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Twisted Transistor

Twisted Transistor

2005 single by Korn


"Twisted Transistor" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side. It was released as the album's first single in September 2005.

Quick Facts Single by Korn, from the album See You on the Other Side ...

Chart performance

The song has become Korn's second most successful single to date on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number sixty-four,[1] and became their highest charting single on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart, peaking at number three, until it was surpassed by "Never Never," which reached number one in 2013.[1] Its success was continued overseas, where it charted in many countries, including number twenty-seven in the UK, number twenty-four in Australia, and number six in Finland.

Charts

More information Chart (2005–2006), Peak position ...

Music video

The video for the song was directed by Ryan Ratajski and features a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary produced by "documentary filmmaker Rob Piner" (a reference to This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner)[22] where four rappers play the parts of Korn: Lil Jon as Jonathan Davis, Xzibit as Fieldy, David Banner as David Silveria, and Snoop Dogg as James Shaffer. The real Korn appears at the end of the video as representatives of "Fony Music", complaining about how the music video isn't going to sell because it lacks "bling-bling" and "booty shakin'". There is also a section in the video featuring 'Jonathan' recording vocals in "Big Rick's Studio", a reference to metal and hip-hop producer Rick Rubin, as Big Rick himself as he appears in the video bears a resemblance to Rick Rubin.

The rappers have jokingly noted in interviews that "It might be a [new] band coming towards you".[23]

Track listing

UK release

  • 7" VUS316, CD VUSCD316
  1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
  2. "Too Late I'm Dead"

Australian release

  • CD 3474592
  1. "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
  2. "Appears"
  3. "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek radio edit)

US promotional release

  • 12" VUSTDJ316
  1. "Twisted Transistor" (Dummies Club Mix)
  2. "Twisted Transistor" (album version)
  3. "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek Klub Mix)
  4. "Twisted Transistor" (Josh Harris Fuck the Club Mix)

References

  1. "Korn > See You on the Other Side > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  2. "ARGENTINA – Radio FM88 Top 100 de 2006" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. "Korn – Twisted Transistor" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. "Korn: Twisted Transistor" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. "Korn – Twisted Transistor" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  6. "Deutsche Alternative Charts - Week 42 / Year 2005 / Category: Single". Deutsche Alternative Charts. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  7. "Íslenski Listinn (31.10. 2005)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). October 31, 2005. p. 10. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  8. "Latavian Airplay Top 50" (in Latvian). LAIPA. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Tipparade-lijst van week 2, 2006" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  10. "Korn – Twisted Transistor" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  11. "Korn Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  12. Nardwuar -- Pop Culture's Historian, at Ion Magazine; by Bryce Dunn; published August 30, 2013; retrieved October 27, 2013; "Snoop Dogg put me in a Korn video for the song “Twisted Transistor”. Even though I’m not actually in the video, Snoop and some other hip-hop stars (like T-Pain and Xzibit) play members of Korn, and in one part of the video they are being interviewed by a guy in a tartan hat and he gets punched! When I asked Snoop about that he said, “We were thinking about you when we put that guy in the video”. Thank you Snoop Dogg!"
  13. "Lil Jon, Snoop, Xzibit, David Banner Star In New Korn Video". VH1. October 6, 2005. Archived from the original on October 28, 2005. Retrieved October 5, 2007.

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