“Unforgettable” by Godsmack

"Unforgettable" was the last song Sully Erna wrote for When Legends Rise, Godsmack's seventh studio album, and it came together fast, in under three days. By his telling, a huge riff landed in his head, he wondered whether it was something the band already did or something new, and once he worked it out the melodies arrived almost at once. It became the album's fourth single, with Erna the sole writer.

The twist is in the chorus: Godsmack drafted 20 kids from two Derry, New Hampshire middle schools, Gilbert H. Hood and West Running Brook, to sing on it, an appearance Erna credited to the youth-safety nonprofit Community Alliance for Teen Safety. He called the result unique and super catchy, and admitted it's different from the rest of the record.

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