Inside the Fire
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| “Inside the Fire” | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||
| Single by Disturbed from the album Indestructible |
|||||
| Released | March 25, 2008 (USA) |
||||
| Format | CD single, Vinyl 7", Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | October–December 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative metal Hard rock Nu metal Heavy metal |
||||
| Length | 3:52 | ||||
| Label | Reprise | ||||
| Producer | Disturbed | ||||
| Disturbed singles chronology | |||||
|
|||||
"Inside the Fire" is a single by American Metal band Disturbed from their fourth studio album Indestructible, which was released on June 3, 2008. The track started airing on the radio on March 24, 2008 and was released through digital download on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com on March 25. The song, along with the tracks "Indestructible" and "Perfect Insanity", are available as downloadable tracks for the video game Rock Band since June 3, 2008.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Interpretation
According to guitarist Dan Donegan, "It's about a girl he [vocalist David Draiman] was in a relationship with. She's committed suicide, and he just has the voice of the devil over his shoulder trying to provoke him to take his own life to join her again, because the only chance for him to be with her again is if he takes his life. We're not condoning suicide off of this, it's just more of the temptation to join a girlfriend that was very confused and messed up and wanted out."[2]
When asked by a fan during the DeepRockDrive Concert, if Devon was really his girlfriend, Draiman replied: "That wasn't actually her real name, in "Inside the Fire", a lot of people have asked what that's about. It is actually, unfortunately about a true incident of suicide that happened when I was a young kid, about 14, [or] 15 years old. I had a girl who was a heroin addict and, [went] down the wrong path and got obsessive compulsive, became way too attached and wanted to tell my parents about our relationship that I wasn't allowed to have, I was going to a religious boarding school at the time, and I wasn't even allowed to talk to a girl, let alone date a girl. Couldn't see movies, couldn't read newspapers, couldn't, had to bless before I ate, after I ate, pray three times a day, all that kind of stuff. But, unfortunately, she took her own life, and it's been something that has haunted me for a very, very long time." [3]
[edit] Vinyl 7 track listing
- "Inside the Fire" - 3:52
- "Perfect Insanity" - 3:59
[edit] UK-Exclusive track listing
- "Inside the Fire" – 3:54
- "Parasite" – 3:25
- "Stricken" (Live at Riviera) – 4:27
[edit] Music video
A video was made with director Nathan Cox.[4] The video for "Inside the Fire" was described as "bloody and intense" according to frontman David Draiman.[5] The video premiered on May 2, 2008 on Disturbed's official site and mainly follows the meaning of the song. Due to the message of the video and the intensity of it, a warning message appears before the video due to its content. Also a suicide hotline number appears at the beginning (foretold by Draiman himself) and the end of the video.
Three versions of the video have been released. The unedited version which follows the meaning of the song, and an edited version of the video which can be merely be described as more of a "performance video" with all of the storyline of the video removed.[6]
A third version labeled "ultra clean" has been sent on May 29, 2008 to TV stations without any blood in it.
[edit] Chart positions
The song debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 23 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks, respectively. It also debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 67 on the Billboard Pop 100. The song is Disturbed's first top ten hit on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks since "Prayer". It is also their second song to hit number 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, the other being "Land of Confusion".
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 73 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 67 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs | 49 |
| Canada | 86 |
[edit] References
- ^ Get Two Disturbed Songs For Rockband For Free | Disturbed
- ^ Dan Donegan of Disturbed (Pt. 2): How to become "Indestructible"
- ^ David talking about "Devon"
- ^ Video Static - BOOKED: Disturbed - Nathan Cox, director
- ^ - Harddrive - Disturbed on new video - Mar. 6, 2008
- ^ Disturbed - Inside The Fire (Edited version)
| Preceded by "It's Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down |
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single May 17, 2008 - present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] External links
|
|||||||||||||||||
