Walk (Pantera song)

"Walk"
Single by Pantera
from the album Vulgar Display of Power
Released	February 25, 1992 (album track) 1993 (single)
Recorded	1991
Genre	Groove metal, heavy metal
Length	5:15
Label	Eastwest
Writer(s)	Pantera
Producer	Terry Date
Pantera singles chronology
"Hollow" (1992) "Walk" (1993) "I'm Broken" (1994)

"Walk"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Diamonds in the Rough
Released	July 17, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Groove metal, heavy metal
Length	5:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Pantera
Producer	Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Seize the Day" (2006) "Walk" (2007) "Critical Acclaim" (2007)

"Walk" is a song by Pantera, the song is released as the fourth single from their sixth album, Vulgar Display of Power. A live performance of "Walk" is included on Official Live: 101 Proof, and the studio version is also on the band's greatest hits album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!

Song information

"Walk"'s 12/8 time signature creates a distinctive "walking" rhythm and it contains one of guitarist Dimebag Darrell's most famous riffs and solos. The main riff was written while the band was warming up for a show on guitarist Dimebag Darrell's practice amp when Phil Anselmo shouted, "We gotta write some s--t for this new album." Dime immediately started playing the opening riff, and Vinnie tapped the drums on the wall. They were filming for the home video and caught it all on tape to remember the riff. The song's lyrics talk about individuals who the band considered to be "posers" and who pretended to be part of the heavy metal scene, but were not really into it. The band saw them as people who were just trying to be trendy. The cover for the single is a screenshot of the band's "Mouth for War" music video.

Release

The song was released as the fourth and final single for the band's Vulgar Display of Power LP in 1993. The band also released a number of EP's and remixes for the song in 1993 including:

• Walk (EP)
• Walk Biomechanical
• Walk Live Material
• Walk Cervical

Reception and accolades

The song is considered to be one the the band's best tracks and is also the band's most well known song to both Pantera and non-Pantera fans. The song ranked #16 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs and is the most purchased Pantera song on iTunes. Guitar World magazine voted the song's solo the 57th greatest of all-time. The song peaked at #35 on the UK Singles Chart and #23 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (equivalent to #123 on the Billboard Hot 100).

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	35
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	23

Covers

The song has been covered by many bands, including Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Seether, Operator, Disturbed, Alice in Chains, Sevendust, Eviserate, Fall Out Boy and Fear Factory (a snippet of it). Godsmack performed a cover which is found on their DVD Smack This! Linkin Park and Disturbed also teamed up during Ozzfest 2001 to perform this cover.

The band Kilgore recorded a version for the Extreme Championship Wrestling: Extreme Music CD as Rob Van Dam's entrance theme.

Avenged Sevenfold recorded a cover of the song, which was included on their album Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough. It was released as the first single on the album. However, the song was originally recorded for the band's first DVD, All Excess. It was later included on the album as it was never released on CD. On the live DVD that was included with the album which was recorded at Long Beach Arena, the band performed the song live with a member from the audience performing the vocals.

Appearances in the media

• "Walk" is featured on the soundtrack for the videogames Madden NFL 2010 and NHL 11.

• The song was also used as the entrance theme for Rob Van Dam in ECW.