"Remember When" is a song by the American heavy metal band Bad Wolves. It was their third single off of their debut album ''

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''. It topped the ''

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chart for two weeks in 2019.

Background

The song was first released on Bad Wolves' debut studio album ''

'' in May 2018. A music video was released a month later on June 15, debuting exclusively on

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. The song was released to radio in January 2019, and spent 24 weeks on the ''

'' Mainstream Rock Songs chart, eventually topping it for a week in July 2019.

Themes and composition

Lyrically, the song deals with the relationship between frontman

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and his identical twin brother; while Vext chose a life of

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and pursued a career in the music industry as a singer, his brother became a drug dealer and struggled with addiction and

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. Specifically, the song was inspired by the fact that his brother attempted to murder Vext. Vext explained: While ''AntiHero Magazine'' described the original song as heavy metal, a separate acoustic version was released in February 2019.

Personnel

Band *

– lead vocals * Doc Coyle – lead guitar, backing vocals * Chris Cain – rhythm guitar * Kyle Konkiel – bass, backing vocals * John Boecklin – drums Production *

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– mixing, mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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