"Man in the Box" | ||||
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![]() US commercial cassette single | ||||
Single by Alice in Chains | ||||
from the album Facelift | ||||
B-side | "Sea of Sorrow/Bleed the Freak/Sunshine" | |||
Released | January 1991[1] | |||
Recorded | December 1989 – April 1990 | |||
Studio | ||||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:46 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Composer(s) | Jerry Cantrell | |||
Lyricist(s) | Layne Staley | |||
Producer(s) | Dave Jerden | |||
Alice in Chains singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Man in the Box" on YouTube |
"Man in the Box" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released as a single in January 1991 after being featured on the group's debut studio album, Facelift (1990). It peaked at No. 18 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1992. 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). "Man in the Box" was the second most-played song of the decade on mainstream rock radio between 2010 and 2019.