Let You Down (Seether song)

"Let You Down" is a song by South African rock band Seether. It is the first single from their seventh studio album Poison the Parish. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2017.

"Let You Down"
Single by Seether
from the album Poison the Parish
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)
Recorded2016
GenreAlternative metal
Length4:10
Songwriter(s)Shaun Morgan
Producer(s)Shaun Morgan
Seether singles chronology
"Save Today"
(2015)		 "Let You Down"
(2017)		 "Betray and Degrade"
(2017)

Background

The song was first revealed on February 23, 2017, the same day the band announced their seventh album – Poison the Parish.[1] A music video was released on the same day of the song's release, which features many ominous, masked and cloaked carnival-themed people roaming through an open field.[2] The footage cuts back and forth between the figures and the band performing in a dark, secluded cabin.[3]

Composition and themes

The track was self-produced by band frontman and lead vocalist Shaun Morgan, and was meant to represent the band's return to a heavier rock sound found in their earlier albums.[4] Loudwire described the chorus as being "a little bit of an emotional reprieve" to the song's verses, calling it "sonically uplifting, but lyrically despondent."[2] A few publications noted a similarity in the guitar riff and chord progression of the song to Chevelle's 2014 single "Take Out the Gunman", Live's 1997 single "Lakini's Juice" and Tool's 1996 single "Stinkfist".[5][6][7]

Personnel

Charts

References
  1. "Seether reveal "heavier" new album, debut video for single "Let You Down"—watch". Alternative Press. 23 February 2017.
  2. "Seether Unveil New Album Details, 'Let You Down' Video". Loudwire.
  4. "SEETHER to Release 'Poison the Parish' Album in May". Blabbermouth.net. 23 February 2017.
  5. "Iowa's Pure Rock ::. Did Seether Rip-Off CHEVELLE and LIVE?". Rock108.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-04.
  6. "Buy Seethers New Song Let Similar Chevelles Take Gunman". Thesickest.co. 29 August 2021.
  7. "Does Seether's new song sound a lot like Tool's "Stinkfist"?". Alternative Press. 15 May 2017.
  8. "Seether Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  9. "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock" (select "Top 20 Modern Rock" into the search box, then select "201843"). hitparada.ifpicr.cz. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  10. "Seether Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  11. "Seether Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  12. "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  13. "Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. 13 December 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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