“Through Glass” by Stone Sour

"Through Glass" was the second single from Come What(ever) May, Stone Sour's second album, in 2006, and it's the moment the band eased off the throttle. Corey Taylor wrote the words and adds extra guitar, the band share the music credit, and Nick Raskulinecz produced a slow-burning, largely acoustic ballad that builds to a big, aching chorus.

Consequence called the music "melodically haunting," and radio agreed: it sat at number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart for seven weeks, reached number two on the Alternative chart and crossed over to pop stations, climbing to 39 on the Hot 100. It remains their most popular song, and its cover shows the band's hometown, Des Moines, Iowa.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.