Black Eyes Blue

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"Black Eyes Blue"
Single by Corey Taylor
from the album CMFT
ReleasedJuly 29, 2020 (2020-07-29)
Genre
Length3:22
Label Roadrunner [3]
Songwriter(s) Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor singles chronology
"Black Eyes Blue"
(2020)		"CMFT Must Be Stopped"
(2020)

"Black Eyes Blue" is a song by American musician Corey Taylor, frontman of metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour. It was his first solo single from his first solo album CMFT . It peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2020.

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Background

The song was first released on July 29, 2020. It was released concurrently with another single – "CMFT Must Be Stopped". [4] A lyric video was released on the same day. [5] A full music video was later released on August 19, 2020. [6] The song debuted at number 24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs [7] and number 21 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, just after a single week of being released. [8]

Themes and composition

With Corey Taylor's comments on the CMFT album, in regards to it being across many various genre and in styles not commonly found in his band's Slipknot and Stone Sour, publications noted the difference in sound between "Black Eyes Blue" and "CMFT Must Be Stopped". [9] [2] While publications commonly referred to the latter as rap rock, [2] [1] [3] "Black Eyes Blue" was described as power pop by Rolling Stone magazine. [2] Consequence of Sound referred to "Black Eyes Blue" as "more of a straight-ahead rocker" with "melodic punk-like verses reminiscent of [the band] Rise Against". [1]

Personnel

Adapted from NME. [10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue"3:22
Digital download (Acoustic)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue" (Acoustic)3:22
Digital download (Alternative Mix)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue" (Alternative Mix)3:07
Spotify single
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue"3:22
2."CMFT Must Be Stopped" (feat. Tech N9ne, Kid Bookie)5:14
Spotify single (Acoustic)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue" (Acoustic)3:22
2."Black Eyes Blue"3:22
Spotify single (Alternative Mix)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Eyes Blue" (Alternative Mix)3:07
2."Black Eyes Blue" (Acoustic)3:22
3."Black Eyes Blue"3:22

Musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 1

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