Minerva (song)

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"Minerva"
"Minerva" cover
Single by Deftones
from the album Deftones
B-side(s) "Sinatra"
"Sleep Walk"
Released May 2003
Format CD single
Recorded 2002
Genre Alternative Metal
Experimental rock
Length 4:17
Label Maverick Records
Writer(s) Chino Moreno
Abe Cunningham
Producer(s) Terry Date
Deftones
Chart positions
  • # 16 U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks
  • # 9 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks
  • # 15 UK Singles Chart
Deftones singles chronology
"Digital Bath"
(2001)
"Minerva"
(2003)
"Hexagram"
(2003)
Deftones track listing
"Needles And Pins"
(Track 2)
"Minerva"
(Track 3)
"Good Morning Beautiful"
(Track 4)

Minerva is the first single from American rock band Deftones 4th studio album, Deftones, released in 2003. The song's meaning does not seem particularly clear to a number of listeners, and many meanings have been attributed to it. The two most popular are that the song is about the history of either Chino's family or that of the band.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Minerva (4:17)
  2. Sinatra (4:34)
  3. Sleep Walk (2:30)

[edit] Video

The video for Minerva features the band playing the song on a desert like landscape backed by various amplifiers and other stage equipment. It was directed by Paul Fedor.

Deftones
Chino Moreno | Stephen Carpenter | Abe Cunningham | Chi Cheng | Frank Delgado
Discography
Albums: Adrenaline | Around the Fur | White Pony | Deftones | Saturday Night Wrist
Singles: 7 Words | Bored | My Own Summer (Shove It) | Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) | Change (In the House of Flies) | Back to School (Mini Maggit) | Digital Bath | Minerva | Hexagram | Hole in the Earth | Mein