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{{External music video|{{YouTube|qw2LU1yS7aw|"Before I Forget"}}
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"'''Before I Forget'''" is a
"Before I Forget" borrows elements from a much older Slipknot song "Carve", recorded before their [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]]. The earliest version was in 1996 with Anders Colsefni on vocals. "Carve" was for the SR Demo 1997, referred to by fans as ''[[Crowz]]''.▼
▲"Before I Forget" borrows elements from a much older Slipknot song "Carve", recorded before their [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]]. The earliest version was in 1996 with [[Anders Colsefni]] on vocals. "Carve" was for the SR Demo 1997, referred to by fans as ''[[Crowz]]''.
"It's about standing your ground and deciding to be a good person, no matter what people say," recalled singer [[Corey Taylor]]. "''[Producer]'' [[Rick Rubin]] was convinced the chorus wouldn't work.<ref>Rubin wanted Taylor to change the vocal melody because he felt it wasn't catchy. {{cite web|title=Corey Taylor Interview at 98 KUPD|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJR3kwoSMbM|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2011-12-19|date=2009-03-05}}</ref> I told him he was crazy. Lo and behold, it's one of our biggest songs and we won a Grammy for it."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Bryant|title=Hell unleashed|magazine=[[Kerrang!]] #1423|date=14 July 2012|p=25}}</ref>▼
▲"It's about standing your ground and deciding to be a good person, no matter what people say," recalled singer [[Corey Taylor]]. "''[Producer]'' [[Rick Rubin]] was convinced the chorus wouldn't work.<ref>Rubin wanted Taylor to change the vocal melody because he felt it wasn't catchy. {{cite web|title=Corey Taylor Interview at 98 KUPD|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJR3kwoSMbM|publisher=[[YouTube]]|
==Reception and awards==
"Before I Forget" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2020, ''[[Kerrang!|Kerrang]]'' and ''[[Metal Hammer|Louder Sound]]'' ranked the song number seven and number six, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Slipknot songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-slipknot-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Slipknot songs – ranked|first=Sam|last=Law|work=[[Kerrang!|Kerrang]]|date=March 27, 2020|accessdate=April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-50-best-slipknot-songs-ever/5|title=The Top 50 best Slipknot songs ever|first=Alec|last=Chillingworth|work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder Sound]]|date=December 22, 2020|accessdate=April 10, 2022}}</ref>
After being nominated six times, the band won the 2006 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]]. It was the second track from the album to be nominated: "[[Vermilion (song)|Vermilion]]" was nominated in 2005 for the same award.
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The video for "Before I Forget" shows Slipknot performing the song unmasked and in casual clothes (all with black shirts), as opposed to their usual coveralls. The video makes use of strategic camera techniques in which the members' faces are never totally shown (in some instances, however, some of the band members' eyes are shown up close), thus keeping with the band's running theme of anonymity at the time. Their masks are shown next to them as they perform. At the end of the music video, the band immediately stops playing the song as it ends and they all walk away.
As of March 2023, the music video for "Before I Forget" has over 250 million views on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2LU1yS7aw|title=Slipknot - Before I Forget [OFFICIAL VIDEO] [HD]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|author=Slipknot|date=October 27, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2023}}</ref>
The music video for "Before I Forget" was directed by [[Tony Petrossian]] and was voted as the "Most Rocking Video" by the [[Scuzz]] audience in the Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007.<ref name="Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007">{{cite web▼
▲The music video for "Before I Forget" was directed by [[Tony Petrossian]] and was voted as the "Most Rocking Video" by the [[Scuzz]] audience in the Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007.<ref name="Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007">{{cite web|title=Top 100 Most Rocking Videos 2007|author=Scuzz|url=http://scuzz.com/|access-date=2007-02-11|archive-date=5 February 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205002500/http://www.scuzz.com/}}</ref>
===Equipment===
*[[Jim Root]]'s Black [[Charvel]] Custom San Dimas
*[[Mick Thomson]]'s Blood Red Ibanez MTM1
▲}}</ref> This music video also helped to garner the band its first and only Grammy Award win for "Best Metal Performance" in 2006.
*[[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]]'s Warwick Streamer Stage 1 LH
*[[Joey Jordison]]'s custom [[Pearl drums|Pearl]] drum kit
==Track listing==
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;Digital download
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==Charts==
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!Chart (2005)
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{{single chart|UK|35|date=20050625|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}}
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!scope="row"| [[UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart|UK Rock & Metal]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20070204/111/|title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=October 31, 2022}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|32|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}}
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{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|11|artist=Slipknot|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}}
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{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Slipknot|title=Before I Forget|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|access-date=September 23, 2022|id=15134-678-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}▼
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Slipknot|title=Before I Forget|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2019|access-date=January 3, 2021}}
==References==
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