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“The Devil in I” by Slipknot
From the album .5: The Gray Chapter (2014)
“The Devil in I” by Slipknot appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2014 and 2023. It was first released in 2014 on the album .5: The Gray Chapter. Its best result is #2 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 hard rock song of 2014, #928 hard rock song of all time and #31 of the '10s.
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"The Devil in I" came out in 2014 as the second single from .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot's fifth studio album, and the first one aimed at radio and music television. It's a record made in transition, and it sounds like it: heavy, controlled, and pointed straight at the chorus, with Joe Barresi mixing and the whole band credited as writers.
The new rhythm section was a secret at first. Corey Taylor said the incoming bassist and drummer would play on stage wearing matching masks, since giving them their own faces felt too soon. Their names came out later: Alessandro Venturella on bass and Jay Weinberg, son of the E Street Band's Max Weinberg, on drums.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown | 40 |
| 2014 | 2 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2016) | 66 |
| 2017 | 40 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2017) | 66 |
| 2019 | 43 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 51 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2019) | 66 |
| 2020 | 61 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2020) | 66 |
| 2023 | 61 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
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