Here to Stay (Korn song)

Infobox Single
Name = Here to Stay


Alternate
| Artist = Korn
from Album = Untouchables
Released = June 11, 2002
Format = 7", CD, DVD
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Nu metal
Length = 4:32
Label = Epic
Producer = Michael Beinhorn
Chart position = * #4 (U.S. Mainstream Rock)
* #4 (U.S. Modern Rock)
* #72 (U.S. Hot 100)
* #12 (UK Singles)
Reviews =
Last single = "Somebody Someone" (2000)
This single = "Here to Stay" (2002)
Next single = "Thoughtless" (2002) |

"Here to Stay" is a Grammy Award-winning song by Korn that appears on the band's fifth studio album "Untouchables" as an album opener and the first single. The song won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, as well as winning an award for Best International Video on MuchMusic in 2002 and being nominated for the Best Rock Video by MTV in 2002. The video for this single, directed by The Hughes Brothers was highly successful, and gained frequent airplay on MTV and MuchMusic in particular, featuring the band members on a TV screen amongst major world issues of the time. The song has become a staple of the band's live show to this day.

Jonathan Davis comments on meaning

Chart performance

Live performance

In the concert version of the song small changes are made to the song, such as the guitar riff played by Head in the background is removed during the outro of the song. Also the line "Fucked up feelings again" in the pre-chorus of the song is often left for the audiences to sing instead of Davis while rest of the band members momentarily stop playing their instruments in order to hear the audiences' voices clearer. The song has become a staple of the band's live show to this day. It is often played as their opening number.

Track listing

# "Here to Stay – 4:31
# "Here to Stay (T Ray's Mix) – 4:20
# "Here to Stay (BT's Managed Anger Mix) – 9:41
# "Here to Stay (video)– 4:31

Music video

The music video portrays a boy watching subliminal messages on TV while flipping channels between shows (which consist of real-world events) and the band playing in the TV against a static backdrop. In the end, Davis takes the boy into the TV. The video for "Here to Stay" also marks the first video appearance of Davis's unique microphone stand designed by H. R. Giger. There is also a "clean" version of the music video which shows the boy being taken into the TV at the beginning. This version omitted the explicit words and all of the real-event videos. The point of view is "inside" the TV instead of outside it. This version is the one shown at Sony BMG's official YouTube channel.

References to other songs

* At 0:06 in the music video, Blind can be heard.
* In the middle of the song, pieces of A.D.I.D.A.S. can be heard

Appearances in media

"Here to Stay" is featured on the soundtrack to ATV Offroad Fury 2.

Here to Stay is in the adverts of the Spanish channel cuatro during the UEFA Euro 2008. In them, some players like Fernando Torres and Iker Casillas fight with a robots to win the ball. The spots are like the Iron Man film.A little sample of the beginning of the song (the principal riff) can be ear at the end of the advert.

Singles

Korn released a limited edition Here to Stay box set, which included all 3 singles including the DVD single. There is also a promo single of "Here to stay - Mindless self indulgence Remix" Which is quite hard to get hard of hence it being a Promo, it includes one track which is the remix by mindless self indulgence. The Remix is also found on the DVD single of "Thoughtless".