Bodies (Drowning Pool song)
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| Single by Drowning Pool from the album Sinner |
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| Released | 2001 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | January-April, 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Metal Nu Metal |
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| Length | 3:24 | ||||
| Label | Wind-Up Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Drowning Pool | ||||
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"Bodies" is a 2001 single by heavy metal band Drowning Pool from their debut album Sinner. "Bodies" has an anthemic, repetitive chorus of "Let the bodies hit the floor!" The song is Drowning Pool's most popular single and has been featured in various films, TV programs, and advertising since its release.
Drowning Pool frontman Dave Williams stated during an interview on Uranium that the song is about being in a mosh pit but that it has clearly been misinterpreted. Much like the song's radio success, the "Bodies" music video found significant airplay on various music channels in 2001. It has the band performing in what appears to be a mental institution, with Williams screaming the lyrics into the ear of a man strapped to a chair. The director of the video was Glen Bennett. Clips of the video are featured in the title animation for the music program Uranium.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, radio stations owned by media conglomerate Clear Channel voluntarily refused to play "Bodies," or several other similarly popular songs.
This song was also in a mixed cd released by Footwear company Jorneys along with the song "Start the Commotion" by The Wiseguys.
[edit] US chart positions
| Hot 100 | Mainstream Rock |
Modern Rock |
| 119 | 6 | 12 |
[edit] Appearances
- Boston Red Sox closing pitcher Jonathan Papelbon while jogging to the mound from the center field bullpen during a Fenway Park game.
- By World Wrestling Entertainment: the official theme song for SummerSlam 2001, One Night Stand 2005 and 2006, December to Dismember 2006, and ECW.
- The video game Arena Football.
- The theatrical trailer for the film The Punisher *The theatrical trailer of the horror film Jason X, the tenth movie in the Friday the 13th (film) series.
- The theatrical trailer for the film Daredevil.
- The film The One
- The film xXx
- Mentioned in the film Fahrenheit 9/11, (The documentary by Michael Moore)
- Promotion for the films Rambo and Stop-Loss.[1]
- A United States Marine Corps commercial.
- The film Stop Loss
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