Control (Puddle of Mudd song)

"Control"
Single by Puddle of Mudd
from the album Come Clean
Released July 17, 2001
Format CD
Genre Alternative metal
Length 3:49
Label Flawless, Geffen
Writer(s) Wes Scantlin, Brad Stewart
Puddle of Mudd singles chronology
Control
(2001)		 Blurry
(2001)

"Control" is a song by the rock band Puddle of Mudd. It is the first single off of their album Come Clean. It was released in July 2001, was written by Wes Scantlin and was co-written by Brad Stewart. The song "Control" was popular, peaking at number 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Meaning and background

"Control" is about a relationship that Puddle of Mudd member Wes Scantlin was in. Scantlin told MTV that he was "going out with an uncontrollable person" and said that he was uncontrollable, too. Scantlin then told MTV:

"But the intimacy was really, really good. ... [There were] some freaky-deaky things going on. The end of the song is the wake-up [where you realize], "Man, I can't deal with this anymore." The mental frustration isn't worth the bonus that you get intimacy-wise. When I wrote those lyrics, I was going, "Ah, man, I don't know if the record company's going to let this fly." I didn't know what anybody in the band was going to think."[1]

Single

Track listings

US/Europe promo (2001)
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)" (Brad Stewart, Wesley Scantlin) 3:50
Europe enhanced single (2001)
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)"   3:50
2. "Control (Acoustic version)" (Brad Stewart, Wesley Scantlin) 4:09
3. "Control (Video)" (Directed By Fred Durst) 4:40
Total length:
 12:03
Australian enhanced (2001)
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)"   3:50
2. "Control (Acoustic version)"   4:09
3. "Never Change (Album version)" (Scantlin) 3:59
4. "Control (Video)"   4:40
Total length:
 16:37
UK enhanced single (2002)
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)"   3:50
2. "Abrasive (Non-LP track)" (Scantlin, From Abrasive Album) 3:14
3. "Control (Acoustic version)"   4:09
4. "Control (Video)"   4:40
Total length:
 15:17
UK 7" brown vinyl
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)"   3:50
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Abrasive (Non-LP track)"   3:14
Europe enhanced Maxi Single (2002)
No. Title Length
1. "Control (Album version)"   3:50
2. "Control (Acoustic version)"   4:09
3. "Abrasive (Non-LP track)"   3:14
4. "Control (Video)"   4:40
Total length:
 15:17

Appearances in other media

References

  1. ↑ "Puddle of Mudd: "Control" Freaks". MTV. Archived from the original on October 4, 2001.


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