Song · Slipknot
“Duality” by Slipknot
From the album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
“Duality” by Slipknot appears on 42 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 2004 on the album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). Its best result is #4 on the WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2004, #2,970 alternative song of all time and #306 of the '00s.
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"Duality" was the first single from Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), Slipknot's third album, in 2004, and it's the band pulling off something tricky: a song with a real, soaring chorus that still lands like a wrecking ball. Rick Rubin produced it, Greg Fidelman recorded and mixed it, and the whole crew shares the writing credit: Corey Taylor, Shawn Crahan, Chris Fehn, Paul Gray, Craig Jones, Joey Jordison, Jim Root and Mick Thomson.
The guitars grind, the drums pummel, and Taylor lurches from a brooding, bottled-up verse into a chorus built to be screamed straight back at him. The video helped, too: Roadrunner later named it the greatest video the label ever put out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 31 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2004 | 11 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 12 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 24 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 | 93 |
| 2004 | 20 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 | 89 |
| 2004 | 67 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 34 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 | 98 |
| 2004 | 37 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 7 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2004 | 48 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 53 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
| 2004 | 24 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 4 | WIRS 107.9 College station | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2005 | 97 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 | 102 |
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