Song · Breaking Benjamin
“Skin” by Breaking Benjamin
From the album Saturate (2002)
“Skin” by Breaking Benjamin appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2003. It was first released in 2002 on the album Saturate. Its best result is #6 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #225 alternative song of 2003.
"Skin" came off Saturate, Breaking Benjamin's 2002 debut, and went out as its second single in February 2003, the band showing their softer, radio-ready face. Benjamin Burnley sings and plays guitar alongside Aaron Fink, with Mark James Klepaski on bass and Jeremy Hummel on drums, and all four share the writing credit. Ulrich Wild produced and recorded it, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.
Burnley was blunt about it: "Skin" was made for radio, he said, and never went down that well live, where a tour crowd wanted their heaviest material, but it showed another side of the band. It reached number 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and 37 on the Alternative chart, and they played it on Last Call with Carson Daly and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn in March and April 2003.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 100 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 | 106 |
| 2003 | 6 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 | 50 |
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