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Aerials
System Of A Down
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- Album
- Toxicity
- Released
- 2001
- Genres
- nu metal, metal, alternative metal, rap metal
- Length
- 3:55
- Tempo
- 79 BPM
- Label
- American/Columbia
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About this song
Aerials was released in June 2002 as the third single from System of a Down's second album Toxicity, which came out in September 2001. The song was critically and commercially successful and was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards.
What it's about
The song centers on the mistaken belief that we are separate and isolated individuals, when in fact we are a small part of something greater that we come from at birth and return to at death. It treats death not as an ending but as another step in existence, with the body passing into worms, the air, and the soil and plants.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 6 other songs, like “All White Funeral by Lil Raven”.
- Covered 5 times, including “Aerials by The Scratch (Ft. RTÉ Concert Orchestra)”.
- Written by Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian.
- Produced by Rick Rubin, Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian.