Change (In the House of Flies)

"Change (In the House of Flies)"
Single by Deftones
from the album White Pony
B-side	"Crenshaw" "No Ordinary Love"
Released	June 27, 2000
Format	CD single, Maxi CD
Recorded	1999
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	4:59
Label	Maverick
Writer(s)	Deftones
Producer	Terry Date
Deftones singles chronology
"Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (1998) "Change (In the House of Flies)" (2000) "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" (2000)
White Pony Re-Release track listing "Passenger" (10) "Change (In the House of Flies)" (11) "Pink Maggit" (12)

"Change (In the House of Flies)", often referred to as "Change", is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones, released as the first single from their third album White Pony in June 2000. It remains their most commercially successful single to date, peaking at number three in Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,^[1] and at 53 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] The song is featured on the Muchmusic compilation album Big Shiny Tunes 5.

Music video

Lead singer Chino Moreno on camera before a sea of wasted bodies.

The music video, directed by Liz Friedlander,^[3] features the band playing at a party. The people attending have apathetic looks and wear animal masks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Change (In the House of Flies)"	Deftones	4:58
2.	"Crenshaw"	Deftones	4:49
3.	"No Ordinary Love"	Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman	5:32

Cultural references

• The song was used in the movies Queen of the Damned, Little Nicky and Cooler's Revenge.
• It was also used in the episode "Hourglass" (Season 3 Episode 19) of the television show Alias and in the pilot episode of the short lived television show Wolf Lake.
• An acoustic version appears on the MTV The Return of the Rock, Vol. 2 compilation and was also included in their B-Sides & Rarities album.
• The EBM/industrial group Ayria has recorded a cover of this song for the special 2CD version of their Hearts For Bullets album.^[4]
• Breaking Benjamin, along with Shaun Morgan of Seether and Barry Stock of Three Days Grace, performed a live cover of this song during the spring leg of their 2008 tour.

References

1. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History — Deftones: Singles". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=141369&model.vnuAlbumId=896085. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
2. ^ "UK Singles Top 75 - Music Charts". Navigate to appropriate week. acharts.us. http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
3. ^ B-Sides & Rarities liner notes.
4. ^ "Ayria — Hearts For Bullets official tracklist". www.ayria.com. http://www.ayria.com/music.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11.