"Bother" is the second single from the hard rock band

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's self-titled debut album. It was originally released as a solo song by frontman

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, 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

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ring which is a reference to the song's debut appearance on the soundtrack to the film ''

'' (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

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. Taylor has stated that the song is about when he moved back to

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from

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, 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

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References

{{authority control Stone Sour songs 2003 songs Music videos directed by Gregory Dark Songs written by Corey Taylor Songs from Spider-Man films Roadrunner Records singles