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| Single by Alice in Chains | ||||
| from the album Dirt | ||||
| Released | August 30, 1993[citation needed] | |||
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| Genre | Grunge[1] | |||
| Length | 5:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Cantrell | |||
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"Down in a Hole" is a power ballad[2] by Alice in Chains, and the fifth and last single from their album Dirt (1992). It is the twelfth song on most pressings of the album and fourth or eleventh on others.[3] The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his then-girlfriend, Courtney Clarke.[4] The single spent 21 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and peaked at No. 10.[5] The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999) and Music Bank (1999). An acoustic version performed on Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged in 1996 was released in a live album and DVD.
- ^ "The 10 best Grunge albums". Radio X. July 27, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "10 Essential Alternative Metal Singles". Treblezine. October 3, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Dirt - Alice in Chains | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
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