"Perfect Insanity" is a song by American heavy metal band

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, released as a single from their fourth album '' Indestructible''. The song was originally written by the band prior to their debut album, ''

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'', and was previously released on the band's documentary, ''

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'', as a demo track with a music video. The band re-recorded the song in 2007 and released it on ''Indestructible''. It is also featured in the video game '' WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009'' and is a downloadable track in the '' Rock Band'' series. An alternate title for the song, as seen in the booklet for the ''Indestructible'' CD, is "Condemnation".

Themes

According to vocalist David Draiman, the song's meaning is "toying with the idea of insanity. Coming at you from the perspective from the individual who is nsaneand warning people around him, particularly his love interests, about his psychotic tendencies."

Music video

No music video has been released for the re-recorded version of this song. However, on the band's home documentary, ''M.O.L.'', an old music video can be viewed, made in 1998. The video depicts vocalist David Draiman, locked inside of a room, in a straitjacket. As he tries to break free, the video shows the band playing variously on a stage, in between clips of Draiman trying to escape from the straitjacket. As the song finishes, the video switches to a scene of a graveyard, implying Draiman had died insane.

Chart performance

Personnel

David Draiman David Michael Draiman ( he, דוד מיכאל דריימן; born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distorted, operatic, baritone voice and percussive singing style, he is best known as the lead vocalist of the ...

– lead vocals,

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, co-producer *

Dan Donegan Daniel Joseph Donegan (born August 1, 1968) is an American musician who serves as the guitarist and keyboardist for heavy metal band Disturbed. Donegan began playing guitar as a teenager and eventually formed a band called Vandal, which was ...

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, producer *

John Moyer John Moyer (born November 30, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Disturbed. Taking over in 2004 after Steve "Fuzz" Kmak was fired, Moyer has played bass guitar with the group ...

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Mike Wengren Michael Wengren (born September 3, 1971) is an American drummer, best known for his work with heavy metal band Disturbed. He is one of the founding members of the band, which was formed in 1994. Wengren is known for his bass drum techniques t ...

– drums, co-producer

References

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