Bad Magick

Last updated
"Bad Magick"
Godsmack bad magick.png
Single by Godsmack
from the album Awake
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2001
Studio River's Edge Productions Inc., Haverhill, Massachusetts
Genre Nu metal
Length
  • 4:17(album version)
  • 3:36(radio edit)
Label Republic/Universal
Songwriter(s) Sully Erna
Producer(s)
Godsmack singles chronology
"Awake"
(2000)
"Bad Magick"
(2001)
"Greed"
(2001)

"Bad Magick" is a song by American rock band Godsmack, released in February 2001. It is featured on their second studio album, Awake , and is the only single by the band that's not included in their compilation album Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack (2007).

Contents

Music video

Godsmack started working on the video with director Troy Smith in Portland, Maine, on September 10, 2001 and planned to finish the outdoor shots the next day and the arena shots at a concert, but the events of September 11 put a halt to the band's plans. The video was set to feature the band playing at a cookout in front of a handful of apathetic crowd members and one Godsmack fanatic, who tries to rally the rest of the audience. As the enthused fan watches the performance, he imagines the band performing in huge arenas. The live performance segments were delayed when the band's shows were cancelled after September 11. [1] Ultimately, Godsmack released the music video 23 years later, on May 30, 2024. [2]

Trivia

The song is featured in the 2002 compilation Wired-up.

Chart positions

Singles U.S. Billboard

YearChartPosition
2001Mainstream Rock Tracks12
Modern Rock Tracks28

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Better Than Ezra</span> American rock band

Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with Round Hill Music. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin, Tom Drummond, Michael Jerome (drums), and James Arthur Payne Jr.. The band has released nine studio albums, most recently 2024's Super Magick. They are best known for their 1993 multi-platinum album Deluxe and the 1995 single "Good," which reached number 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Godsmack</span> American rock band

Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna, bassist Robbie Merrill, lead guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released eight studio albums, one EP, four DVDs, one compilation album, and one live album.

<i>Godsmack</i> (album) 1998 studio album by Godsmack

Godsmack is the major label debut album by American rock band Godsmack. It was released by Republic Records and Universal Records on August 25, 1998. The album's recording was initially paid for by the band, at a cost of $2,600, at New Alliance Studios in Boston, and released through the band's own record label E. K. Records Company under the title All Wound Up... in February 1997. When the band was signed to Republic/Universal in June 1998, All Wound Up... was partly edited and remixed, fully remastered at Sterling Sound in New York, and given a new artwork and layout before being re-released.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bad Company</span> British rock band

Bad Company were an English rock supergroup that was formed in London in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, drummer Simon Kirke, guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mick Ralphs</span> English musician

Michael Geoffrey Ralphs is an English retired musician, vocalist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bad News (band)</span> Fictional English heavy metal band

Bad News are a fictional English heavy metal band created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members were Vim Fuego on vocals and lead guitar; Den Dennis on rhythm guitar; Colin Grigson on bass; and Spider "Eight-Legs" Webb on drums. The band continued outside the context of the TV series, with the actors eventually playing a number of live gigs as Bad News, and recording an album and a single that made the UK charts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James (band)</span> English rock band

James are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 1982. They achieved popularity during the 1990s, with four top-10 hits on the UK Singles Chart and nine top-10 placings on the UK Albums Chart. The band's best-known singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", "She's a Star" and "Laid". "Laid" also became a hit on American college radio. Following the departure of lead singer Tim Booth in 2001, the band became inactive, but members reunited in January 2007 and have since released a further seven albums. Live performance has continually remained a central part of the band's output. As of 2010, the band had sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warrant (American band)</span> American glam metal band

Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich and one of its singles, "Heaven", which reached No. 1 in Rolling Stone and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album Cherry Pie, which provided the hit song of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don't Panic (Coldplay song)</span> 2001 single by Coldplay

"Don't Panic" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. Originally titled "Panic", the earliest known version of the song existed in 1998, performed live during the band's first gig in the same year. It had a different melody, and was included in the band's second EP, The Blue Room. The track was reproduced by Coldplay and British producer Ken Nelson for the band's debut album, Parachutes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disciple (band)</span> American Christian metal band

Disciple is an American Christian rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1992. The group has released 13 studio albums, 3 extended plays, 1 live extended play, and 1 compilation album.

Useless ID is an Israeli punk rock band, formed in Haifa in 1994.

<i>Skillet</i> (album) 1996 studio album by Skillet

Skillet is the debut studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. Released on October 29, 1996, as an enhanced CD and audio cassette on ForeFront Records and Ardent Records, it showcases Christian lyrics with a grunge sound.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Stand Alone (Godsmack song)</span> 2002 single by Godsmack

"I Stand Alone" is a song by the American rock band Godsmack. It was released to radio in February 2002 as the lead single from the Scorpion King soundtrack. It would reappear on Godsmack's third studio album, Faceless, the following year. It won a 2002 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Song of the Year From a Movie Soundtrack."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Howe (singer)</span> English singer (1953–2020)

Brian Anthony Howe was an English rock singer, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bad Religion (song)</span> 2000 single by Godsmack

"Bad Religion" is a song by Godsmack. It served as the fourth and final single from their eponymous debut album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Godsmack discography</span>

Godsmack is an American rock band founded in 1995 by singer Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. The band has released eight studio albums, one EP, two compilations, three video albums, and thirty-four singles. Erna and Merrill recruited local friend and guitarist Lee Richards and drummer Tommy Stewart to complete the band's lineup. In 1996, Tony Rombola replaced Richards, as the band's guitarist. In 1998, Godsmack released their self-titled debut album, a remastered version of the band's self-released debut, All Wound Up.... The album was distributed by Universal/Republic Records and shipped four million copies in the United States. In 2001, the band contributed the track "Why" to the Any Given Sunday soundtrack. After two years of touring, the band released Awake. Although the album was a commercial success, it failed to match the sales of Godsmack. In 2002, Stewart left the band due to personal differences, and was replaced by Shannon Larkin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Straight Out of Line</span> 2003 single by Godsmack

"Straight Out of Line" is a song by American rock band Godsmack and the lead single from their album Faceless. After its release in March 2003, the song immediately ascended to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, and hit the top 10 on the Modern Rock chart. It was the band's third number one on the Mainstream Rock chart and remained at that specific position for two weeks. It is also their highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 73.

<i>Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack</i> 2007 greatest hits album by Godsmack

Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack is a greatest hits collection by American rock band Godsmack. The collection includes all of Godsmack's singles, with the exception of "Bad Magick", and a DVD of the band's acoustic performance in Las Vegas at the House of Blues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bulletproof (Godsmack song)</span> 2018 song by Godsmack

"Bulletproof" is a song by American rock band Godsmack. It was the first single off of their seventh studio album When Legends Rise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surrender (Godsmack song)</span> 2022 single by Godsmack

"Surrender" is a song by American rock band Godsmack. It marks the first single from their eighth and final studio album Lighting Up the Sky and their first new music in four years since the release of their seventh studio album When Legends Rise in 2018.

References