Aerials (song)

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“Aerials”
Single by System of a Down from the album Toxicity
B-side	"Streamline" (Alternate version)
Released	2002
Format	CD, Cassette, Vinyl, Airplay
Recorded	February 15, 2001 Cello Studios Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative metal Hard Rock Power ballad
Length	3:54 (without hidden track) 6:11 (with hidden track)
Label	American
Writer(s)	Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian
Producer	Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian
System of a Down singles chronology
"Toxicity" (2002) "Aerials" (2002) "Innervision" (2002)

"Aerials" is a single by System of a Down, released in 2002 from the album Toxicity.

Aerials is arguably System of a Down's most successful song in the United States to date, hitting #1 on both the Modern and Mainstream Rock charts.

While the album version of Aerials is 6:11 minutes long, there is a hidden track that starts at 3:58 seconds. Aerials itself ends at 3:54.

Contents 1 Music Video 2 Track listing 2.1 Aerials (UK Import) 2.1.1 CD1 2.1.2 CD2 2.2 Aerials (Australian LE) 2.3 Aerials (Maxi-Single) 2.4 Aerials (Promo Single) 2.5 Aerials (European Vinyl Single) 2.6 Aerials (7" Single) 3 External links

[edit] Music Video

The video was directed by Shavo Odadjian and David Slade.

The video starts out in a desolate, desert-like place. The viewpoint then shifts to a circus tent. Inside, the band is getting ready, and being watched by a little boy whose face has been disfigured. The eyes are pulled back, and the mouth is very small. The boy, judging from the lyrics,is meant to look like a human boy, but with typical features of an outerspace alien, as seen in magazines and popular culture. The point is supposedly that the boy is an alien in a human body and is different from everyone else. The band starts playing. It then shifts to the boy surrounded by people in an urban environment, with a large group around him dancing. It then shifts back to the band playing inside the tent. Back outside, the boy is walking down the street with two women in red dresses. The scene then becomes that of the boy, two different women in similar dresses as the first, and an older man, who seems to be interviewing them, or making an agreement. Exiting the building, paparazzi swarm the boy and begin photographing the boy. People begin interviewing him, but he is never seen to respond. It then cuts back to the band for a short period of time, where after it displays the boy in a photo shoot, being examined with different clothes. The scene continues to cut between the photo shoot and the band, until near the end, where it shows the boy with two women in red dresses, reaching for money that is falling from above. At the end of the song, every scene the boy has been shown in is shown briefly. He then walks to the middle of the circus tent, lays down in the middle, and closes his eyes, as the song ends.

[edit] Track listing

• All lyrics written by Serj Tankian/Daron Malakian, all music written by Daron Malakian, except where noted.

[edit] Aerials (UK Import)

[edit] CD1

1. "Aerials" (Radio Edit)
2. "Toxicity" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
3. "P.L.U.C.K." (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
4. "Aerials" (Music Video)

[edit] CD2

1. "Aerials"
2. "Streamline" (Alternate version)
3. "Sugar" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)

[edit] Aerials (Australian LE)

1. "Aerials"
2. "Toxicity" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
3. "P.L.U.C.K." (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)

[edit] Aerials (Maxi-Single)

1. "Aerials" (Radio Edit)
2. "Toxicity" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
3. "Sugar" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
4. "P.L.U.C.K." (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
5. "Aerials" (Music Video)

[edit] Aerials (Promo Single)

1. "Aerials"

[edit] Aerials (European Vinyl Single)

1. "Aerials"
2. "Snowblind" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)

[edit] Aerials (7" Single)

1. "Aerials"
2. "Toxicity" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
3. "P.L.U.C.K." (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
4. "Aerials" (Radio Edit)
5. "Aerials (Video)"^{[citation needed]}
6. "Streamline" (Alternate version)
7. "Sugar" (Live) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
8. "Snowblind" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)

[edit] External links

• Music Video
• Song Lyrics

Preceded by "By the Way" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single October 5 - October 19, 2002

Succeeded by "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana

v • d • e System of a Down John Dolmayan · Daron Malakian · Shavo Odadjian · Serj Tankian Andy Khachaturian Albums System of a Down · Toxicity · Steal This Album! · Mezmerize · Hypnotize EPs Sugar · Limited Edition Tour CD · Lonely Day Singles "Sugar" · "Spiders" · "Johnny" · "Chop Suey!" · "Toxicity" · "Aerials" · "Innervision" · "B.Y.O.B." · "Question!" · "Violent Pornography" · "Hypnotize" · "Lonely Day" · "Kill Rock 'n Roll" Videos "War?" (Demo) · "Sugar" · "Spiders" · "The Metro" · "Chop Suey!" · "Toxicity" · "Aerials" · "Boom!" · "B.Y.O.B." · "Question!" · "Hypnotize" · "Lonely Day Related articles Discography · The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Mezmerize · The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize · Axis of Justice · Elect the Dead · Cool Gardens · Vartan Malakian · Screamers · System of a Down songs Bands: Scars on Broadway · Achozen · Serart · Buckethead & Friends Labels: American Recordings · Columbia Records · Serjical Strike Records · EatUrMusic