Question!


"Question!" is a song by Armenian American metal band System of a Down. It was released in July 2005 as the second single of their fourth album Mezmerize.

Music video

produced the video after allegedly having an image of the video in a nightmare. It is claimed that before the dream he had no intentions of producing the video. In fact he didn't want any special treatment over other possible producers for being in the band so he submitted his idea anonymously.
The video was shot in the now-closed Los Angeles Theater, which opened in 1931. "It's an amazing old theater that is due for renovation," Tankian said of the place. "I'm glad they haven't renovated it yet, because it has the right character for what we were looking for. It has a fairy tale vibe."

Composition

"Question!" is written in the key of E minor — a somewhat unusual key for System of a Down, which normally relies heavily on Cm, C#m, and F#m. The song uses four different time signatures. The acoustic guitar intro and part of the verse is in 9/8, expressed as 3+2+2+2. The verse briefly switches to 3/4 when Tankian sings "Are you dreaming?". The guitar motif after the acoustic intro is in 5/4. This same section appears throughout the song as well. Choruses one and two are in 3/4. The third chorus and the heavy tremolo-picked section towards the end underneath the vocals is in 4/4. Serj Tankian plays acoustic guitar in the intro and deeper in the background behind lead guitarist Daron Malakian.

Track listing

Personnel