Alone I Break
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| Single by Korn from the album Untouchables |
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| Released | 2002 | ||||
| Format | CD5" Promo only |
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| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Nu metal Power ballad |
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| Length | 4:16 | ||||
| Label | Immortal/Epic | ||||
| Producer | Michael Beinhorn | ||||
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"Alone I Break" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Korn for their fifth studio album, Untouchables. It was released to U.S. radio stations as the album's third single in October 2002.
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[edit] Music and structure
The song is a haunting power ballad that features clean vocals, oddly stylized guitars and synthetic drum beats. In the studio, Munky and Head used custom 14-stringed guitars to create a wide chorus sound.
[edit] Concept
"I wrote that song in my house, before I put the studio in there. I had the drumming down, and Munky came in and laid some guitars over it, and it became this great song. It's one of my favorite songs that we've done. It's very different from what we're used to doing, and it really hits home. It was one of those moments when I was very depressed...That whole time around Untouchables, everybody in the band was going through all this bad stuff. And I was just feelin' it, so I wrote this song about being alone and breaking down, and not feeling like a man's supposed to feel. You're supposed to be tough and take all these problems. So I'm basically saying, 'Does it make me not a man if I'm upset about stuff?'" – Jonathan Davis
[edit] Chart performance
The song failed to gain as much airplay as its predecessors, barely cracking the top twenty of Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks with a peak of number 19, for the issue date of December 14, 2002.[1]
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 34 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
[edit] Live performance
The song was played during a few shows on the promotional Pop Sux! Tour supporting the release of Untouchables in 2002, but was quickly scrapped due to difficulties in performing it live.
[edit] Music video
MTV supported a contest and a special program entitled mtvTREATMENT in which the winner was chosen to direct the video for "Alone I Break". Contest winner Sean Dack kept the video consistent with the darkness of Korn. It was actually shot in the form of a reality show where Jonathan Davis kills off members of the band after a supposed mistake made by Munky during a performance. The band later admitted the video would have been more fun to shoot had the director actually been a Korn fan.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
