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"My Song"
Single by Jerry Cantrell
from the album Boggy Depot
ReleasedMay 1998[1]
RecordedApril–November 1997
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:07
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s)Jerry Cantrell, Toby Wright
Jerry Cantrell singles chronology
"Cut You In"
(1998) 		"My Song"
(1998) 		"Dickeye"
(1998)

"My Song" is a song by American rock musician Jerry Cantrell. It was the second single from his 1998 debut album Boggy Depot. "My Song" spent 21 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at No. 6.[4][5]

Release and reception

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"My Song" was released as the second single from Boggy Depot in May 1998.[1] The single spent 21 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart[4] and peaked at No. 6 on August 15, 1998.[6] A streaming EP of "My Song" was released on May 6, 2016.[7]

Beth Winegarner of MTV said of the song; ""My Song" is one of the lovelier tunes here, and is most reminiscent of the pure Alice in Chains sound. Cantrell's harmonized chorus is an irresistible sing-along, even in its devastating refrain: "Every time you let it show/I didn't want to know/By the time I had lost my soul/You had to go." The track begins as a ballad but brews into a real rocker midway through, building on Cantrell's layers of edgy and chiming guitars."[8]

Music video

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A music video directed by Rocky Schenck was made to accompany the single. The video was shot on location in Los Angeles on June 6 and 7, 1998. Schenck told that the record company was very upset with him about the concept of the video, telling him that it would never play on MTV. Cantrell supported Schenck throughout the project and it was filmed as planned.

The video features Cantrell being held captive and tied up in a basement by a woman (played by Ann Magnuson) who tortures him. Toward the end of the video, however, Cantrell breaks out of the basement and makes a run for it with the woman in hot pursuit. There is a second version of the video, a bit racier than the edited version that aired on MTV.[9]

Track listing

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1998 CD Single[10]

  1. "My Song" – 4:07
  2. "Callout Hook" – 0:10
  3. "Callout Hook" – 0:08

2016 Streaming EP[7]

  1. "My Song" – 4:07
  2. "Leave Me Alone (Remix)" – 5:15
  3. "Cut You In" – 3:23

Personnel

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Chart positions

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11] 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart – The Week of May 30, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jerry Cantrell – Boggy Depot". Discogs.
  3. ^ "Jerry Cantrell – Boggy Depot". AllMusic.
  4. ^ a b "Jerry Cantrell "My Song" Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "My Song (song by Jerry Cantrell)". Music VF. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart – The Week of August 15, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Jerry Cantrell: My Song - EP". Google Play. May 6, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Makes A Rock Album". MTV. April 11, 1998. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  9. ^ "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story — Layne Staley's Final Gloomy Days as the Frontman of Seattle's Grunge Legends". Guitar World. August 11, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "Jerry Cantrell My Song US Promo CD single (CD5 / 5")". eil.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  11. ^ "Jerry Cantrell Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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