The music video was directed by Shavo Odadjian and David Slade. The video features an alien-like, disfigured boy who is accompanied by people in various settings. The video was shot in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Receptionedit
"Aerials" is widely considered one of the band's best songs. Loudwire and Kerrang both ranked the song number three on their lists of the greatest System of a Down songs.[4][5] As of March 2024, “Aerials” has over 481 million streams on Spotify making it System of a Down’s 5th most streamed song.
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Aerials is a song by American heavy metal band System of a Down It was released in 2002 as the third single from their second album Toxicity which earned the band its second Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003 Aerials Single by System of a Downfrom the album ToxicityB side Snowblind ReleasedJune 11 2002Recorded2001StudioCello Hollywood GenreAlternative metal 1 2 heavy metal 2 Length3 55 without hidden track 6 11 with hidden track LabelAmerican ColumbiaSongwriter s Daron MalakianSerj TankianProducer s Daron MalakianRick RubinSerj TankianSystem of a Down singles chronology Toxicity 2002 Aerials 2002 Innervision 2002 Music video Aerials on YouTube The song hit number one on both the Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock chart It was System of a Down s first number one hit 3 Contents 1 Music video 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesMusic video editThe music video was directed by Shavo Odadjian and David Slade The video features an alien like disfigured boy who is accompanied by people in various settings The video was shot in Hollywood Los Angeles Reception edit Aerials is widely considered one of the band s best songs Loudwire and Kerrang both ranked the song number three on their lists of the greatest System of a Down songs 4 5 As of March 2024 Aerials has over 481 million streams on Spotify making it System of a Down s 5th most streamed song Track listing editCD singleNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Aerials Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian3 572 Toxicity Live Serj TankianShavo OdadjianDaron Malakian3 383 Sugar Live Serj TankianShavo OdadjianDaron Malakian4 104 P L U C K Live Serj TankianDaron Malakian4 095 Aerials Live Video DVD Version Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian Australian singleNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Aerials Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian3 572 Toxicity Live Version Serj TankianShavo OdadjianDaron Malakian3 383 P L U C K Live Serj TankianDaron Malakian4 09 UK CD1No TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Aerials Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian3 572 Toxicity Live Serj TankianShavo OdadjianDaron Malakian3 383 P L U C K Live Serj TankianDaron Malakian4 094 Aerials Video Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian UK CD2No TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Aerials Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian3 572 Streamline Alternate Version from The Scorpion King soundtrack Serj TankianDaron Malakian3 383 Sugar Live Serj TankianShavo OdadjianDaron Malakian4 10 7 singleNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Aerials Serj TankianDaron MalakianDaron Malakian3 572 Snowblind Album Version Geezer ButlerTony IommiOzzy OsbourneBill WardGeezer ButlerTony IommiOzzy OsbourneBill Ward4 40Charts editChart 2002 2003 Peak position Australia ARIA 6 36 Canada Nielsen SoundScan 7 61 Germany Official German Charts 8 80 Ireland IRMA 9 35 Scotland OCC 10 35 UK Singles OCC 11 34 UK Rock amp Metal OCC 12 3 US Billboard Hot 100 13 55 US Alternative Airplay Billboard 14 1 US Mainstream Rock Billboard 15 1Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 16 Silver 200 000 United States RIAA 17 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Grierson Tim Top 10 Essential Alt Metal Songs About com Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved December 26 2018 a b Top 10 System of a Down Songs WatchMojo Retrieved 2023 07 31 Billboard com Kaufman Spencer August 21 2012 10 Best System of a Down Songs Loudwire Retrieved April 10 2022 Law Sam November 6 2020 The 20 greatest System Of A Down songs ranked Kerrang Retrieved April 10 2022 System of a Down Aerials ARIA Top 50 Singles Top 100 Singles Jam Archived from the original on January 28 2003 Retrieved April 12 2024 System of a Down Aerials in German GfK Entertainment charts Chart Track Week 29 2002 Irish Singles Chart Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved November 13 2021 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Official Rock amp Metal Singles Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved November 13 2021 System of a Down Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved April 30 2021 System of a Down Chart History Alternative Airplay Billboard Retrieved April 9 2015 System of a Down Chart History Mainstream Rock Billboard Retrieved April 3 2015 British single certifications System of a Down Aerials British Phonographic Industry Retrieved July 29 2022 American single certifications System of a Down Aerials Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved December 4 2022 nbsp This 2000s rock song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aerials song amp oldid 1218634613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,