Here to Stay (Korn song)
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| Single by Korn | ||||
| from the album Untouchables | ||||
| Released | June 11, 2002 | |||
| Format | 7", CD, DVD | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal | |||
| Length | 4:32 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Michael Beinhorn | |||
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"Here to Stay" is a Grammy Award-winning song by Korn that appears on the band's fifth studio album Untouchables as an album opener and the first single. The song won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, as well as winning an award for Best International Video on MuchMusic in 2002 and being nominated for the Best Rock Video by MTV in 2002. The video for this single, directed by The Hughes Brothers was highly successful, and gained frequent airplay on MTV and MuchMusic in particular, featuring the band members on a TV screen amongst major world issues of the time. The song has become a staple of the band's live show to this day.
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[edit] Jonathan Davis comments on meaning
| “ | Here to Stay is basically about being fed up with people taking advantage of you. I wrote it when being angry of basically being born a nice guy. Nice people always get taken advantage of. I'm lashing out. | ” |
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 72 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 12 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 44 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 58 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 7 |
| German Singles Chart | 35 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 15 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 34 |
| UK Singles Chart | 12 |
[edit] Live performance
In the concert version of the song small changes are made to the song, such as the guitar riff played by Head in the background is removed during the outro of the song. Also the line "Fucked up feelings again" in the pre-chorus of the song is often left for the audiences to sing instead of Davis while rest of the band members momentarily stop playing their instruments in order to hear the audiences' voices clearer. The song has become a staple of the band's live show to this day. It is often played as their opening number, however in the current "Escape from the Studio" tour, it is played as an encore, along with "Blind" and "Got the Life".
[edit] Track listing
- "Here to Stay – 4:31
- "Here to Stay (T Ray's Mix) – 4:20
- "Here to Stay (BT's Managed Anger Mix) – 9:41
- "Here to Stay (video)– 4:31
[edit] Music video
The music video portrays a boy watching subliminal messages on TV while flipping channels between shows (which consist of real-world events) and the band playing in the TV against a static backdrop. In the end, Davis takes the boy into the TV. The video for "Here to Stay" also marks the first video appearance of Davis's unique microphone stand designed by H. R. Giger. There is also a "clean" version of the music video which shows the boy being taken into the TV at the beginning. This version omitted the explicit words and all of the real-event videos. The point of view is "inside" the TV instead of outside it. This version is the one shown at Sony BMG's official YouTube channel.
[edit] Appearances in media
"Here to Stay" is featured on the soundtrack to ATV Offroad Fury 2.
"Here to Stay" is in the adverts of the Spanish channel cuatro during the UEFA Euro 2008. In them, some players like Fernando Torres and Iker Casillas fight with robots to win the ball. A little sample of the beginning of the song (the principal riff) can be heard at the end of the advert.
Professional boxer Kelly Pavlik uses the song as his entrance music.
[edit] Singles
Korn released a limited edition Here to Stay box set, which included all three singles including the DVD single. There is also a promo single of "Here to Stay - Mindless Self Indulgence Remix", which is quite hard to get because of it being a promo. It includes one track, a remix by Mindless Self Indulgence. The remix is also found on the DVD single of "Thoughtless".
A sports channel on NESN also used the intro of the song on a highlight reel
