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{{Short description|2004 single by Velvet Revolver}}
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{About||the song by Earth Crisis|Slither (album)|the song by Metallica|Reload (Metallica album)}}
| Name = Slither
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
| Cover = Slither.jpg
{{Infobox song
| Artist = [[Velvet Revolver]]
| name = Slither
| from Album = [[Contraband (album)|Contraband]]
| B-side =
| cover = Slither.jpg
| Released = [[2004]]
| alt =
| Format = [[Vinyl record|Vinyl]]
| type = single
| Recorded =
| artist = [[Velvet Revolver]]
| Genre = [[Rock and Roll|Rock]]
| album = [[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|Contraband]]
| Length = 4:08
| released = May 24, 2004
| recorded = August–December 2003 at NRG and Pulse Recording, Los Angeles, California
| Label = [[RCA Records]]
| Writer =
| studio =
| Producer = [[Josh Abraham]]
| venue =
| genre = * [[Hard rock]]
| Certification =
* [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/3/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|date=July 5, 2017|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>
| Chart position = *#35 (UK)
*[[alternative metal]]
* #56 (USA)
| Last single =
| length = 4:08
| This single = "Slither"<br />([[2004]])
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| Next single = "[[Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver Song)|Fall to Pieces]]"<br />([[2004]])
| writer = Velvet Revolver
| producer = [[Josh Abraham]]
| prev_title = [[Set Me Free (Velvet Revolver song)|Set Me Free]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver song)|Fall to Pieces]]
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Slither.ogg
}}
}}
}}
"'''Slither'''" is a song by American [[hard rock]] band [[Velvet Revolver]], featured on their 2004 debut album ''[[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|Contraband]]''. When it was released as the second single from the album in 2004, "Slither" topped both the American ''Billboard'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock]] and [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]] charts, as well as reaching number 56 on the main [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart and number 35 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Summer Official Charts Company info] OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.</ref> The song won the 2005 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.


==Composition==
"'''Slither'''" is the debut single by [[Velvet Revolver]] from their debut album ''[[Contraband (album)|Contraband]]''. The single was released in [[2004]]. It was also awarded a Grammy in 2005 for [[Best Hard Rock Performance]].


[[Scott Weiland]] said, "The lyrics are about a relationship. 'When you look you see right through me, cut the rope, fell to my knees, born and broken every single time.' It's just feeling not right in a situation."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/scott_weiland/|title=Scott Weiland: Songwriter Interviews |website= Songfacts|last=Prato|first=Greg|date=October 10, 2014 |accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
Some see in this song a big influence from the [[X Japan]]'s song Scars composed by [[hide]] who created a band along Dave Kushner and Duff McKagan.


==Music video==
Velvet Revolver covers the [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] song "[[Negative Creep]]" and the [[Sex Pistols]] song "[[Bodies (Sex Pistols song)|Bodies]]" for the B-sides on the "Slither" single.
The video, directed by [[Kevin Kerslake]], was filmed in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] and [[Los Angeles]]. It starts with the band members playing their instruments inside a tunnel while a woman is driving a car seeking for the way to get to that tunnel. As the song continues, people become much more aggressive and the underground concert reaches a peak as band members play hard. Often in the video, Scott Weiland is seen standing before a wall made of human skulls.


==Success and awards==
In 2006 [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] used a part of "Slither" for his song "[[Polkarama]]" on the album ''[[Straight Outta Lynwood]]''.
It was awarded a Grammy in 2005 for [[Best Hard Rock Performance]], an award Weiland had won with his previous band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], for the song "[[Plush (song)|Plush]]" in 1994. In 2009, the song was named the 85th best hard rock song of all time by [[VH1]].<ref>{{cite web|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/news/|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|website=[[Stereogum]]|date=January 5, 2009|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>


==Track listings==
{{start box}}
{{track listing
{{succession box
| headline = European two-track edition
| before = "[[Ch-Check It Out]]" by [[Beastie Boys]]
| title1 = Slither
| title = [[Modern Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] [[List of number-one modern rock hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
| years = [[July 3]] [[2004]]
* [[Scott Weiland]]
| after = "[[Float On (Modest Mouse song)|Float On]]" by [[Modest Mouse]]
* [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]
* [[Duff McKagan]]
* [[Matt Sorum]]
* [[Dave Kushner]]
}}
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = [[Negative Creep]]
| note2 = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] cover
| writer2 = [[Kurt Cobain]]
| length2 = 4:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = European three-track edition
| title1 = Slither
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = [[Bodies (Sex Pistols song)|Bodies]]
| note2 = live [[Sex Pistols]] cover
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Lydon]]
* [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]]
* [[Paul Cook]]
}}
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = [[Negative Creep]]
| note3 = Nirvana cover
| writer3 = Cobain
| length3 = 4:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = United Kingdom double CD edition (disc one)
| title1 = Slither
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = Bodies
| note2 = live Sex Pistols cover
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* Lydon
* Jones
* Cook
}}
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = [[Negative Creep]]
| note3 = Nirvana cover
| writer3 = Cobain
| length3 = 4:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = United Kingdom double CD edition (disc two)
| title1 = Slither
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = [[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]
| note2 = [[Pink Floyd]] cover
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* [[Roger Waters]]
* [[David Gilmour]]
}}
| length2 = 7:38
| title3 = [[Set Me Free (Velvet Revolver song)|Set Me Free]]
| note3 = live
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length3 = 7:11
}}
{{track listing
| headline = United Kingdom 12" picture disc (side A)
| title1 = Slither
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length1 = 4:08
}}
{{track listing
| headline = United Kingdom 12" picture disc (side B)
| title1 = Set Me Free
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Weiland
* Slash
* McKagan
* Sorum
* Kushner
}}
| length1 = 4:07
}}
}}

{{end box}}
==Personnel==
*[[Scott Weiland]] – lead vocals
*[[Slash (musician)|Slash]] – lead guitar
*[[Duff McKagan]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Matt Sorum]] – drums
*[[Dave Kushner]] – rhythm guitar

==Chart performance==
The song reached No. 1 on the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart, and stayed there for nine weeks. It also became their sole No. 1 hit on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, maintaining the position for four weeks. "Slither" also charted at No. 56 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making it Velvet Revolver's highest-charting song and one of the highest-charting songs that [[Scott Weiland]] has appeared on.

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!Chart (2004)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|26|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"| Canada Rock Top 30 ([[Radio & Records]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/04/RR-2004-06-25-OCR-Page-0065.pdf#search=%22slither%22|title=October 8, 2004 - RR Canada Rock Top 30|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
{{single chart|Ireland|47|year=2004|week=29|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Italy|38|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|46|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|12|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Finland|17|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|France|81|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|34|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|date=20040718|rowheader=true|access-date=June 19, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|58|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|35|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|date=20040718|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|UKrock|1|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|date=20040718|rowheader=true|access-date=June 19, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|56|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|1|artist=Velvet Revolver|song=Slither|rowheader=true|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
|-
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Velvet Revolver|title=Slither|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=19508-2722-1|access-date=December 8, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Velvet Revolver|title=Slither|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|access-date=November 22, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{youTube|BKz2U4fvA4U|"Slither" Official music video}}

{{Velvet Revolver}}
{{Authority control}}


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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Josh Abraham]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Kevin Kerslake]]

Latest revision as of 19:22, 8 December 2023

For the song by Earth Crisis, see Slither (album). For the song by Metallica, see Reload (Metallica album).

"Slither"
Single by Velvet Revolver
from the album Contraband
ReleasedMay 24, 2004
RecordedAugust–December 2003 at NRG and Pulse Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length4:08
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Velvet Revolver
Producer(s)Josh Abraham
Velvet Revolver singles chronology
"Set Me Free"
(2003) 		"Slither"
(2004) 		"Fall to Pieces"
(2004)
Audio sample

"Slither" is a song by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, featured on their 2004 debut album Contraband. When it was released as the second single from the album in 2004, "Slither" topped both the American Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, as well as reaching number 56 on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song won the 2005 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Composition

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Scott Weiland said, "The lyrics are about a relationship. 'When you look you see right through me, cut the rope, fell to my knees, born and broken every single time.' It's just feeling not right in a situation."[3]

Music video

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The video, directed by Kevin Kerslake, was filmed in Prague, Czech Republic and Los Angeles. It starts with the band members playing their instruments inside a tunnel while a woman is driving a car seeking for the way to get to that tunnel. As the song continues, people become much more aggressive and the underground concert reaches a peak as band members play hard. Often in the video, Scott Weiland is seen standing before a wall made of human skulls.

Success and awards

[edit]

It was awarded a Grammy in 2005 for Best Hard Rock Performance, an award Weiland had won with his previous band, Stone Temple Pilots, for the song "Plush" in 1994. In 2009, the song was named the 85th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[4]

Track listings

[edit]
European two-track edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slither"
4:08
2."Negative Creep" (Nirvana cover)Kurt Cobain4:17
European three-track edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slither"
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
4:08
2."Bodies" (live Sex Pistols cover)
3:19
3."Negative Creep" (Nirvana cover)Cobain4:17
United Kingdom double CD edition (disc one)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slither"
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
4:08
2."Bodies" (live Sex Pistols cover)
  • Lydon
  • Jones
  • Cook
3:19
3."Negative Creep" (Nirvana cover)Cobain4:17
United Kingdom double CD edition (disc two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slither"
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
4:08
2."Money" (Pink Floyd cover)
7:38
3."Set Me Free" (live)
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
7:11
United Kingdom 12" picture disc (side A)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slither"
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
4:08
United Kingdom 12" picture disc (side B)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Set Me Free"
  • Weiland
  • Slash
  • McKagan
  • Sorum
  • Kushner
4:07

Personnel

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Chart performance

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The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and stayed there for nine weeks. It also became their sole No. 1 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, maintaining the position for four weeks. "Slither" also charted at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Velvet Revolver's highest-charting song and one of the highest-charting songs that Scott Weiland has appeared on.

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 26
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[6] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 47
Italy (FIMI)[8] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 46
Norway (VG-lista)[10] 12
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 17
France (SNEP)[12] 81
Scotland (OCC)[13] 34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 58
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 35
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[16] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 56
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[18] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[19] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[21] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Prato, Greg (October 10, 2014). "Scott Weiland: Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (January 5, 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "October 8, 2004 - RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Chart Track: Week 29, 2004". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  8. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither". Top Digital Download. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither". VG-lista. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "Velvet Revolver: Slither" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "Velvet Revolver – Slither". Singles Top 100. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "Velvet Revolver Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  18. ^ "Velvet Revolver Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  19. ^ "Velvet Revolver Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "British single certifications – Velvet Revolver – Slither". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  21. ^ "American single certifications – Velvet Revolver – Slither". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
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