"Dangerous" is a song by South African rock band

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. It is their first single from their eighth studio album ''

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''. It peaked at number one on the ''

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chart in October 2020.

Background

The song was first released on 23 June 2020, at the same time as the band's announcement of the name and release date of their eighth studio album, ''

'' on 28 August 2020. In just one week in July, the song had accumulated 1.9 million airplay audience impressions, 340,000 streams, and 1,000 downloads in the US. This, coupled with the release of a second promotional song, "Bruised and Bloodied", propelled writer and

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Shaun Morgan Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (, born 21 December 1978) is a South African musician. He is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Seether. Early life Morgan spent most of his early life in South Africa.Bottomley, CSeether: South Af ...

to top the ''Billboard'' Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, only the second to top it since its creation in July 2020. In October 2020, the song had peaked at number one on the ''Billboard''

chart.

Themes and composition

Morgan described the single as different from the rest of the album, but not so drastically different that it would upset the fanbase, and he felt that, along with his respective management and

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, that it would stand out at rock radio and make a good single as a result. The song was described as "

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" and "beautifully tormented", containing lyrics such as "It's so dangerous, all this blamelessness / and I feel like I've lost all the good I've known / See hope fading out of your eyes / This time the pain is going to feel unreal." The song was described as "

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anthem" and a slow burn building of a " rock jam".

Personnel

Seether *

– vocals, guitar, production *

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– bass *

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– guitar * John Humphrey – drums, percussion Additional personnel *

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– engineering, mixing

Charts

References

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