Song · System of a Down
“I-E-A-I-A-I-O” by System of a Down
From the album Steal This Album! (2002)
“I-E-A-I-A-I-O” by System of a Down appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 2002 on the album Steal This Album!. Its best result is #74 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #178 alternative song of 2003.
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"I-E-A-I-A-I-O" lives on Steal This Album!, the third System of a Down record, produced by Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian and released in 2002 through American Recordings and Columbia. The album was the band's answer to a leak: earlier that year, rough MP3s of unfinished songs had spread online under the name Toxicity II, and rather than let fans settle for half-done versions, the band finished the material properly. The title, a nod to Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book!, is a wink at the file-sharers.
The band maintained these songs were as strong as anything on Toxicity, and Serj Tankian said they were left off only because they didn't suit that album's flow. The credits hold a twist: Malakian and Shavo Odadjian wrote the music, while the lyrics belong to Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan. Andy Wallace mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 106.7 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2003 | 85 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
| 2003 | 79 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 74 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 | 196 |
Also listed as: I-e-a-i-a-i-o.
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