"Black Eyes Blue" is a song by American musician

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, frontman of

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bands Slipknot and

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. It was his first solo single from his first solo album ''

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''. It peaked at number one on the ''

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chart in 2020.

Background

The song was first released on July 29, 2020. It was released concurrently with another single – " CMFT Must Be Stopped". A

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was released on the same day. A full music video was later released on August 19, 2020. The song debuted at number 24 on the ''

and number 21 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, just after a single week of being released.

Themes and composition

With Corey Taylor's comments on the ''

'' album, in regards to it being across many various genre and in styles not commonly found in his band's Slipknot and

, publications noted the difference in sound between "Black Eyes Blue" and "CMFT Must Be Stopped". While publications commonly referred to the latter as

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, "Black Eyes Blue" was described as

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by ''

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'' magazine. ''

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'' referred to "Black Eyes Blue" as "more of a straight-ahead rocker" with "melodic punk-like verses reminiscent of

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Personnel

Adapted from ''NME''.

Track listing

Musicians *

– vocals, guitar, piano, production * Christian Martucci – guitar, vocals * Zach Throne – guitar, vocals * Jason Christopher – bass, vocals * Dustin Robert – drums, percussion, vocals * Walter Bäcklin – additional keyboards and programming * Tech N9ne – vocals on "CMFT Must Be Stopped" * Kid Bookie – vocals on "CMFT Must Be Stopped" Additional personnel * Jay Ruston – production, recording, mixing * Tristan Hardin – recording and mixing assistant, additional engineering * John Douglass – additional engineering * Paul Logus – mastering * Rem Massingill – guitar technician * Robbie Cope – drum technician

Charts

References

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