"A Job to Do" is a song by American rock musician

Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internatio ...

, written for the end credits of the 2017 film '' John Wick: Chapter 2''. The song premiered on

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's website on February 9, 2017, and was featured on '' John Wick: Chapter 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' as the last track on the album. A lyric video featuring Cantrell and

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was released on

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on March 21, 2017. "A Job to Do" marks the first time Cantrell released a solo song since 2002. The song was first played live on December 6, 2019, at Cantrell's solo concert at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles.

Origin and recording

The song was recorded at Igloo Music Studios in

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between November 8, 2015, and January 21, 2016. Jerry Cantrell wrote the lyrics from the perspective of Keanu Reeves' title character in ''John Wick: Chapter 2''. Cantrell told Billboard about the song:

Release

"A Job to Do" premiered on Billboard's website on February 9, 2017, a day before the soundtrack was released. A lyric video featuring Jerry Cantrell and Keanu Reeves was released on

on March 21, 2017.

Live performances

The song was performed live for the first time during Jerry Cantrell's solo concert at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles on December 6, 2019. Cantrell was accompanied by

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on guitar and

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on drums, both musicians who performed in the original recording.

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar *

– bass *

– drums Production *Produced by Jerry Cantrell, Tyler Bates *Engineered by Paul Figueroa *Published by Boggy Bottom Publishing

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Job to Do, A 2017 songs Jerry Cantrell songs Songs written by Jerry Cantrell Songs written by Tyler Bates Songs written for films John Wick