"Freak on a Leash"
Single by Korn
from the album Follow the Leader
Released	April 14, 1999
Format	7", CD"5
Recorded	1998
Genre	Nu metal
Length	4:15
Label	Epic Records
Producer(s)	Korn, Steven Thompson, and Toby Wright
Peak chart positions
#24 (UK Singles Chart) #10 US Mainstream Rock Tracks #6 US Modern Rock Tracks #15 (AUS Triple J Hottest 100 (year-end chart)
Korn singles chronology
"Got the Life" (1998) "Freak on a Leash" (1999) "Children of the Korn" (1999)
Follow the Leader track listing
It's On! (13)	Freak on a Leash (14)	Got the Life (15)

"Freak on a Leash" is a commercially successful song by the band Korn. It was included on their 1998 album Follow the Leader as the second single and also featured on their Greatest Hits compilation in 2004. The song was reworked into an acoustic performance in 2006 when Korn appeared on MTV Unplugged. It received heavy airplay (despite failing to crack the Billboard Hot 100) on rock radio, MTV (who they had recently found major support with) and MuchMusic. Image File history File links Freakonaleash. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the band. ... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums in sound and production. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nü metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article is about the band. ... Steven Thompson is a professional football player who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League. ... Toby Wright is a producer, who has co-produced Slayers 1994 album Divine Intervention with Rick Rubin, and fully produced Alice in Chains self-titled 3rd album in 1995. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ... This article is about the band. ... Got the Life is a song and the lead single by Alternative Metal/Nu Metal band Korn from their third album, Follow the Leader. ... Children of the Korn is a song by Rapper Ice Cube and Alternative Metal/Nu Metal band KoRn. ... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums in sound and production. ... Got the Life is a song and the lead single by Alternative Metal/Nu Metal band Korn from their third album, Follow the Leader. ... This article is about the band. ... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums in sound and production. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia dedicated to music and music-related programs. ...

Lead singer Jonathan Davis has confirmed that the lyrics address forms of exploitation by the music industry (a common trait for the band also evident in their 2003 hit Y'All Want a Single). The track features a number of scats towards the end of its playing time, and beatboxing before the breakdown. The song is usually played during the encore set of the band's live show and was used for Puma commercials, following its endorsement deal. ^[1] Jonathan Houseman Davis (born January 18, 1971) is the vocalist for the multiplatinum Nu Metal[1] band, Korn. ... YAll Want a Single is a song by Nu Metal/Alternative Metal band Korn, and the third single from their self-produced album, Take a Look in the Mirror. ... A single blue Puma shoe. ...

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine turned this song into a swingin' Big band version on their 2006 album "The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese". Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine are a cover band and comedy act based in Los Angeles, California, playing popular rap, rock, metal, and pop songs in a swanky lounge music style. ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s, although there are many big-bands around nowadays. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Video

The protesting video was created mostly in animation by Todd McFarlane (Follow the Leader's artwork is taken from these scenes), mixed with live shots of the band performing, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Follow the Leader is KoЯns third album and a departure from their first two albums in sound and production. ... Dayton and Faris during the making of Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton (born 7 July 1957 in Alameda County, California) and Valerie Faris (born 20 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California) are an award-winning team of music video directors who have also moved into directing theatrical films. ...

The video is about a group of children tresspassing to a cliff to play (if you look closely, you can see the members of Korn animated as children), a security guard notices this and accidentally trips and fires his gun. Upon inspection, the bullet exits through the wall (it turns out the animated part of the video is in a poster) out of a poster and goes flying around unstoppably, ignoring friction and other forces to stop it, destroying everything it shoots through (yet does not hit or kill anyone, though at times it misses people by mere centimeters), entering a Korn poster, flies around the band and so on until it reenters the original poster. It ends with a little girl catching and returning the bullet to the guard.

A still photo from the Freak On A Leash music video

The video for Falling Away from Me, from the band's follow-up album Issues picks up where it leaves off. The video had won a 2000 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and two MTV Video Music Awards (nominated in 9 categories). You can view the video here[[1]] Aired January 29, 1999. Image File history File linksMetadata Freakonaleashstill. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Issues is the fourth Studio album by the band Korn and has sold over 5,000,000 copies worldwide. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Awards

Over the years, the song has won numerous awards, both when it was released and recently. In 2000, it won the band their first Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and also won two MTV Video Music Awards. In 2004 it was chosen second best single of all time by the readers of Kerrang! magazine. Two years later, the video for the song was voted by UK users into the number ten spot for the best 100 videos of all time on web site of Kerrang!, and it appeared on VH1's List of 40 Greatest Metal Songs at number 23.^[2] It was also a huge hit in Australia where the single was certified gold with 35,000 units sold.^[3] The song was also ranked 15th most popular song of year 1999 in Australian Triple J Hottest 100 chart. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ...

Jonathan Davis comments on meaning

Track Listing

1. "Freak on a Leash" (Album version)
2. "Freak on a Leash" (Dante Ross Mix)
3. "Freak on a Leash" (Freakin' Bitch Mix) (aka Butch Vig Mix)
4. "Freak on a Leash" (Josh A's Beast on a Leash Mix)
5. "Freak on a Leash" (Lethal Freak Mix)

MTV Unplugged rendition

"Freak on a Leash"
Single by Korn
from the album MTV Unplugged: Korn
Format	CD
Recorded	December 9, 2006 on MTV Unplugged
Genre	Nu-metal Alternative metal Acoustic
Length	3:56
Label	EMI Virgin
Producer(s)	Richard Gibbs, Alex Coletti
Peak chart positions
#89 (US Hot 100) #73 (US Pop 100) #22 (US Mainstream Rock) #29 (US Modern Rock)
Korn singles chronology
"Politics" (2006) "Freak on a Leash" (2007) "Evolution" (2007)

On the December 9, 2006, an acoustic rendition of the song was recorded with Jonathan Davis singing a duet with Amy Lee of Evanescence, at MTV studios in Times Square, New York City for Korn's unplugged acoustic set.^[4] The single initially was set to appear on radio stations on January 12, 2007, but its release was postponed to February 5. The video for the single was premiered on January 25, 2007 on three music channels: MTV, MTV2, and MTVU (The latter also put the video on its website for streaming). It received heavy airplay on each of the stations. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the band. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nu metal is a musical genre that typically fuses influences from grunge[1] and alternative metal of the 1990s with funk music, hip-hop, and various heavy metal genres, such as thrash metal and groove metal. ... Alternative metal is an form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. ... It has been suggested that Unplugged be merged into this article or section. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Richard Ribbs Gibbs was the keyboard player for the New Wave band Oingo Boingo from 1980 to 1984. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since the early 1980s. ... This article is about the band. ... Politics is the 3rd single from nu metal band Korns 7th studio album See You on the Other Side. ... Back Cover Back Cover Evolution (originally titled Evolutionary Stop) is the first single from Korns eighth studio album. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amy Hartzler (born Amy Lynn Lee and best known as Amy Lee, December 13, 1981 in Riverside, California) is an American singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist. ... Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ... CTN redirects here. ...

Charts

Cultural references

• In "The Simpsons" episode "Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!", the instrumental played when Santa's Little Helper looks for Homer in a maze (made of corn) is Freak on a Leash.

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