Before I Forget (song)

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"Before I Forget"
Single by Slipknot
from the album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Released	March 8, 2005
Recorded	The Mansion Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre	Nu metal[1]
Length	4:38 (album version) 4:20 (radio edit) 3:37 (single mix)
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Shawn Crahan Chris Fehn Paul Gray Craig Jones Joey Jordison Jim Root Corey Taylor Mick Thomson Sid Wilson[2]
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Slipknot singles chronology
"Vermilion Pt. 2" (2004) "Before I Forget" (2005) "The Nameless" (2005)
Alternative cover
Music video
"Before I Forget" on YouTube

"Before I Forget" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released as the third single from the band's third studio album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004). It was cited by AOL as the top metal song of the decade. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2006.

"Before I Forget" borrows elements from a much older Slipknot song "Carve", recorded before their self-titled album. The earliest version was in 1996 with Anders Colsefni on vocals. "Carve" was for the SR Demo 1997, referred to by fans as Crowz.

"It's about standing your ground and deciding to be a good person, no matter what people say," recalled singer Corey Taylor. "[Producer] Rick Rubin was convinced the chorus wouldn't work.^[3] I told him he was crazy. Lo and behold, it's one of our biggest songs and we won a Grammy for it."^[4]