Stoned (Puddle of Mudd song)

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"Stoned"
Puddle of Mudd Stoned.jpg
Single by Puddle of Mudd
from the album Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate
ReleasedMarch 8, 2010 [1]
Recorded2009
Genre Alternative metal, post-grunge, hard rock
Length3:30
Label Geffen, Interscope
Songwriter(s) Wes Scantlin
Producer(s) Brian Howes
Puddle of Mudd singles chronology
"Spaceship"
(2009)
"Stoned"
(2010)
"Keep It Together"
(2010)

"Stoned" is the second single off the album Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate by rock band Puddle of Mudd. The song was available for download on iTunes and online music retail sites on December 8, 2009, and released to radio on March 8, 2010. Stoned was the #1 most added track at Active Rock as soon as it impacted radio, with 60+ new stations coming aboard in a week. The song was written by Puddle of Mudd front-man Wes Scantlin.

Contents

On March 25, 2010, Puddle of Mudd made an appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and played "Stoned". [2]

EP

No.TitleLength
1."Acoustic version"3:32
2."Radio edit (clean)"3:30
3."Album version"3:30

Music video

The band finished shooting the music video, which premiered on April 27, 2010 on MTV2 and mtvU. [3]

In the video, the band destroys an office, turning over desks and destroying computers. These scenes are inter cut with the band playing in a room with a blue backdrop. Near the end of the video, Wes kicks down one of the office walls, revealing the room with the blue backdrop behind it. At the very end of the video, Wes gives the peace sign with one hand and the middle finger with the other toward the camera. [4]

Chart performance

The song reached as high as #6 on Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #22 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart. [5] The song debuted on the Mister Bravo's Top 25-Monthly chart at No. 1 in December 2009, and reached No. 1 in January 2010, and re-claimed the top spot in May 2010. [6]

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs 22
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs 33

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