Song · Black Label Society
“Bleed for Me” by Black Label Society
From the album 1919★Eternal (2002)
“Bleed for Me” by Black Label Society appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album 1919★Eternal. Its best result is #46 on the KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 hard rock song of 2002 and #135 of the '00s.
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"Bleed for Me" almost wasn't a Black Label Society song at all. Zakk Wylde wrote it, words and music, as one of a handful of tunes meant for Ozzy Osbourne's Down to Earth, and Ozzy handed them back on the grounds that they sounded too much like Wylde's own band. Fair enough: Wylde kept them, and "Bleed for Me" landed on 1919★Eternal, the band's third album, out in 2002 and written for Wylde's father.
The drums carry their own story. When Wylde first demoed the song, a friend named Christian Werr happened to be around and took the stool, and when it came time to cut the album version, Werr's tracks stayed in. That's why Craig Nunenmacher, who drums on the rest of the record, is nowhere on this one.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 47 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 46 | KNAC Los Angeles, CA | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
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