Shoots and Ladders

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"Shoots and Ladders"
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Single by Korn
from the album Korn
ReleasedJune 30, 1995 (1995-06-30)
Recorded1994
Studio Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California [1] [2] [3]
Genre Nu metal [4]
Length
  • 5:22 (album version) [5]
  • 3:39 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ross Robinson
Korn singles chronology
"Need To"
(1995)		"Shoots and Ladders"
(1995)		"Clown"
(1995)

"Shoots and Ladders" is a song written and recorded by the American nu metal band Korn for their self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's third single in 1995. [7]

Contents

Music and structure

The title is a mockery of American children's game Chutes and Ladders (also known in the United Kingdom as Snakes and Ladders), with the song's lyrics mostly consisting of nursery rhymes. It is the first Korn song to feature bagpipes. [8] The song uses the following nursery rhymes in its lyrics: [9]

Concept

"It was written because all these little kids sing these nursery rhymes and they don't know what they originally meant. Everyone is so happy when singing 'Ring Around the Rosie' but it is about the Black Plague. All of them have these evil stories behind them." – Jonathan Davis [10]

Music video

A screenshot from the music video Shoots&laddersvid.jpg
A screenshot from the music video

The video for "Shoots and Ladders" was directed by McG and shows clips of Korn performing in front of an energetic crowd, similar to "Blind". Korn is also seen performing in front of a fake castle-like building. Munky can be seen with duct tape over his mouth while coming out from a field of weeds. In the beginning, Jonathan can be seen tied up and hanging upside down. Head, Fieldy, and David appear in various clips as well, but is not very specific. [8] [11] The video premiered in June 1995. "Shoots and Ladders" was filmed at Golf N' Stuff in Norwalk, California.

Awards

The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Metal Performance. This would be Korn's first nomination in any Grammy category. [12]

Track listing

(Source: [13] )

US radio promo

  1. "Shoots and Ladders" – 3:39 (radio edit)
  2. "Sean Olson" – 4:45 (radio edit)

UK radio promo

Side A:

  1. "Shoots and Ladders (Hip Hop Remix)" – 4:07
  2. "Shoots and Ladders (Hyper Remix)" – 2:32

Side B:

  1. "Shoots and Ladders (Industrial Remix)" – 3:50
  2. "Shoots and Ladders (Industrial Instrumental)" – 3:59

Credits

Korn
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  2. ↑ Arvizu 2009, p. 69.
  3. ↑ "Indigo Ranch Studios - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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