Psychosocial (song)

"Psychosocial"
Single by Slipknot
from the album All Hope Is Gone
B-side"All Hope Is Gone"
ReleasedJuly 7, 2008 (2008-07-07)
RecordedFebruary–June 2008
StudioSound Farm (Jamaica, Iowa)
Genre
Length
  • 4:44 (album version)
  • 3:57 (radio edit)
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dave Fortman
Slipknot singles chronology
"All Hope Is Gone"
(2008) 		"Psychosocial"
(2008) 		"Dead Memories"
(2008)
Alternative cover
7" vinyl cover
Music video
"Psychosocial" on YouTube

"Psychosocial" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone (2008). The song entered airplay on June 26, 2008 and was originally planned for release as a digital single on July 1 but was delayed and released on July 7.[4][5] Slipknot performed "Psychosocial" live for the first time on July 9, 2008, at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington.[6] In 2008, the song was featured on the soundtrack to Marvel's Punisher: War Zone.[7]

"Psychosocial", along with two other Slipknot songs, "Duality" and "Sulfur," was released as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on December 8, 2009.[8] It is also featured as a playable track in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

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