- Change (In the House of Flies)
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"Change (In the House of Flies)" 
Single by Deftones from the album White Pony B-side "Crenshaw"
"No Ordinary Love"Released June 27, 2000 Format CD single,
Maxi CDRecorded 1999 Genre Alternative metal Length 4:59 Label Maverick Writer(s) Deftones Producer Terry Date Deftones singles chronology "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
(1998)"Change (In the House of Flies)"
(2000)"Back to School (Mini Maggit)"
(2000)White Pony Re-Release track listing "Passenger"
(10)"Change (In the House of Flies)"
(11)"Pink Maggit"
(12)"Change (In the House of Flies)", often referred to as "Change", is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones, released as the first single from their third album White Pony in June 2000. It remains their most commercially successful single to date, peaking at number three in Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[1] and at 53 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song is featured on the Muchmusic compilation album Big Shiny Tunes 5.
Contents
Music video
Lead singer Chino Moreno on camera before a sea of wasted bodies.
The music video, directed by Liz Friedlander,[3] features the band playing at a party. The people attending have apathetic looks and wear animal masks.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Change (In the House of Flies)" Deftones 4:58 2. "Crenshaw" Deftones 4:49 3. "No Ordinary Love" Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman 5:32 Cultural references
- The song was used in the movies Queen of the Damned, Little Nicky and Cooler's Revenge.
- It was also used in the episode "Hourglass" (Season 3 Episode 19) of the television show Alias and in the pilot episode of the short lived television show Wolf Lake.
- An acoustic version appears on the MTV The Return of the Rock, Vol. 2 compilation and was also included in their B-Sides & Rarities album.
- The EBM/industrial group Ayria has recorded a cover of this song for the special 2CD version of their Hearts For Bullets album.[4]
- Breaking Benjamin, along with Shaun Morgan of Seether and Barry Stock of Three Days Grace, performed a live cover of this song during the spring leg of their 2008 tour.
References
- ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History — Deftones: Singles". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=141369&model.vnuAlbumId=896085. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ^ "UK Singles Top 75 - Music Charts". Navigate to appropriate week. acharts.us. http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ^ B-Sides & Rarities liner notes.
- ^ "Ayria — Hearts For Bullets official tracklist". www.ayria.com. http://www.ayria.com/music.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
Chino Moreno · Stephen Carpenter · Abe Cunningham · Chi Cheng · Frank Delgado
Sergio VegaStudio albums Singles "7 Words" · "Bored" · "My Own Summer (Shove It)" · "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" · "Change (In the House of Flies)" · "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" · "Digital Bath" · "Minerva" · "Hexagram" · "Hole in the Earth" · "Mein" · "Rocket Skates" · "Diamond Eyes" · "Sextape" · "You've Seen the Butcher"Other songs "Elite"Other albums Live (Live EP) · Music in High Places: Live in Hawaii (DVD) · B-Sides & Rarities (Compilation) · Eros (Unreleased) · Covers (Compilation) · The Vinyl Collection 1995—2011(Compilation)Related articles 
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- Deftones songs
- Music videos directed by Liz Friedlander
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