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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Sound of Madness
| cover = shinedown_sound_of_madness.png
| alt = A broke-down piano in a dirty room filled with debris.
| type = single
| artist = Shinedown
| album = The Sound of Madness
| released = February 23, 2009
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 3:54
| label = Atlantic
| writer =
| producer = Rob Cavallo
| prev_title = Second Chance
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = If You Only Knew
| next_year = 2009
| misc =
}}
"'Sound of Madness'" is a single by American rock band Shinedown from their 2008 album 'The Sound of Madness' and is also the album's title track, despite the exclusion of the word "the" in the song's title. The song was chosen to be the title track after some road testing on a short run of dates. It was released on February 23, 2009, in Europe. The song peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it their third straight single to reach the top spot on the chart. This made Shinedown the only band to have their first 10 singles all reach the top five on the Mainstream Rock chart. It also reached No. 5 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it the band's fourth top ten hit and third top five hit.
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Category:Shinedown songs
Category:2009 singles
Category:Songs written by Brent Smith
Category:Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo
Category:Songs written by Dave Bassett (songwriter)
Category:2008 songs
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:American heavy metal songs
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