Swamped (song)

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"Swamped"
Swamped.jpg
Single by Lacuna Coil
from the album Comalies
ReleasedJuly 2004
Recorded2002
Genre Gothic metal, alternative metal
Length4:00(Album Version)
3:49 (Radio Edit)
Label Century Media
Songwriter(s) Lacuna Coil (Marco Biazzi, Andrea Ferro, Cristiano Mozzati, Cristina Scabbia)
Producer(s) Waldemar Sorychta
Lacuna Coil singles chronology
"Heaven's a Lie"
(2002)
"Swamped"
(2004)
"Our Truth"
(2006)

"Swamped" is a song by the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. It was released as the second and final single from their third studio album Comalies . The song features a male and female vocal track, guitar-playing and orchestral string backing. The song is featured in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines , and the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse as part of the soundtrack. "Swamped" is available as a downloadable song for Rock Band . A music video was produced for the song.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Swamped (Album Version) - 3:46
  2. Swamped (Acoustic) - 3:40

Music video

The music video for Swamped was released in June, 2004 and was shot between Sweden and Spain by Patric Ullaeus. It features the band performing in a desert (without male vocalist Andrea Ferro). Cristina Scabbia wears a black mini dress with long red and black ribbons wrapped around her hands. Then Andrea Ferro sings his part in a big mansion with large windows. In the last scene, the band walks out of the mansion into a garden.

Cover

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 22

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References

  1. "Lacuna Coil – Swamped" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved February 1, 2024.