"Again" is a song by American
rock
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band
Alice in Chains
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and the third single and sixth track from their
self-titled 1995 album. It peaked at No. 8 on
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's
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chart,
and was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
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in 1997.
The song was included on the compilation albums ''
Nothing Safe: Best of the Box'' (1999), ''
Greatest Hits
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'' (2001), and ''
The Essential Alice in Chains
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'' (2006). A remixed version of the song was included on the box set ''
Music Bank
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'' (1999).
Release and reception
"Again" made its radio debut in February 1996,
and peaked at No. 8 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart in the week of July 6, 1996.
It also peaked at No. 36 on the ''Billboard''
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
The song was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
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The academy recognized hard rock music artists for the first time at the 31st Grammy Awards (1989). The category was ori ...
in 1997.
In the
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Origin
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of 1999's ''
Music Bank
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'' box set collection, guitarist
Jerry Cantrell
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said of the song:
Music video
The music video for "Again" was released in March 1996, and was directed by George Vale.
The music video was nominated for
Best Hard Rock Video at the
1996 MTV Video Music Awards
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.
The video is available on the home video release ''
Music Bank: The Videos'', and is the final Alice in Chains music video that Layne Staley filmed with the band (the "
Get Born Again
"Get Born Again" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains and, along with "Died", one of the last two songs recorded with vocalist Layne Staley before his death in 2002. The song was released as the lead single from the compilation '' N ...
" music video released in 1999 featured only archived footage of the singer).
Live performances
"Again" has been known to be performed with vocalist Layne Staley five times. They performed the song for the first on the TV show ''
Saturday Night Special
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'' on April 20, 1996, and also for their appearance on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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'' on May 10, 1996. The song was also performed during three of the four concerts that Alice in Chains opened for the reunited
Kiss
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in late June and early July 1996.
A live performance of "Again" can be found on the live album ''
Live
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'' (2000).
Since reuniting with new vocalist
William DuVall
William Bradley DuVall (born September 6, 1967) is an American musician best known as the current co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Alice in Chains. He joined Alice in Chains in 2006, replacing the band's original lead si ...
in 2006, "Again" has become a regular part of the band's setlist.
Track listing
''International CD single''
''Again remixes''
Personnel
*
Layne Staley
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– lead vocals
*
Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internation ...
– guitars, vocals
*
Mike Inez – bass, vocals
*
Sean Kinney
Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such a ...
– drums, percussion
Chart positions
References
External links
*
"Again"on Setlist.fm
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1995 songs
1996 singles
Alice in Chains songs
Songs written by Jerry Cantrell
Songs written by Layne Staley
Columbia Records singles
American hard rock songs