Would?
Sign in to save"Would?" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains, written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell as a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, lead vocalist of Mother Love Bone, who died in 1990. Cantrell sings the verses of the song, while Layne Staley sings the chorus.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Would?
- Song.cover
- Would? by Alice in Chains limited edition EP commercial overseas.jpg
- Song.caption
- CD variant of international retail limited edition EP
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Alice in Chains
- Song.album
- Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Dirt
- Song.recorded
- 1992
- Song.genre
- Grunge
- Song.length
- 3:27
- Song.label
- Columbia
- Song.writer
- Jerry Cantrell
- Song.producer
- Alice in Chains Rick Parashar
- Song.prev_title
- Sea of Sorrow
- Song.prev_year
- 1991
- Song.next_title
- Them Bones
- Song.next_year
- 1992
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- 1992-06-07
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- Would?
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"Would?" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains, written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell as a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, lead vocalist of Mother Love Bone, who died in 1990. Cantrell sings the verses of the song, while Layne Staley sings the chorus.
The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Singles—where the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance—and later appeared on the band's second studio album Dirt, also released in 1992. "Would?" was released as a single and peaked at No. 31 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1992, at No. 19 in 1996, and in 2019 the song peaked at No. 15 on the Hot Rock Songs chart after it was featured in the trailer for the season 2 of the Netflix show The Punisher. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). An acoustic version performed on Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged in 1996 was released in a live album and DVD. In 2009, "Would?" was named the 88th Best Hard Rock Song of All Time by VH1.