Snuff (song)

"'''Snuff'''" is a song by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]].{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpE-C2vX2LcC&pg=PA118 |page=118 |title=Maggot Brains |date=September 2008 |journal=Spin |volume=24 |number=9 |issn=0886-3032}} A [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]], the song was released on September 28, 2009, as the fifth and final single from their fourth studio album, ''[[All Hope Is Gone]]'' (2008).{{cite web|title=::: A ballad from Slipknot?|url=https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925183312/https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-date=September 25, 2009|access-date=February 11, 2010|publisher=FMQB}} It peaked at No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart, their highest chart placement to date, surpassing "[[Dead Memories]]".{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Snuff-Slipknot|magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 22, 2009}}

"'''Snuff'''" is a song by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]].{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpE-C2vX2LcC&pg=PA118 |page=118 |title=Maggot Brains |date=September 2008 |journal=Spin |volume=24 |number=9 |issn=0886-3032}} A [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]], the song was released on September 28, 2009, as the fifth and final single from their fourth studio album, ''[[All Hope Is Gone]]'' (2008).{{cite web|title=::: A ballad from Slipknot?|url=https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925183312/https://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/slipknot/web.html|archive-date=September 25, 2009|access-date=February 11, 2010|publisher=FMQB}} It peaked at No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart, their highest chart placement to date, surpassing "[[Dead Memories]]".{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slipknot|chart=all}}|title=Snuff-Slipknot|magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 22, 2009}}

[[Roadrunner Records]] placed "Snuff" at number six for its greatest music videos of all time.{{cite web|date=April 28, 2010|title=The Ten Greatest Music Videos in Roadrunner History: #10 - #6|url=https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009082823/https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-date=October 9, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011|website=[[Roadrunner Records]]}} The song was also nominated for [[Kerrang! Award for Best Single|Best Single]] at the [[Kerrang! Awards 2010|''Kerrang!'' Awards 2010]],{{cite magazine|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/06/and_the_nominees_are.html|title=Relentless Energy Drink Kerrang! Awards 2010| magazine=[[Kerrang!]]| date= June 23, 2010| access-date= June 28, 2010}} but lost to "[[Liquid Confidence]]" by [[You Me at Six]].{{cite web|last=Dan|date=June 29, 2010|title=And the winners are...|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105210516/https://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-date=November 5, 2013|access-date=October 20, 2010|website=[[Kerrang!]]}}

It is the final single released from the band with original bassist [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] before his death eight months after its release and drummer [[Joey Jordison]] before his departure in 2013 and death in 2021. During recent solo acoustic shows, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of "Snuff" as a tribute to Gray.

It is the final single released from the band with original bassist [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]] before his death eight months after its release and drummer [[Joey Jordison]] before his departure in 2013 and death in 2021. During recent solo acoustic shows, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of "Snuff" as a tribute to Gray.

== Reception and legacy ==

== Reception and legacy ==

[[Roadrunner Records]] placed "Snuff" at number six for its greatest music videos of all time.{{cite web|date=April 28, 2010|title=The Ten Greatest Music Videos in Roadrunner History: #10 - #6|url=https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009082823/https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/The-Ten-Greatest-Music-Videos-in-Roadrunner-History-10--6-21287.aspx|archive-date=October 9, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011|website=[[Roadrunner Records]]}} The song was also nominated for [[Kerrang! Award for Best Single|Best Single]] at the [[Kerrang! Awards 2010|''Kerrang!'' Awards 2010]],{{cite magazine|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/06/and_the_nominees_are.html|title=Relentless Energy Drink Kerrang! Awards 2010| magazine=[[Kerrang!]]| date= June 23, 2010| access-date= June 28, 2010}} but lost to "[[Liquid Confidence]]" by [[You Me at Six]].{{cite web|last=Dan|date=June 29, 2010|title=And the winners are...|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105210516/https://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/07/and_the_winners_are_1.html|archive-date=November 5, 2013|access-date=October 20, 2010|website=[[Kerrang!]]}}

In 2023, Jared Linen of ''[[Loudwire]]'' suggested Snuff could be "the saddest metal song of all time."{{Cite web|title=The Saddest Metal Song of All Time?|url=https://loudwire.com/saddest-metal-song-slipknot-snuff/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-02-01|access-date=2025-11-28|language=en|first=Jared LinnenJared|last=Linnen}} That same year, an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-generation version of the song featuring late [[Linkin Park]] vocalist [[Chester Bennington]] was released. Corey Taylor criticized the version, saying: "It’s cheap shit. I don’t know what it is about human beings — they keep fucking opening [[Pandora's box|Pandora’s box]] for God’s sake. It’s scary, dude. I thought [[Deepfake|deep fake]] was bad and now here comes AI and all you do is teach this thing to do this or you type this thing to do that and all of a sudden it’s just there. [...] People have really got in the habit of stepping on graves and they don’t care. That’s what bothers me the most, this true [[apathy]] for anything other than their own needs. How fucking selfish do you need to be?"{{Cite web|title=Corey Taylor calls AI "cheap shit" that detracts from “what we actually do as human beings”|url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/corey-taylor-calls-ai-cheap-shit/|website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar|access-date=2025-11-28|language=en-GB}}

In 2023, Jared Linen of ''[[Loudwire]]'' suggested Snuff could be "the saddest metal song of all time."{{Cite web|title=The Saddest Metal Song of All Time?|url=https://loudwire.com/saddest-metal-song-slipknot-snuff/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-02-01|access-date=2025-11-28|language=en|first=Jared LinnenJared|last=Linnen}} That same year, an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-generation version of the song featuring late [[Linkin Park]] vocalist [[Chester Bennington]] was released. Corey Taylor criticized the version, saying: "It’s cheap shit. I don’t know what it is about human beings — they keep fucking opening [[Pandora's box|Pandora’s box]] for God’s sake. It’s scary, dude. I thought [[Deepfake|deep fake]] was bad and now here comes AI and all you do is teach this thing to do this or you type this thing to do that and all of a sudden it’s just there. [...] People have really got in the habit of stepping on graves and they don’t care. That’s what bothers me the most, this true [[apathy]] for anything other than their own needs. How fucking selfish do you need to be?"{{Cite web|title=Corey Taylor calls AI "cheap shit" that detracts from “what we actually do as human beings”|url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/corey-taylor-calls-ai-cheap-shit/|website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar|access-date=2025-11-28|language=en-GB}}