Dull Boy

"Dull Boy"
Single by Mudvayne
from the album By the People, For the People and The New Game
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007
Recorded2006–2007
GenreAlternative metal[1]
Length4:15
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dave Fortman
Mudvayne singles chronology
"Fall into Sleep"
(2006) 		"Dull Boy"
(2007) 		"Do What You Do"
(2008)

"Dull Boy" is a single from American heavy metal band Mudvayne's 2007 album By the People, For the People, later included on the band's 2008 studio album The New Game.

Lyrical themes

[edit]

At the beginning of the song, Chad Gray repeats "All work and no play makes me a dull boy" four times, elevating his voice from a whisper to a scream with each repetition. This is a reference to The Shining. The band has stated in numerous interviews that Stanley Kubrick is Mudvayne's favorite director.

Video

[edit]

For the video the band made a green screen contest in which they record themselves in a green screen and upload it to their website so that anyone can do their own version of the video and upload it.

Track listing

[edit]
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Dull Boy" (Radio Edit)4:01
2."Dull Boy" (Album Version)4:17
Digital single
No.TitleLength
1."Dull Boy" (Radio Edit)4:01
2."Dig" (Instrumental)2:47

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[2] 17

References

[edit]
  1. ^ https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/mudvayne/the-new-game
  2. ^ "Mudvayne Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
[edit]


Stub icon

This metal song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dull_Boy&oldid=1249132891"