"Take Me to Your Leader" is the debut single by

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band

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, released in 1996. It is a re-recorded version of the original version from their 1995 debut album ''

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''. The song was later re-recorded again for their 1997 EP ''

Enjoy Incubus ''Enjoy Incubus'' is the major label debut EP by Incubus released on January 7, 1997, on Epic Records. It contained re-recordings of songs that featured on their previous, independent releases '' Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer'' and '' Fungus Amo ...

''.

Music video

An official music video was made for the song, the band's first music video at that point. The video pays homage to the film ''

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'' and shows the band wandering through

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dressed as

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intercut with footage of the band performing live. The video can be found on the band's DVD ''

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''.

Live performance

The song was a staple in the band's setlist early on, however, along with other

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-based ''

'' songs, it soon vanished from the band's setlist by the end of the 90s. In 2004 the band performed the song live for the first time in 6 years during a concert in

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, much to fans' delight, with the band going on to play the song 9 times that year. It is to date the last ''Fungus Amongus''/''Enjoy Incubus'' song to be played live.

Music and lyrics

The main difference between the 1995 and re-recorded versions is the presence of

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. Notably, the 2004 performances were also done at a slower pace, and lacked the

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ping segments which were present in the recorded versions. The song's lyrics contain references to

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and other drugs.

Credits

Incubus

Brandon Boyd Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author and visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. In a ...

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Mike Einziger Michael Aaron Einziger (born June 21, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Incubus, and has also co-written, produced and collaborated with a wide array of a ...

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Alex Katunich George Alex Katunich (born August 18, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist of Incubus. Since high school, Katunich has used the stage name of Dirk Lance, which was apparently taken from the credits of a pornogra ...

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José Pasillas José Antonio Pasillas II (born April 26, 1976) is an American musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of alternative rock band Incubus. Biography José Pasillas is of Mexican descent. He grew up in Calabasas, California. He began pl ...

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Other personnel

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on the re-recording

External links

References

{{Incubus (band) 1995 songs 1996 debut singles Immortal Records singles Incubus (band) songs Songs written by Brandon Boyd Songs written by Mike Einziger Songs written by Alex Katunich Songs written by José Pasillas Nu metal songs Funk metal songs