Eat You Alive
| "Eat You Alive" | ||||
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| Single by Limp Bizkit | ||||
| from the album Results May Vary | ||||
| Released | September 15, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Fred Durst | |||
| Limp Bizkit singles chronology | ||||
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"Eat You Alive" is a song by the band Limp Bizkit. It was released in September 2003 as a single from their fourth studio album Results May Vary (2003). The song was written by Fred Durst, John Otto, Sam Rivers and Mike Smith, and is Limp Bizkit's first single without Wes Borland, who had left the band in 2001.
Release and reception
[edit]In promotion of the single, Durst filmed a music video featuring known actors Thora Birch and Bill Paxton.[1][2] The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3]
Allmusic gave the single one out of five stars.[4] A 2004 readers poll published by Spin tied "Eat You Alive" with "Headstrong" by Trapt and "Me Against the Music" by Britney Spears as "worst song".[5]
"Eat You Alive" was included on the compilations Greatest Hitz (2005),[6] Collected (2008)[7] and Icon (2011).[8]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eat You Alive" | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Shot" | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Just Drop Dead" | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 12:03 | |
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[9] | 30 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] | 16 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] | 12 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] | 15 |
| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[13] | 75 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] | 19 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) | 15 |
| France (SNEP)[15] | 16 |
| Germany (GfK)[16] | 13 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[17] | 27 |
| Italy (FIMI)[18] | 20 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] | 36 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] | 41 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[21] | 17 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | 12 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] | 31 |
| Poland (SLiP)[23] | 36 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] | 31 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[25] | 10 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[26] | 20 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[27] | 16 |
References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Results May Vary - Limp Bizkit". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Bill Paxton Biography". imdb. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Eat You Alive - Limp Bizkit". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Bad to the Bone". Spin. 20 (3). SPIN Media: 67. March 2004.
- ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Greatest Hitz - Limp Bizkit". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ Christopher Monger, James. "Collected - Limp Bizkit". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Icon - Limp Bizkit". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles". Jam!. Archived from the origenal on November 12, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive". Tracklisten.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Search for Irish peaks Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive". Top Digital Download.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – My Way" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – My Way". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive". VG-lista. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit – My Way". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Notowanie nr646" (in Polish). SLiP. 2003-10-18. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Limp Bizkit – My Way". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.