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45 (Shinedown song)

Field	Value
name	45
cover	shinedown_45.png
type	single
artist	Shinedown
album	Leave a Whisper
released	July 29, 2003
recorded	2002
genre	{{flat list
* Hard rock<ref>{{cite web	url	http://loudwire.com/best-shinedown-songs/	title=10 Best Shinedown Songs	date=10 January 2013	publisher=Loudwire}}
* post-grunge<ref>{{cite web	url	https://consequence.net/list/best-post-grunge-songs/	title=50 Best Post-Grunge Songs	last=Graves	first=Wren	website=Consequence	date=May 20, 2024	access-date=April 1, 2025}}
length	4:09
label	Atlantic
writer	{{flatlist
producer	Tony Battaglia
prev_title	Fly from the Inside
prev_year	2003
next_title	Simple Man
next_year	2004

Hard rock
post-grunge
Brent Smith
Tony Battaglia

"45" is a song by American rock band Shinedown. The song was released on July 13, 2003, on the album Leave a Whisper. Following the album's release, "45" became a popular single. An acoustic cover of "45" was featured on the album's re-release on June 15, 2004.

"45" placed twelfth among U.S. Modern Rock and third among U.S. Mainstream Rock songs after its release.

Background

Brent Smith (the lead singer and songwriter) has stated in an interview:

Music video and controversy

The band requested that the music video for "45" be removed from MTV broadcast because the lyrics "the barrel of a .45" and "ashes of another life" were removed from the chorus and the title card of the video referred to the song by the MTV-originated title "Staring Down..." Singer Brent Smith felt the editing blurred the song's message and MTV was hypocritical since they had played other unedited videos. Smith believed that if they did not wish to play the song as it was written, they should never have broadcast it. Though the edited version of the video was aired a few times without the artists' consent, the song was eventually pulled from the airwaves.

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak
position

Certifications

References

(10 January 2013). "10 Best Shinedown Songs". Loudwire.
Graves, Wren. (May 20, 2024). "50 Best Post-Grunge Songs".
"FoundryMusic.Com Interviews: INTERVIEW WITH BRENT SMITH OF SHINEDOWN".
"Brent Smith of Shinedown".

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