“A Looking in View” by Alice In Chains

"A Looking in View" was the first new Alice in Chains music anyone heard from Black Gives Way to Blue, their fourth album. It went on sale June 30, 2009, and fans could briefly grab it free from the band's website; "Check My Brain" was the official radio single that August, but rock stations across the US started spinning this one once it was streaming.

It was the band's first release since 1999's "Fear the Voices" and the first with William DuVall, who replaced Layne Staley in 2006 and shares lead vocals with Jerry Cantrell. Cantrell, DuVall, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney wrote it and produced it with Nick Raskulinecz, and at seven minutes and six seconds it's among the longest songs they've released as a single. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2011.

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