Novacaine (song)

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"Novacaine"
Single by 10 Years
from the album (How to Live) As Ghosts
ReleasedAugust 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)
Recorded2016–2017
Genre
Length2:50
Label Mascot
Songwriter(s)
  • Jesse Hasek
  • Chad Huff
  • Brian Vodinh
  • Matt Wantland
[3]
10 Years singles chronology
"Moisture Residue"
(2016)		"Novacaine"
(2017)		"Burnout"
(2018)

"Novacaine" is a song by American alternative metal band 10 Years. It was their first single off of their eighth studio album (How to Live) As Ghosts . It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

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Background

The song was first released on August 16, 2017, [4] as the first single from the band's eighth studio album, (How to Live) As Ghosts . [5] A music video was released on September 26, 2017. [6]

Themes and composition

Lyrically, Hasek explained that the song is about the loss of enthusiasm people go through as they transition from youth to adulthood. [7] He described:

At some point, you start to get real adult problems. Life has such a numbing to it. You see people go from such optimism in their 20s to having life just beat them down later. I think we all kind of get desensitized and numb to life on some level." [7]

The track was described as one of three key tracks from the album that deal with issues of mortality and mankind. [1]

Journalists noted that the song still generally sounded like 10 Year's alternative metal sound, but with more of an alternative rock edge to it. [2] The song was noted as being less aggressive than the songs of their prior album, From Birth to Burial , and not as epic as their biggest single, "Wasteland", but that it still contained Hasek's soaring vocals over a big guitar sound. [2] Loudwire described the song as a "driving rocker with...guitar pulsing through the track... Jesse Hasek's voice...powering the song with a rather atmospheric and triumphant feel in the chorus as he really opens it up." [1]

Music video

The song's music video reflects the song's lyrical content of being stuck in life through a scenario similar to the film Groundhog Day . [8] In the video, the main character, a business man, appears to have his life together, with a nice job, living place, and car, but feels like he's in a slump living the same boring day over and over again. [8] Additionally, he continues to encounter random strangers that keep saying "dead as dead can be" to him. [8]

Personnel

10 Years

Production

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [9] 37
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 46
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 22

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Childers, Chad (August 16, 2017). "10 Years Release New Song 'Novocaine,' Reveal Album Details". Loudwire.
  2. 1 2 3 "10 Years Return With Punchy New Single 'Novacaine'". Immortal Reviews. August 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Novacaine - 10 Years | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Rock, Scott Munro2017-08-16T15:50:00 227Z Classic (August 16, 2017). "10 Years return with new album and single". Classic Rock Magazine.
  6. ↑ "10 Years release 'Novacaine' music video".
  7. 1 2 "Video Premiere: 10 YEARS' 'Novacaine'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. September 26, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "10 Years Debut "Novacaine" Music Video". Theprp.com. September 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "10 Years Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  10. ↑ "10 Years Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "10 Years Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
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