LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES AUGUST 30, 2019- TWENTY SIX YEARS AGO ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘DOWN IN A HOLE’ FROM THEIR EPIC SECOND ALBUM ‘DIRT.’ ‘DOWN IN A HOLE’ WAS THE FIFTH AND FINAL TRACK PULLED AS A SINGLE FROM THE RECORD, AND HELPED ‘DIRT’ PEAK AT # 6 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP ALBUM CHART, AND REMAIN ON THE CHARTS FOR 106 WEEKS. ‘DOWN IN A HOLE’ IS ONE OF THE GROUP’S SIGNATURE TRACKS AND WAS A SONG JERRY CANTRELL WROTE FOR HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND COURTNEY CLARK. IN THE LINER NOTES FOR THE MUSIC BANK BOX SET, DEDICATED IT TO “THE LOVE OF MY LIFE” WRITING:
“It’s the reality of my life, the path I’ve chosen and in a weird way it kind of foretold where we are right now. It’s hard for us to both understand… that this life is not conducive to much success with long-term relationships.”
‘DOWN IN A HOLE’ SPENT 21 WEEKS ON BILLBOARD’S MAINSTREAM ROCK CHARTS AND PEAKED AT # 10.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘DOWN IN A HOLE’
