The music video contains a mixture of animation and live performance footage. It was directed by Todd McFarlane who was assisted by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
The music video was recorded on December 13 and 14, 1998, in Los Angeles, California.
Music videoĪ screenshot from the "Freak on a Leash" music videoĪ music video for "Freak on a Leash" was released on February 5, 1999, and debuted on Total Request Live. The artist, Nathan E, came to the station for an interview where it was revealed he was just 15 years old. The new mix pushed the song back to the top ten requested for another month after the original had fallen off. A remixed version was made by a fan in San Jose CA and submitted to Live 105 radio station. Īn acoustic rendition of the song was recorded with Jonathan Davis singing a duet with Amy Lee of Evanescence, at MTV studios in Times Square, New York City for Korn's acoustic set on December 9, 2006. It expresses moods such as anger, drama, and sarcasm. The song contains vocals, guitars, bass and percussion. There are reoccurring elements throughout "Freak on a Leash". Pampalk proclaimed that "melodic elements do not play an important role in 'Freak on a Leash' and the specific loudness sensation is a rather complex pattern". Lloyd later went on to say that "Davis is giving voice to his inner basic feelings which are trying to resist being shaped or conditioned by utterances of others." Įlias Pampalk said that the song was "rather aggressive" and said it was heavy metal/ death metal. Lloyd also noted that the song contained "fragments of English-language words," and said that they "can be perceived in the midst of Davis' gibberish". The song uses dissonance, distortion, and various effects to bring the song "to life." David Lloyd from the University of Alberta said that the song was an example of a " nonsense-utterance" technique used by lead vocalist Jonathan Davis. "Freak on a Leash" is four minutes and fifteen seconds long. Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch said that the song "was about Jonathan Davis being a freak on a leash-sort of a kinky dominatrix thing." Leah Furman said that the song "revolved around the mixed blessings of fame". It was released in the United Kingdom three times, twice in Mexico and Australia, once in Germany, once in France, once in the United States, and once in Switzerland. Since its first release in the United Kingdom, it has been released over ten times. It was released as their second single, on May 25, 1999, and is considered to be one of their most successful singles. "Freak on a Leash" was recorded in March 1998 at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California. The band described the break as "the Biohazard part." Roughly four out of five of the fans were in favor of taking the break out. The original composition had a "noisy guitar break in the middle," but, after the group found out that radio stations are not fond of "noisy guitar breaks," they asked their fans if they should take out the break. "Freak on a Leash" was the first song played on their first tour date. The tour ran from September 22 until October 31. With mixed reviews, the single peaked at number six on the Alternative Songs chart, ten on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and twenty-four on the UK Singles Chart.įollowing the release of Follow the Leader, Korn promoted the studio album by headlining the Family Values Tour in 1998. As a result, the band released a music video that won three awards, and was retired from Total Request Live. Directed by Todd McFarlane in Los Angeles, California, the video explores both animations and live performances mixed together. The "Freak on a Leash" music video was released on February 5, 1999. The song uses dissonance, distortion, and effects, and is "aggressive." After Follow the Leader 's release, the song was released as a single on May 25, 1999, and since then, it has been re-released over ten times. Prior to the album's release, Korn had an instrumental section of the song, described as a "noisy guitar break." The section was taken out of the song after their fans requested it be taken out. " Freak on a Leash" is a song by the American nu metal band Korn, featured on the group's 1998 studio album Follow the Leader.