"Stricken" is a song by the American heavy metal band

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. The song was released on July 25, 2005, as the second single from their third studio album, ''

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''. The song was certified 3× platinum in the United States by the

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on March 6, 2025, for selling 3,000,000 copies. The single is also certified 2× platinum in Canada, platinum in both Australia and New Zealand, and silver in the United Kingdom. It is one of the first of Disturbed's songs to include a guitar solo. The musical video for the song was filmed in an abandoned hospital in which some scenes from the 1984 horror film ''

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'' were filmed. "Stricken" was used as official theme for

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, in 2006.

Music video

The video for "Stricken" takes place in an abandoned asylum. There are two women in the video. A man has an affair with both of them. As a result, the man's original girlfriend is shown upset and screaming. The other woman is shown having sexual intercourse with the man. The man, on the other hand, does not show emotion to the very end, with hands on his face. All the while, Disturbed is shown playing, in the background, and random objects are either dropped or thrown.

Track listing

CD 1

#"Stricken" – 4:07 #"

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" – 4:14 #"Darkness" – 4:02

CD 2

#"Stricken" – 4:07 #"Dehumanized" – 3:31

7" vinyl

#"Stricken" – 4:07 #"Dehumanized" – 3:31

German promo

#"Stricken" – 4:06

US promo

#"Stricken" – 4:05 The first B-side, "Hell", is also a bonus track on ''

''. The second B-side, "Dehumanized", was recorded during the recording of ''

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''. Both songs are also included on the B-side compilation, '' The Lost Children''.

Chart positions

Certifications

Personnel

David Draiman David Michael Draiman (; born March 13, 1973) is an American heavy metal singer. Noted for his distorted baritone voice and percussive singing style, he has been the lead vocalist of Disturbed since 1996. He has written some of the band's most ...

– vocals *

Dan Donegan Daniel Joseph Donegan (born August 1, 1968) is an American musician who is the guitarist, keyboardist and one of the founding members of heavy metal band Disturbed. Donegan began playing guitar as a teenager and eventually formed a band calle ...

– guitars, electronics *

John Moyer John Robert Moyer (born November 30, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the heavy metal band Disturbed. After the demise of his previous band, The Union Underground, Moyer took over for previous Disturbed bassist S ...

– bass *

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– drums ;Production *

Johnny K John Karkazis, better known as Johnny K, is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. He owns Groovemaster Recording Studios in Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Ill ...

– producer *

Ben Grosse Ben Grosse is an American record producer and mixer. Grosse has mixed and produce albums for numerous music industry acts, primary in the heavy metal and hard rock genres. His credits include Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust, Disturbe ...

– mixing *

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– mastering

Covers

"Stricken" is covered in a more melodic, softer style by David Draiman's brother, Ben Draiman in Ben's EP entitled, ''The Past Is Not Far Behind''.

References

{{Authority control 2005 singles 2005 songs Disturbed (band) songs Reprise Records singles Music videos directed by Nathan Cox Song recordings produced by Johnny K Songs written by Dan Donegan Songs written by David Draiman Songs written by Mike Wengren Songs written by Morgan Rose