Cover of Black Gives Way to Blue by Alice In Chains
Cover: Black Gives Way to Blue

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“Lesson Learned” by Alice In Chains

From the album Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)

“Lesson Learned” by Alice In Chains appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2010. It was first released in 2009 on the album Black Gives Way to Blue. Its best result is #28 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #105 alternative song of 2010 and #475 of the '10s.

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"Lesson Learned" comes off Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice in Chains' fourth studio album, from 2009, and it went out in 2010 as the third and last single from it. Jerry Cantrell wrote the words and music, and he and William DuVall share the lead and backing vocals and the guitars, while Mike Inez's bass and Sean Kinney's drums grind underneath.

The band produced it with Nick Raskulinecz, Paul Fig recorded it and Randy Staub mixed. It reached 4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and 10 on Hot Rock Songs. The video, conceived and co-directed by Paul Matthaeus with Bobby Hougham and Sevrin Daniels, is a stop-motion piece stitched together from more than 6,000 still photographs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Charting alongside it in 2010

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