"A Little Bit Off" is a song by American heavy metal band

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. It was their second single off of their eighth studio album '' F8''. It topped the ''

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chart in June 2020.

Background

The song was released as the second single from the band's eighth studio album, ''F8''. A music video was released on June 8, 2020. The video is self-referential to the struggles they encountered to make the music video; their record label was urging them to record a music video for the song, which was already climbing up the rock music charts, but production issues kept occurring due to the

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. The video documents how support staff was limited and many things in production had to be cut. In the end, the video is relatively minimalist, featuring guitarist

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and bassist Chris Kael dressed up as an angel and demon playing chess, and frontman

Ivan Moody Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Mo ...

singing in a deserted downtown Las Vegas backdrop in the middle of the day. In June 2020, the song topped the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Songs, making it the band's ninth song to do so. In addition to being one of the bands with the most chart toppers for the long-running chart, the song was also one of the first to top ''Billboard''s newly created Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

Themes and composition

"A Little Bit Off" is a

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song driven by an acoustic guitar

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. Lyrically, the song has been described as about frontman Ivan Moody's "laundry list of little anxieties" and his previous struggles related to mental health and alcohol addiction. Retroactively, band members would allude to the song's message as being relevant to people's emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic as well.

Reception

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'' named it one of the best rock songs of 2020, praising its emotional lyrics for being "open and honest" about mental health.

Personnel

* Ivan Moody – lead vocals * Zoltan Bathory – rhythm guitar *

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– lead guitar, backing vocals * Chris Kael – bass, backing vocals * Charlie Engen – drums, percussion

Charts

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References

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