Insomnia (Megadeth song)
| "Insomnia" | ||||
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| Single by Megadeth | ||||
| from the album Risk | ||||
| Released | Summer 1999 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:16 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Mustaine | |||
| Producer(s) | Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine | |||
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"Insomnia" is the third and last single of American thrash metal band Megadeth's eighth studio album Risk. The 2004 remastered edition of Risk includes the bonus track "Insomnia" (Jeff Balding mix), which is 3 seconds longer and another Rhys Fulber mix appears on the Breadline remix album. The song also went up to number 26 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Music video
The music video for "Insomnia" was shot in late 1999 by Len Wiseman.[1] The video does not feature any member of Megadeth, but shows a cat trying to capture the rat (similar to the one on the Risk remastered cover) while the song plays in the background.[2]
Reception
"I think the song is something that people aren't going to expect. It was inspired by a lot of the English rave and techno bands, but at the same time, it's pretty heavy. It's talking about insomnia, but it's really a tongue in cheek song about my life during the '80s, something that anyone who has ever been into staying up all night partying can relate to." (Mustaine, 1999) [3]
"I took a psychology class recently while I was in Nashville, and I was surprised to find out that insomnia is not that you can't fall asleep; it is that you can't stay asleep. This reminded me of my many years of using stimulants and how hard it was to stay asleep, the sounds that you hear that may or may not really be there, and how my eyes felt. I felt like I was running on empty most of the time and a lot of the references in this song are actually true." (Mustaine, 1999) [3]
"Those weird notes at the beginning were actually the last notes that I recorded for this album, and actually the last notes I recorded for Megadeth. This tune was kind of an afterthought and was almost completely Mustaine's. I was very impressed by the modern sounding stuff that he and Dann Huff came up with." (Friedman, 2002) [3]
Tracklist
- Insomnia (Radio edit)
- Insomnia (Album version)
References
- ↑ "Crush 'Em". MTV. MTV Networks. August 8, 1999. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55Qxwwr9pw
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/lyrics_risk.html#Insomnia
