Snuff (song)


"Snuff" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the fifth and final single from their fourth album All Hope Is Gone on September 28, 2009, the song charted at number two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charted single to date, surpassing "Dead Memories".
Roadrunner Records placed "Snuff" at number six for its greatest music videos of all time. The song was also nominated for Best Single at the Kerrang! Awards 2010, but lost to "Liquid Confidence" by You Me at Six.
It is the final single released from the band with their full original lineup before the death of bassist Paul Gray who died eight months later after its release, and also the final single released before drummer Joey Jordison who was fired from the band four years later. During recent solo acoustic shows, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of "Snuff" as a tribute to Paul Gray.
"Snuff", "Psychosocial", "Dead Memories", "Wait and Bleed", "Sulfur", "Left Behind" and "Pulse of the Maggots" were released as downloadable songs in the Rock Band series.

Background

Music video

It was announced on October 14, 2009 by Roadrunner Records that a music video fit within enough production quality to be considered a short film was to be released for "Snuff", which premiered on December 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM CST. It was co-directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan and P. R. Brown, and features Malcolm McDowell and Ashley Laurence of Hellraiser fame. Corey Taylor is seen for the third time in a Slipknot video without his mask and is cross-dressed at the end of the short film.
The video's meaning is hotly contested. Whether or not he is a killer is still debated today.
As of June 2020, the song has 110 million views on YouTube.

Chart positions

Track listing

;Promo single
  1. "Snuff" – 4:12
  2. "Snuff" – 4:36

    Personnel

;Slipknot
;Production