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Voices (Alice in Chains song)

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Released
  
August 13, 2013

Label
  
Virgin/EMI

Length
  
5:42

Writer(s)
  
Jerry Cantrell

Producer(s)
  
Nick Raskulinecz, Alice in Chains

"Voices" is the third single by the American rock band Alice in Chains, taken from their 2013 album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The song peaked at number 3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 18 on the Rock Aiplay chart.

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Song

The song was the first to be written for the The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here album. It was penned by singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell in 2011 before he went into hospital for a procedure to repair a damaged shoulder cartilage. He told Grammy.com:

Before I had the surgery I think I demoed 'Voices' really quick, that was a kind of quick song and came together within a couple of days of just me messing around here at the house. It was right after tour and it was a good, strong song and so I sent it around to everybody and everybody liked it and I thought, 'F--k, that's good.' That was the first thing that came together on the record, so I knew there was a good song there.

Music video

The lyric video for "Voices" was released on the Internet on July 25, with the official video following on September 5. Both videos were directed by Robert Schober, also known as Roboshobo.

Of the music video, on-line music magazine Loudwire commented:

Accompanying the haunting melodies of "Voices," pushed further by a vocal structure led by Jerry Cantrell, comes an equally haunting music video. Alice in Chains performed the song in a room illuminated by chandeliers and wayward light bulbs while on the outside, the lyrics sung by Cantrell and William DuVall occupy a somewhat bleak cityscape through neon letters.

The video features a picture of the band's former lead singer Layne Staley and Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain.

Personnel

  • Jerry Cantrell – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  • William DuVall- Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Sean Kinney – drums
  • Mike Inez – Bass guitar
  • References

    Voices (Alice in Chains song) Wikipedia