Enemy (Sevendust song)
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| "Enemy" | ||||
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| Single by Sevendust | ||||
| from the album Seasons | ||||
| Released | August 12, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Ruby Red (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | TVT | |||
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| Producer | Butch Walker | |||
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"Enemy" is a song by the American rock band Sevendust. It was released on August 12, 2003,[1] as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Seasons (2003). The song peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, their first song to reach the top 10, and peaked at No. 30 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, their last song to crack that chart to date.
"Enemy" was written and largely sung by drummer Morgan Rose, who was then married to bass guitarist Rayna Foss-Rose of Coal Chamber. According to Rose, the song is a diatribe directed toward Coal Chamber's frontman Dez Fafara. "Enemy" was originally called "Pez," a derogatory nickname Rose had for Fafara. Regarding the nickname itself, Rose explained: "We called him that because I used to say, 'I want to take this dude's head and pull it back and rip his tongue out of his neck.'"[2]
"That song is about the person in the world that I hate more than Saddam Hussein", Rose said. "It was good to be able to get that stuff off my chest because I was able to express myself without doing anything stupid that would get me in trouble." Rose held such rancor for Fafara because of the way he allegedly treated Foss-Rose during her time in Coal Chamber. But Rose also stated his anger "turned out to be a really good song."[2] Sevendust guitarist John Connolly also expressed strong dislike for Fafara.[3]
