Sound of Madness

"Sound of Madness"
Single by Shinedown
from the album The Sound of Madness
Released	February 23, 2009 (Europe) February 20, 2009 (U.S.) (Rock radio only)
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Alternative metal, hard rock
Length	3:54
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Brent Smith, Dave Bassett
Producer(s)	Rob Cavallo
Shinedown singles chronology
"Second Chance" (2008) "Sound of Madness" (2009) "If You Only Knew" (2009)

"Sound of Madness" is the third single by the rock band Shinedown from their 2008 album The Sound of Madness and is also the album's title track, despite the exclusion of the word "the" in the song's title. The song was chosen to be the title track after some road testing on a short run of dates.^[1] It was released on February 23, 2009 in Europe.^[2] As of June 20, 2009, the song has peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it their third straight single to reach the top spot on the chart. This makes Shinedown the only band to have their first ten singles all reach the top five on the Mainstream Rock chart.

Track listing

UK CD Single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sound of Madness" (Album Version)	3:53
2.	"Call Me" (Warner Germany Acoustic Session)	6:15
3.	"Sound of Madness" (Warner Germany Acoustic Session)	4:13

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	85
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	5
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs	2

References

1. Sound of Madness Songfacts
2. http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/104640-shinedown-release-single-sound-of-madness-on-23rd-february.html

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics