“Black Eyes Blue” is a song by American rock artist Corey Taylor, frontman of American bands Slipknot and Stone Sour. It was his first solo single off of his first solo album CMFT. It peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2020.
Behind the trees, in front of Golden Gates
I was never beholden to the hands of fate
Consternation in the middle of my chest
You know me better than the ones who know me best
I know that there’s no other way
I know that there is nothing more that I can say
Make my black eyes blue, I fall for you
The song was first released on July 29, 2020. It was released concurrently with another single – “CMFT Must Be Stopped”. A lyric video was released on the same day. A full music video was later released on August 19, 2020. The song debuted at number 24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs and number 21 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, just after a single week of being released.
With Corey Taylor’s comments on the CMFT album, in regards to it being across many various genre and in styles not commonly found in his band’s Slipknot and Stone Sour, publications noted the difference in sound between “Black Eyes Blue” and “CMFT Must Be Stopped”. While publications commonly referred to the latter as rap rock, “Black Eye’s Blue” was described as power pop by Rolling Stone magazine. Consequence of Sound referred to “Black Eyes Blue” as “more of a straight-ahead rocker” with “melodic punk-like verses reminiscent of [the band] Rise Against”.
Check out the music video for the chart topping track below:
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