release

EU promo single

1. "Wait & Bleed" (Radio mix) – 2:34
2. "Spit It Out" (Overcaffeinated hyper version) – 2:28
3. "(sic)" (Spaceship Console mix) – 3:28

• "Wait & Bleed" (Radio mix) does not have the final "and it waits for you!" scream unlike Terry Date mix
• "(sic)" (Spaceship Console mix) is no different from Molt-Injected mix

US promo CD single

1. "Wait and Bleed" (Radio mix) – 2:30
2. "Wait and Bleed" (LP mix) – 2:27
3. "Call-Out Hook"  – 0:12

One-track promo CD single

1. "Wait & Bleed" (Radio mix) – 2:30

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Wait and Bleed"

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[15]	46
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16]	52
Scotland (OCC)[17]	25
UK Singles (OCC)[18]	27
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[19]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[20]	34

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21]	Platinum	80,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)[23]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] Wait and Bleed

Wait and Bleed ist ein Lied der US-amerikanischen Metal-Band Slipknot. Es wurde am 28. Februar 2000 als erste Single aus dem gleichnamigen Debütalbum ausgekoppelt.

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- [en] Wait and Bleed

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[es] Wait and Bleed

«Wait and Bleed» —en español: «Espero y sangro»— es una canción de la banda de Nu metal Slipknot. La canción fue lanzada como su primer sencillo, lanzada el 28 de julio de 1998 desde su debut auto-titulado.

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[ru] Wait and Bleed

"Wait and Bleed" - песня американской хеви-метал-группы Slipknot. Выпущен в качестве дебютного сингла группы с их одноименного дебютного альбома 1999 года. На нее был сделан ремикс с удалением значительной части рычащего вокала, она была выпущена в качестве ведущего сингла с альбома в июле 1999 года и достигла 34-го места в американском чарте Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks в феврале 2000 года. Она остается одной из фирменных песен группы.

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