Before I Forget (song)

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“Before I Forget”
“Before I Forget” cover
Single by Slipknot
from the album Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses
Released 2004
Format CD single
Recorded The Mansion
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Flag of the United States
Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research
Los Angeles, California, U.S. Flag of the United States
Genre Metalcore
Length 4:39
Label Roadrunner Records
Slipknot singles chronology
"Vermilion"
(2004)
"Before I Forget"
(2004)
"The Nameless"
(2005)

"Before I Forget" is the Grammy Award winning song by Slipknot and the third single from their 2004 album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). In February 2006, "Before I Forget" won Slipknot a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. After getting nominated for six years in a row, it was the band's first ever Grammy.

"Before I Forget" borrows certain elements from a much older Slipknot song, "Carve", recorded at some point before their self-titled album.

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[edit] Music video

The video for "Before I Forget" shows Slipknot performing the song unmasked and in casual apparel, but when their faces are shown, the camera is zoomed in on a single part, such as the mouth or eyes. Their masks can be seen hanging next to them and swaying around. The video focuses on the instruments of the members more often than it does their faces.

The music video for "Before I Forget" was voted as the "Most Rocking Video" by the Scuzz audience in the Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007.[1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Before I Forget" (single mix) - 3:37
  2. "Before I Forget" (full-length single mix) - 4:23

[edit] Appearances in popular culture

The original song is a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and is featured in the PlayStation 3 game MotorStorm. It is considered one of the harder songs in Guitar Hero 3 due to the overall difficulty of the song, mostly due to the extreme chord changes and the end of the bridge.

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