Stricken (song)

"Stricken"
Single by Disturbed
from the album Ten Thousand Fists
ReleasedJuly 25, 2005
StudioGroovemaster Studios in Chicago
GenreNu metal[1]
Length4:07
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Johnny K
Disturbed singles chronology
"Guarded"
(2005) 		"Stricken"
(2005) 		"Just Stop"
(2006)

"Stricken" is a song by the American heavy metal band Disturbed. The song was released on July 25, 2005, as the second single from their third studio album Ten Thousand Fists. "Stricken" was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 18, 2008, for selling 500,000 copies.[2] It is one of the first of Disturbed's songs to include a guitar solo. The song is featured in Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero Live in addition to the Disturbed track pack in Guitar Hero 5. The song is also a part of the Rock Band downloadable content catalog. The song was also featured in the Project Gotham Racing 4.[3] The musical video for the song was filmed in an abandoned hospital in which some scenes from the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street were filmed.[4] "Stricken" was used as official theme for WWE's PPV New Year's Revolution, in 2006. The single is also certified 2x platinum in Canada, platinum in Australia, and silver in the United Kingdom.[2][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022. Ten Thousand Fists also marked the last time Disturbed properly inhabited nu metal territory, producing some top-tier songs in the form of the title-track, Forgiven and Stricken.
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  3. ^ Bramwell, Tom (September 14, 2007). "PGR4 soundtrack listing". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "Disturbed frontman: "We have the utmost love and respect for US soldiers"". Blabbermouth.net. August 18, 2005. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
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