Swerve City

"Swerve City"
Single by Deftones
from the album Koi No Yokan
ReleasedMarch 2013 (2013-03)
Genre
Length2:44
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nick Raskulinecz
Deftones singles chronology
"Tempest"
(2012) 		"Swerve City"
(2013) 		"Romantic Dreams"
(2013)
Music video
"Swerve City" on YouTube

"Swerve City" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones. It is the opening track on their seventh studio album, Koi No Yokan (2012), and was released as a single in March 2013, where it peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock.[3]

Music video

The first music video for "Swerve City", directed by Gus Black, was released on May 9, 2013. It shows a woman (Tamara Feldman[4]) in the desert riding a horse to her home (a ranch bungalow). While brushing her horse outside the bungalow, Chino Moreno is seen heading towards her home in a Porsche Panamera. The woman notices the car headlights as Moreno arrives outside the home. Subsequently, she walks outside and pulls out a pistol.

A second music video was released on July 2, 2013, directed by Ryan Mackfall. This performance video featured tour footage of the band.

Track listing

Promotional CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Swerve City"2:44

Personnel

Deftones

Production

References

  1. ^ Hadusek, Jon (November 20, 2012). "Deftones – Koi No Yokan". Consequence. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Reed, Ryan (November 12, 2012). "Deftones | Koi No Yokan". Boston Phoenix. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Deftones – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. ^ "DEFTONES-Swerve City". Vimeo. May 13, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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