Song · Velvet Revolver
“Slither” by Velvet Revolver
From the album Contraband (2004)
“Slither” by Velvet Revolver appears on 32 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 2004 on the album Contraband. Its best result is #1 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 alternative song of 2004, #3,279 alternative song of all time and #139 of the '00s.
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"Slither" was the second single from Contraband, Velvet Revolver's 2004 debut, and it's hard rock that sounds like it was built in a garage with the door locked from the inside. Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner share the writing credit, Josh Abraham produced it with the band, and Andy Wallace mixed it into a slab of coiled riffing and swagger.
Weiland said the words were about a relationship, and about that nagging sense of being stuck somewhere that just isn't right. The music acts that unease out: the guitars wind tight and then strike, and the rhythm section keeps shoving forward.
It topped both Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, got to 56 on the Hot 100 and 35 in the UK, and won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2005. Kevin Kerslake shot the video in Prague and Los Angeles: the band tearing through the song in a tunnel while a woman drives around hunting for the way in, the underground crowd getting rowdier as it goes, and Weiland planted in front of a wall of human skulls.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 222 | Y100 | Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 224 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 489 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 485 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2010 | 50 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2010 | 70 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2010 | 465 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2014 | 352 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 377 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 466 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2021 | 494 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2023 | 462 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2025 | 386 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) | 400 |
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