Song · Sevendust
“Black” by Sevendust
From the album Sevendust (1997)
“Black” by Sevendust appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album Sevendust. Its best result is #13 on the WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #140 hard rock song of 1997, #1,750 hard rock song of all time and #154 of the '90s.
"Black" comes off Sevendust's self-titled 1997 debut on TVT, where it went out as a promo single, and it's the song the band very nearly threw away. It was one of the first things they wrote together, and by the time the record deal came through they had played it somewhere around 500 or 600 times and were sick of it; they tried to pull it from the album before it was even recorded. Then they played it last for the label and the producers, who laughed and told them it was the best song they had. Guitarist John Connolly later admitted they were right.
Lajon Witherspoon sings lead, Connolly and Clint Lowery handle guitars, Vinnie Hornsby plays bass and Morgan Rose drums, with Jay Jay French and Mark Mendoza producing. It became the band's signature song and reached number 30 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 78 | WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 636 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2023 | 13 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2025 | 47 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
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