A Little Bit Off

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"A Little Bit Off"
Single by Five Finger Death Punch
from the album F8
ReleasedJune 8, 2020 (2020-06-08)
Recorded2019
Genre Rock [1]
Length3:11
Label Better Noise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Kevin Churko
Five Finger Death Punch singles chronology
"Inside Out"
(2019)		"A Little Bit Off"
(2020)		"Living the Dream"
(2020)

"A Little Bit Off" is a song by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was their second single off of their eighth studio album F8 . It topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in June 2020.

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Background

The song was released as the second single from the band's eighth studio album, F8. A music video was released on June 8, 2020. [2] The video is self-referential to the struggles they encountered to make the music video; their record label was urging them to record a music video for the song, which was already climbing up the rock music charts, but production issues kept occurring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [2] The video documents how support staff was limited and many things in production had to be cut. [4] In the end, the video is relatively minimalist, featuring guitarist Zoltan Bathory and bassist Chris Kael dressed up as an angel and demon playing chess, and frontman Ivan Moody singing in a deserted downtown Las Vegas backdrop in the middle of the day. [5]

In June 2020, the song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs, making it the band's ninth song to do so. [6] In addition to being one of the bands with the most chart toppers for the long-running chart, the song was also one of the first to top Billboard's newly created Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. [6]

Themes and composition

"A Little Bit Off" is a rock song driven by an acoustic guitar riff. [1] Lyrically, the song has been described as about frontman Ivan Moody's "laundry list of little anxieties" and his previous struggles related to mental health and alcohol addiction. [7] [1] Retroactively, band members would allude to the song's message as being relevant to people's emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic as well.

Reception

Loudwire named it one of the best rock songs of 2020, praising its emotional lyrics for being "open and honest" about mental health. [1]

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Gold40,000‡
United States (RIAA) [15] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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