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“Diamond Eyes” by Deftones

From the album Diamond Eyes (2010)

“Diamond Eyes” by Deftones appears on 18 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2010 and 2011. It was first released in 2010 on the album Diamond Eyes. Its best result is #2 on the KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 alternative song of 2010 and #110 of the '10s.

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17stations

#2best position

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2010–2011years charted

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The title track of Deftones' sixth studio album, "Diamond Eyes" went out as a single in 2010, and it was made under a cloud: bassist Chi Cheng had been in a coma since a car accident in November 2008. Sergio Vega, formerly of Quicksand, took over the bass for the single and the whole album.

Nick Raskulinecz produced and Chris Lord-Alge mixed, and the band sounds lean and ferocious: Stephen Carpenter and Chino Moreno on guitars, Abe Cunningham hammering the drums, Frank Delgado threading keyboards and samples through the roar. Later that year Carpenter's side project Sol Invicto remixed it, with every cent from the download going toward Cheng's hospital bills.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

#1,064 of the '00s

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2010	43	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2010	91
2010	25	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010	101
2010	27	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2010	89
2010	43	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010	102
2010	58	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010	99
2010	42	89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010	89
2010	36	94.3 WCYY Portland, ME	WCYY Top 50 of 2010	50
2010	41	KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010	91
2010	33	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010	99
2010	15	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010	105
2010	38	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010	103
2010	40	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010	50
2010	44	94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX	94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010	94
2010	53	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2010	95
2010	2	KFMA Tucson, AZ	KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010	50
2010	45	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010	88
2011	102	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011	105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2010	91	WJRR	WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade	101

Charting alongside it in 2010

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