Greed (song)

Single infobox
Name = Greed


Artist = Godsmack
from Album = Awake
Released = 2001
Format =
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 3:29
Label = Republic/Universal
Producer = Sully Erna Mudrock
Chart position =
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Last single = "Bad Magick" (2001)
This single = "Greed" (2001)
Next single = "I Stand Alone" (2002)

"Greed" is the third and last single from the heavy metal band Godsmack's second album, "Awake". It was released in 2001.

Music video

A video was also produced for the song. The woman seen on the album cover of Godsmack's self-titled debut makes a brief cameo at the very beginning of the video. Lead vocalist Sully Erna described in a Fuse TV interview the difficulty they had in tracking her down for the role.

"Greed" has the band living in a rundown apartment owned by a rich, unsympathetic landlord. The group finally has enough of their poor living conditions and tramples the landlord at the end of the video, leaving him in a humorous slump in his underwear. The video frequently cuts between the story aspect to band performance, featuring the group dressing in black and silver, performing in a spacious silver room with the Godsmack logo imprinted on the floor.

The video for "Greed" is rather unusual for Godsmack in that it follows an actual story rather than loosely connected elements and aesthetics. Erna stated that it was their attempt at fitting in with the more mainstream music video crowd and that he was unpleased with it.