Prayers / Triangles

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"Prayers / Triangles"
Single by Deftones
from the album Gore
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2016
Studio
Genre
Length3:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Matt Hyde
Deftones singles chronology
"Romantic Dreams"
(2013)
"Prayers / Triangles"
(2016)
"Doomed User"
(2016)

"Prayers / Triangles" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones, appearing on their eighth studio album Gore . The song was released as the lead single from the album on February 4, 2016. [1]

Contents

The song was remixed by synthwave musician Com Truise and released as a single on June 24, 2016. [2]

Music video

An audio video for the song was released on February 4, 2016 and was directed by Chris Buongiorno and consists of animations of the flamingos from the Gore album cover flying. [3]

The official music video for the song was released two months later on April 12 and was directed by Charles Bergquist. [4] The video consists of the band performing with shots of Chino Moreno running down a street. While the video is mostly in black and white, some colors make appearances, such as orange, pink, yellow, and green. Images of triangles also appear throughout the video. [5]

Track listing

Promo single
No.TitleLength
1."Prayers / Triangles"3:38
Remix single
No.TitleLength
1."Prayers / Triangles" (Com Truise Remix)3:35

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak

position

US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 36
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [7] 8
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 39
UK Rock (Official Charts Company) [9] 37

Personnel

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