No Place to Hide (song)

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"No Place to Hide"
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Single by Korn
from the album Life Is Peachy
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1996 (1996-09-14)
Recorded1996
Genre Nu metal [1]
Length3:31
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ross Robinson
Korn singles chronology
"Clown"
(1995)
"No Place to Hide"
(1996)
"A.D.I.D.A.S."
(1997)

"No Place to Hide" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their second studio album, Life Is Peachy . It was released as the album's first single in September 1996.

Contents

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [2] 70
Scotland (OCC) [3] 22
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 26
US Active Rock Top 50 ( Radio & Records ) [5] 41
US Alternative Top 50 ( Radio & Records ) [6] 40

Live performance

The song has been seldom played since the promotional tours surrounding the release of Life Is Peachy. It is notable for being Korn's first televised performance, on a French music show on February 20, 1997. "No Place to Hide" made a return in 2011 during The Path of Totality Tour.

Music video

A video was not filmed; MTV compiled clips from Who Then Now? and the band's previous music videos in order for "No Place to Hide" to receive airplay on the station.

Awards

The song was nominated for a Grammy in 1998 for Best Metal Performance. It was Korn's second nomination in this category.

Track listing

UK Releases

  1. "No Place to Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31
  2. "Sean Olson" (Radio Edit) – 4:45
  3. "Proud" – 3:14
  1. "No Place To Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31
  2. "Shoots and Ladders" (Dust Brothers Industrial mix) – 3:50
  3. "Shoots and Ladders" (Dust Brothers Hip Hop mix) – 4:07

Note: The two remixes are wrongly named, the Hip-Hop Remix it is the Industrial Remix and vice versa!

Side A:

  1. "No Place To Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31

Side B:

  1. "Proud" – 3:50
  1. "No Place to Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31

Side A:

  1. "No Place To Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31

Side B:

  1. "Proud" – 3:50

German release

  1. "No Place to Hide" (Album Version) – 3:31
  2. "Sean Olson" (Radio Edit) – 4:45
  3. "Lies" – 3:22

US Promo

  1. "No Place to Hide" – 3:31

See also

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