"Burnout" is a song by American
alternative metal
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band
10 Years
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*Decade, a period of ten years
Film
* ''10 Years'' (2011 film), a film starring Channing Tatum
* ''Ten Years'' (2015 film), a Hong Kong film
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*10 Years (band), an American alternative metal band
* ''10 Ye ...
. It was released at the second single off of their eighth studio album ''
(How to Live) As Ghosts'' on
Mascot Records
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Artists
*10 Years (band), 10 Years
*Agent Steel
*Black Country Communion
*Black Label Society
*Black Stone Cherry
*Bootsy Collins
*Crobot
*Conquer Divide
*Dragged ...
. It was sent to
Mainstream Rock
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radio on June 4, 2018.
Background
The song was first released on September 19, 2017,
and was later serviced to Mainstream Rock radio on June 4, 2018. It serves as the follow up to the lead single, "
Novacaine", which reached the Top 5 on
Billboard Mainstream Rock songs earlier in the year.
Before the song's release as a single, it had registered more than five million streams across various platforms.
Lyrically, the song is about not getting too caught up in one's self to see the opportunities that the world has to offer.
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Robert John Kley in
Las Vegas
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. Describing its concept to
Billboard Magazine
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, 10 Years drummer Brian Vodinh stated: "It's talking about someone who was in the circle for a long time, then is all of a sudden out of the circle. It's not really meant to be ugly; Because we had just gotten out of that situation it was something that was just on our minds and very much a part of the early writing sessions of this album, so it naturally made its way into the songwriting a bit. And I think the video is an honest depiction of the song and why we wrote it."
The video premiered on Billboard on May 10, 2018.
Personnel
10 Years
* Jesse Hasek – vocals
* Brian Vodinh – guitar, drums
* Matt Wantland - guitar
* Chad Huff - bass
Production
*
Nick Raskulinecz
Nick Raskulinecz () (born February 4, 1970) is an American record producer. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Production career
Raskulinecz is from the Bearden area of Knoxville, Tennessee. He first produced and recorded bands in Knoxville ...
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production
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* Ron Burman - A&R
Charts
References
2018 singles
2018 songs
10 Years (band) songs
Songs written by Jesse Hasek
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