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"Swerve City"
Single by Deftones
from the album Koi No Yokan
ReleasedMarch 30, 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length2:45
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno, Frank Delgado, Sergio Vega
Producer(s)Nick Raskulinecz
Deftones singles chronology
"Tempest"
(2012) 		"Swerve City"
(2013) 		"Romantic Dreams"
(2013)

"Swerve City" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It is the opening track on their seventh studio album, Koi No Yokan, and was released as a single on March 30, 2013, where it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks.[4]

Music video

The first music video for "Swerve City", directed by Gus Black, was released on May 9, 2013. It shows a woman (Tamara Feldman[5]) in the desert riding a horse to her home (a ranch bungalow). While brushing her horse outside the bungalow, Chino Moreno is seen heading towards her home in a Porsche Panamera. The woman notices the car headlights as Moreno arrives outside the home. Subsequently, she walks outside and pulls out a pistol.[6]

A second music video was released on July 2, 2013, directed by Ryan Mackfall. This performance video featured tour footage of the band.[7]

Track listing

Promotional CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Swerve City"2:45

Personnel

Deftones
Production

References

  1. ^ "Deftones – Koi No Yokan". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Deftones – Koi No Yokan". Sputnik Music. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "MUSIC[Album Review] Deftones 'Koi No Yokan'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Deftones – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  5. ^ "DEFTONES-Swerve City". Vimeo. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  6. ^ First music video for "Swerve City" – YouTube – retrieved May 31, 2013.
  7. ^ Second music video for "Swerve City" – YouTube – retrieved March 22, 2016.
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