"Fine Again" is a song by South African

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band Seether. It is the band's debut single from the album ''Fragile'' (which was released when Seether were still going by the name "Saron Gas"). It was also later included on the '' 5 Songs'' EP, and it is the third track on their album ''

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''. During live shows,

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has been known to dedicate the song to Dave Williams of

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as well as

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of Pantera. Shaun Morgan wrote the song after his parents got divorced.

Music video

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for the song, directed by Paul Fedor, features the band playing on a soundstage while three walls behind them display filmstrip slides of people holding opaque rectangles with phrases depicting their inner feelings on them explaining the reason why they feel down, and broken hearted (which is similar to the album cover). Seether arranged for the concept to be implemented on the cover art to ''Disclaimer''. Ten different versions of the album were released, each featuring a photo of a person from the video. According to bassist

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Seether came up with the idea of the people baring their souls and holding up the signs and we thought it was a good concept. It's kind of like a thread that runs through the whole album, the fragility, or whatever you want to call it, you know in people. People are always screwed up about something. It doesn't matter if they act like they're not as if they're alright. So therefore, there are times where everybody feels a
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.Interview with Dale Stewart, Nick Oshiro, and Pat from Seether
(November 2002). Retrieved on 1-29-11.

Appearances

"Fine Again" was featured on the 2002 video game ''

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'', and the film ''

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Track listing

Chart positions

References

Seether songs 2002 debut singles 2002 songs Hard rock ballads Wind-up Records singles Songs written by Dale Stewart Songs written by Shaun Morgan {{2000s-rock-single-stub