Bother (song)
title: "Bother (song)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["stone-sour-songs", "2003-songs", "music-videos-directed-by-gregory-dark", "songs-written-by-corey-taylor", "songs-from-spider-man-films", "roadrunner-records-singles"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bother_(song)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bother |
| cover | Stonesourbother.png |
| type | single |
| artist | Stone Sour |
| album | Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man and Stone Sour |
| released | August 5, 2002 |
| recorded | 2001 |
| genre | Post-grunge |
| length | 4:00 |
| label | Roadrunner |
| writer | Corey Taylor |
| producer | * Tom Tatman |
| prev_title | Get Inside |
| prev_year | 2002 |
| next_title | Inhale |
| next_year | 2003 |
| :: |
| name = Bother | cover = Stonesourbother.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Stone Sour | album = Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man and Stone Sour | released = August 5, 2002 | recorded = 2001 | studio = | genre = Post-grunge | length = 4:00 | label = Roadrunner | writer = Corey Taylor | producer = * Tom Tatman
- Stone Sour
- James "Jimbo" Barton | prev_title = Get Inside | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Inhale | next_year = 2003
"Bother" is the second single from the American rock band Stone Sour's self-titled debut album. It was originally released as a solo song by frontman Corey Taylor, but the billing was later changed to Stone Sour. The song was one of Stone Sour's first songs to put them into the mainstream. The cover features Taylor's hands and rings, one of them being a Spider-Man ring which is a reference to the song's debut appearance on the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man (although the track is credited to Taylor as the performer, not Stone Sour) and to Taylor being a fan of the superhero. The other has the number eight on it, representing Taylor's number in Slipknot. Taylor has stated that the song is about when he moved back to Des Moines from Denver, where he hoped to try to move forward with his music.
In 2024, Taylor released a remix/follow-up song titled Bother '23 (Still Not Bothered) on his compilation album CMF2...or Not 2B for Record Store Day. It features cover songs and unreleased B-sides.
Music video
The music video shows Taylor standing face-to-face with an exact copy of himself in a large room. As the two sing, Taylor's copy begins to rapidly age, and eventually dies and turns to dust as the other band members surround the two Taylors. All that is left of the copy is his Spider-Man ring, which the other Taylor puts on his own finger, encompassing his own Spider-Man ring. This video was directed by Gregory Dark.
Track listing
|headline = CD single cardboard sleeve Europe (2002) / CD single UK (2003) |title1 = Bother |length1 = 3:57 |title2 = Rules of Evidence |length2 = 3:44
|headline = CD single enhanced Europe (2002) and Australia (2003) |title1 = Bother |length1 = 3:57 |title2 = Rules of Evidence |length2 = 3:44 |title3 = The Wicked |length3 = 4:54 |title4 = Bother |note4 = video |length4 = 4:06
|headline = Promo CD single US (2002) |title1 = Bother |note1 = from Spider-Man |length1 = 3:57
|headline = Promo CD single Australia (2002) |title1 = Bother |length1 = 4:00
|headline = Promo CD single cardboard sleeve UK (2002) |title1 = Bother |note1 = radio version |length1 = 3:57 |title2 = Bother |note2 = album version |length2 = 3:57
|headline = CD single Japan (2003) |title1 = Bother |length1 = 3:57 |title2 = Rules of Evidence |length2 = 3:44 |title3 = The Wicked |length3 = 4:55
Charts
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for "Bother""] | Chart (2002−2003) | Peak position | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Quebec Airplay (ADISQ) | |---|---|---|---| | 87 | | | | | 12 | | | | ::
Certifications
Release history
::data[format=table title="Release dates and formats for "Bother""]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. | United States | United Kingdom | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{hlist | Contemporary hit | hot AC radio | triple A radio}} | ||||
| :: |
References
References
- (4 April 2002). "SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Comments on "Spider-Man" Soundtrack Contribution".
- (April 11, 2024). "The 15 Greatest (and 10 Worst) Post-Grunge Songs of All Time".
- (17 May 2024). "COREY TAYLOR's 'CMF2B… or Not 2B' Album of Covers and B-Sides Receives Digital Release".
- Dangelo, Joe. (July 24, 2002). "Slipknot's Taylor Reveals Two Faces For Stone Sour's 'Bother'".
- (March 22, 2003). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
- "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec". [[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
- (August 2, 2002). "Going for Adds".
- (August 16, 2002). "Going for Adds".
- (November 29, 2002). "Going for Adds".
- (February 1, 2003). "New Releases – 1 February 2003: Singles".
- (February 10, 2003). "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 10th February 2003". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.
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