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“Outside” is a single by the alternative metal band Staind. It is the second single released off their 2001 album Break the Cycle. “Outside” was originally performed live during the 1999 Family Values Tour in Biloxi, Mississippi, with Aaron Lewis (vocals/guitar) on the stage by himself and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst providing backing vocals. Lewis was asked to perform a song solo and he decided at the last moment to play a song he had been working on since the early days of Staind. He finished the lyrics to “Outside” on the spot while singing the song live.

“It’s really an accidental phenomenon,” Lewis explains. “I’ve been playing it for quite some time. In the early days of the band, any money we made went back into the band, so two or three times a week I played acoustically to make money to live off. ‘Outside’ was one of the songs I played, but it wasn’t really finished, so I made up different words every time. We almost put it on Dysfunction. Then, one night on the Family Values Tour, ten minutes before going onstage, we decided to do it. There was never any thought of releasing it this way.”[1]

This live acoustic version was picked up by radio stations across the country and became an instant hit. In many ways, the buzz generated by the live version of “Outside” provided the perfect bridge between Staind’s debut album Dysfunction and their breakthrough follow up, Break the Cycle, introducing new fans to the band just a few months before Break the Cycle was released. “Outside” also showed a much softer side of Lewis and Staind that would be explored further in Break the Cycle and 14 Shades of Grey.
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  • Schwarzohr

    Das ist kein lied, dass ist KUNST

    Saturday morning

  • crazzyd77

    YEAH !!!!!

    Wednesday evening

  • jpeiper

    Best without Durst. He is a parasite.

    last week

  • BlackLTD401

    It concerns me.

    21 days ago

  • LalaLunatic

    Because inside you´re ugly - ugly like me

    last month

  • Soulflyed

    This is 1 of those songs everytime I listen to, takes me back to another time in my life and brings sooo many memories of certain ppl, places and things! Gotta say, Still enjoy hearing it, although the live version w/ Fred Durst is classic

    last month

  • itsnotoveryet27

    a great song, swimming with the waves in the ocean of beloved music, never sinking into the gulf of oblivion

    last month

  • BlackLTD401

    It gives me the creeps.

    last month

  • Pfaelzerwald

    BS he went country dude.

    March 2012

  • goku_utd

    A long-time favourite!

    March 2012

  • Sellerich

    true story

    March 2012

  • LeoliCat

    This is the only version as far as I'm concerned :D

    March 2012

  • your_irislakes

    ugly like me

    March 2012

  • kihotq

    чудова пісня!

    March 2012

  • chadwitte

    They didnt go country, it's just something Aaron wanted to do on his solo stuff!!! The new Staind is still ROCKIN!!!!!

    March 2012

  • Pfaelzerwald

    why did he go country?

    March 2012

  • tad72

    such an amazing song.

    February 2012

  • kimmykimster66

    <3

    February 2012

  • niceverdict

    fave song.. <3

    February 2012

  • niceverdict

    ugly like me. :( I'm lame.. :( SWEEET ASS SONG!!

    February 2012
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