No Excuses (Alice in Chains song)

"No Excuses"
Single by Alice in Chains
from the EP Jar of Flies
Released1994
RecordedSeptember 7–14, 1993
StudioLondon Bridge Studio in Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length4:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s)
Alice in Chains singles chronology
"Down in a Hole"
(1993) 		"No Excuses"
(1994) 		"I Stay Away"
(1994)
Music video
"No Excuses" on YouTube

"No Excuses" is the lead single from American rock band Alice in Chains' third EP, Jar of Flies (1994). Written by guitarist and co-lead vocalist Jerry Cantrell, the song was well received by music critics and was a charting success, becoming the first Alice in Chains song to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, spending a total of 26 weeks on the chart. It has gone on to become one of the band's most popular songs. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). Alice In Chains performed an acoustic version of "No Excuses" for its appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1996, which marked the last time they performed the song with Layne Staley, and that version was included on the band's Unplugged live album and home video release.

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