State of My Head

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"State of My Head"
Single by Shinedown
from the album Threat to Survival
ReleasedOctober 9, 2015
RecordedOcean Way Recording, Capitol Studios
Genre
Length3:25
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
  • Brent Smith
  • Carlo Colasacco
  • Jayson DeZuzio
  • Peter Nappi
  • Ethan Thompson
Shinedown singles chronology
"Cut the Cord"
(2015)
"State of My Head"
(2015)
"Asking for It"
(2016)
Music video
"State of My Head" on YouTube

"State of My Head" is a song by American rock band Shinedown. It was released on October 9, 2015 as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, Threat to Survival. The song reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, their tenth single to do so.

Style[]

James Chrisopher at AllMusic described the song as a departure from post-grunge, finding it to be a "slick amalgam of electropop and vintage alternative rock".[1]

Media[]

"State of My Head" was the theme song for the Professional Bull Riders' Built Ford Tough Series telecasts on CBS and CBS Sports Network during the PBR's 2016 season.[2]

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ James Christopher Monger. "Threat to Survival". AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2015. Threat to Survival begins to detour from the post-grunge highway with "State of My Head," a slick amalgam of electro-pop and vintage alt-rock with a catchy as hell though extremely well-worn chorus.
  2. ^ ben holden [@benholdenpxp] (21 January 2016). "Pretty awesome that @Shinedown "state of my head" is the theme song for @PBR on @CBSSportsNet awesome group and song !