"Polyamorous" is a song by American

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. It was released in July 2002 as the lead single from their debut album ''

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''. The song reached number 31 on the US ''Billboard''

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chart and number 19 on the

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chart.

Track listing

Music videos

Two

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s were produced for "Polyamorous." The original version, directed by

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, deals with a

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couple who, with the use of a

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and various monitors for

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s, are spying on other couples. The band is seen performing in the same chambers as these couples are as well as in a cage in a green, electric voltage effect as he sings. The voyeuristic couple continues to spy until they see themselves on the monitor and look behind themselves to see the same camera they use to spy. This is the version found on the ''

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bonus DVD. It can be seen her

The second video, co-directed by Gregory Dark, for "Polyamorous" served as a promotional vehicle for the

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'' Run Like Hell: Hunt or Be Hunted''. It features the same footage of the band performing in an empty swimming pool intercut with cinematic clips from the video game. The voltage effect on Benjamin's eyes and mouth, is blue in this version. This version can be seen as a computer bonus feature on the ''Saturate'' CD. It also can be seen her

Critical reception

Chuck Taylor of '' Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' said the song, "sounds almost like a throwback to the days when pummeling a performance into tatters was more the name of the game than a congenial vocal amid a wall of wailing guitars." In a 2011 review for '' Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin'', ''The Daily Trojan'' stated that it was "a catchy pop-metal single" and that Burnley’s "hard-rock style vocals blend well with the heavy guitar riffs."

Appearances

"Polyamorous" appeared in various video games including '' Run Like Hell: Hunt or Be Hunted'', ''

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'', '' WWE WrestleMania 21'' and ''

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''. The track "Firefly" from '' We Are Not Alone'' is also in ''WWE Day of Reckoning'', ''WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw'' and ''WWE Wrestlemania 21''.

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Polyamorous (Song) 2002 debut singles Breaking Benjamin songs Hollywood Records singles 2002 songs Songs written by Benjamin Burnley Music videos directed by Gregory Dark