Twisted Transistor

"Twisted Transistor" is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side. It was released as the album's first single in September 2005.

Chart performance
The song has become Korn's second most successful single to date on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number sixty-four, and became their highest charting single on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart, peaking at number three, until it was surpassed by "Never Never," which reached number one in 2013. Its success was continued overseas, where it charted in many countries, including number twenty-seven in the UK, number twenty-four in Australia, and number six in Finland.

Music video
The video for the song was directed by Ryan Ratajski and features a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary produced by "documentary filmmaker Rob Piner" (a reference to This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner) where four rappers play the parts of Korn: Lil Jon as Jonathan Davis, Xzibit as Fieldy, David Banner as David Silveria, and Snoop Dogg as James Shaffer. The real Korn appears at the end of the video as representatives of "Fony Music", complaining about how the music video isn't going to sell because it lacks "bling-bling" and "booty shakin'". There is also a section in the video featuring 'Jonathan' recording vocals in "Big Rick's Studio", a reference to metal and hip-hop producer Rick Rubin, as Big Rick himself as he appears in the video bears a resemblance to Rick Rubin.

The rappers have jokingly noted in interviews that "It might be a [new] band coming towards you".

UK release

 * 7" VUS316, CD VUSCD316
 * 1) "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Too Late I'm Dead"

Australian release

 * CD 3474592
 * 1) "Twisted Transistor" (radio edit)
 * 2) "Appears"
 * 3) "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek radio edit)

US promotional release

 * 12" VUSTDJ316
 * 1) "Twisted Transistor" (Dummies Club Mix)
 * 2) "Twisted Transistor" (album version)
 * 3) "Twisted Transistor" (Kupper's Elektro-tek Klub Mix)
 * 4) "Twisted Transistor" (Josh Harris Fuck the Club Mix)