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"Bodies"
Single by Drowning Pool
from the album Sinner
Released	Summer 2001
Format	CD
Recorded	January-April, 2001
Genre	Nu metal, alternative metal
Length	3:24
Label	Wind-Up Records
Writer(s)	Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool singles chronology
"Bodies" (2001) "Tear Away" (2002)

"Bodies" is a song by American alternative metal band Drowning Pool and the lead single from their debut album Sinner. Released in the summer of 2001, the song is Drowning Pool's most popular single and has been featured in various films, TV programs, and advertising since its release. "Bodies" remained Drowning Pool's highest charting single until "37 Stitches" premiered in fall of 2008.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Music video 3 Track listing 4 US chart positions 5 Appearances 6 References

[edit] Overview

Musically, "Bodies" has an anthemic, repetitive chorus of "Let the bodies hit the floor!" Its lyrics build by gradually counting up from one to four, shouting the number each time, until reaching its aggressive chorus. Clean vocals in the song's bridge administer a contrast from the many shouted and harshly screamed vocals. The guitar structure of "Bodies" also features heavy use of the wah pedal.

Drowning Pool frontman Dave Williams stated on Uranium that the song is about being in a mosh pit but that it has clearly been misinterpreted. Williams elaborated in a 2001 interview:

"CJ came up with the riff, and I thought that was cool and I said, 'Let the bodies hit the floor,' and they looked at me and said, 'That’s pretty cool.' We just built it around that hook and the rest fell in place. It’s about my perspective when I look out and see the pit. It’s about forgetting everything that has happened to you that week, leave your bullshit at the door and get it all out. But you have to have respect for the others in the pit. If you push them down, you have to pick them back up. I’m not going to get behind the violence thing, it is violent, but there is a certain amount of respect and a code."

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 on a compilation CD released by footwear company Journeys along with the song "Start the Commotion" by The Wiseguys.

[edit] Music video

Much like the song's radio success, the "Bodies" music video found significant airplay on various music channels in 2001. Directed by Glen Bennett, 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. Clips from the video were later used in the title animation for the music program Uranium.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Drowning Pool. 

[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 on Sci Fi. It was also the entrance music for Stephanie McMahon during 2001's Invasion storyline.
• The promo video for the Xtreme Freestyle Alliance (XFA) racing team.
• 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 series.
• The theatrical trailer for the film Daredevil.
• The film The One
• The film Rambo
• The film xXx
• Opening song for UFC's Ultimate Knockouts 2
• 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
• The HBO television miniseries Generation Kill
• The comedy metal band Psychostick made a parody of the song called "I Can Only Count To Four".
• According to the Associated Press "Bodies" was a song interrogators used, played at high volume, over and over again, to break the will of captives held in extrajudicial detention.^[1]
• The entrance song for UFC heavyweight fighter Shane Carwin.

[edit] References

1. ^ Andrew Selsky (2008-12-09). "Musicians protest use of songs by US jailers". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g64EuoVhuWIkenJw0OsqodF-EbnwD94VDHPG0. Retrieved 2008-12-09.  mirror

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