Wait and Bleed

"Wait and Bleed"
Single by Slipknot
from the album Slipknot
Released
  • July 1999
  • February 28, 2000 (commercial)[1]
Recorded1998 at Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California
GenreNu metal[2][3][4]
Length2:27
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Slipknot singles chronology
"Wait and Bleed"
(1999)
"Spit It Out"
(2000)
Music video
"Wait and Bleed" on YouTube
Claymation music video
"Wait and Bleed" on YouTube

"Wait and Bleed" is a 1999 song by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released as the their debut and lead single from their 1999 self-titled debut album. After being remixed to replace the screamed vocals in the verses with more melodic singing, it was released as the lead single from the album in July 1999, and peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in February 2000. It remains one of the band's most popular songs.

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