"Moto Psycho" is a song by the American

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band

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. It was released in 2001 as the lead single from their ninth studio album, ''

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''. A music video for the song was made, directed by

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Background

The song is about people who commute every day to work, spending a lot of time on the road. It has been played 67 times live by the band. A music video was made for the song. As of November 2022, the music video hasn't been uploaded on the Megadeth

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channel, but it has been uploaded by a fan.

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes, except where otherwise noted. ;Megadeth *

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– guitars, lead vocals *

David Ellefson David Ellefson is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist and backing vocalist for thrash metal band Megadeth across two stints. Ellefson initially became an accomplished bassist and honed his songwriting skills whi ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Jimmy DeGrasso Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer. DeGrasso played with Mama's Boys and Lita Ford before eventually working with Y&T and Megadeth and as a session and touring musician for Ozzy Osbourne (1986), White Li ...

– drums *

Al Pitrelli Al Pitrelli (born September 26, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper and Savatage. He has performed with various acts as a band member, session musician and touring me ...

– guitars, backing vocals ;Production * Produced by Dave Mustaine; Co-produced by Bill Kennedy * Mixed and engineered by Bill Kennedy *Assistant engineers – Mark Valentine, Lance Dean, Jay Goin, Greg Edenfield *

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, Joe Bishara, James Murray, Sean Dever,

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, Lance Dean *Digital editing – Chris Vrenna *

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by Tom Jensen

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moto Psycho 2001 singles 2001 songs Megadeth songs Music videos directed by Nathan Cox Songs written by Dave Mustaine