“Spit It Out” by Slipknot

"Spit It Out" comes off Slipknot's self-titled 1999 debut, and the take on the album is older than the album: it opened the band's 1998 demo. They tried to beat it, coming up with a faster remix and a slower one called "Stamp You Out", then admitted they couldn't catch the original's magic twice and used the demo.

Corey Taylor spits the vocal over Joey Jordison's drums, Paul Gray's bass, the guitars of Mick Thomson and Josh Brainard, percussion from Shawn Crahan and Greg Welts, Craig Jones on sampler and Sid Wilson on turntables. It won the single slot over "Surfacing", which Thomson and Crahan reportedly favored. AllMusic's Rick Anderson filed it as speed rap metal, and Alternative Press later counted it among the nu-metal staples that have aged well.

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