Check My Brain

"Check My Brain"
Single by Alice in Chains
from the album Black Gives Way to Blue
ReleasedAugust 14, 2009 (2009-08-14)[1]
RecordedOctober 23, 2008 (2008-10-23)–March 18, 2009 (2009-03-18)[2][3]
StudioStudio 606 in Northridge, California
Genre
Length3:57
LabelVirgin/EMI
Songwriter(s)Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s)Nick Raskulinecz
Alice in Chains singles chronology
"A Looking in View"
(2009) 		"Check My Brain"
(2009) 		"Your Decision"
(2009)
Music video
"Check My Brain" on YouTube

"Check My Brain" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009). It was released as the first official single from the album on August 14, 2009,[1] marking it as the band's first single in a decade (since 1999's "Fear the Voices"). The single topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Billboard Hot Rock Songs charts in September 2009.[6] This was the first time an Alice in Chains song would hit number-one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart since their 1994 single "No Excuses".[7] This is Alice in Chains' first and currently only song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 92,[8] and also their first number-one on the Alternative Songs chart. "Check My Brain" received a nomination for "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.[9]

  1. ^ a b "ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Check My Brain' Released To Radio; Audio Stream Available". Blabbermouth. August 14, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Alice in Chains Working With Rush/Foo Fighters Producer". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-10-23. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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  6. ^ "Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 2009
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  8. ^ "Alice in Chains Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  9. ^ "Alice In Chains Garner Grammy Nomination For 'Check My Brain'". Ultimate-Guitar. December 7, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2017.