742617000027 (Slipknot song)

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"742617000027"
Song by Slipknot
Released	June 29, 1999
Genre	Nu Metal, Alternative metal
Length	0:59
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer(s)	Ross Robinson

742617000027 is a song by the nu metal band Slipknot. It was released on the band's self-titled album, Slipknot on June 29, 1999, to which it forms an overture, and a lead-in to the second track, (Sic). The name of the song itself is also the barcode number for Slipknot's first album, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

The number 742617000027 is the barcode on the album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. Slipknot purchased the rights to use the number and use it for T-shirts,posters, and the backs and sleeves of their own jumpsuits.

The song was, to most, the introduction to Slipknot when they first bought or listened to the self titled album. The phrase "The whole thing, I think, is sick. The whole thing, I think is shit." gets repeated over and over again. The sound clip is taken from a Charles Manson documentary. The track was created by Craig "133" Jones.

The song is used in some Slipknot live concerts, usually to open their set, or when they end their mid-concert intermission to begin again with [Sic]. and is often accompanied by a clip taken from film Gummo. The sample can be found when the two kids are smashing and breaking car windows.