B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)
Categories: System of a Down singles | Anti-war songs | 2005 singles
| "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" | ||
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| Image:System of a Down B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs).jpg | ||
| Single by System of a Down | ||
| From the album Mezmerize | ||
| Single Released | 2005 | |
| Single Format | Vinyl | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Song Length | 4:17 | |
| Record label | American Recordings | |
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |
| Chart positions | # ? (UK) #27 (USA) #43 (AUS) | |
| System of a Down single chronology | ||
| "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" (2003) | "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" (2005) | "Question!" (2005) |
- The phrase BYOB (Bring Your Own Beverage/Beer/Booze) is also a term used in restaraunts where you can bring your own alcoholic beverages to drink with your meal.
"B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" is the debut single for System of a Down's fourth album Mezmerize.
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Notable lyrics
- "Why don't presidents fight the war/why do they always send the poor?"
- "Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time/ dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine."
- "You depend on our protection/ yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth!"
- "BLAST OFF! IT'S PARTY TIME! AND WE DON'T LIVE IN A FASCIST NATION!" (Screamed by Daron Malakian)
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Trivia
- The title does not appear anywhere within the words of the song.
- The song was performed on May 7, 2005 on Saturday Night Live, 10 days before the release of the album. Guitarist Daron Malakian managed to slip an unscripted swear word past the network censors which caused some controversy.
- The song is performed slightly different live; guitarist Daron Malakian plays a raggae-styled riff during the "Everybody's going to the party" bit of the song instead of the normal riff on the CD recording.
- When the song was performed at the MTV European Music Awards 2005, the lyric "Blast off! It's party time! And we don't live in a fascist nation!" was changed to "Blast off! It's party time! And this is no f***ing pop rock!"
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