B.Y.O.B. (song)

"B.Y.O.B." ("Bring Your Own Bombs") is the first single released from System of a Down's fourth album Mezmerize. Like their earlier song "Boom!", it was written to protest the Iraq War. B.Y.O.B. means "Bring Your Own Bombs", as opposed to the common interpretation "Bring Your Own Bottle", referring to the Iraq War as a party for the United States. It is also a playable track in the music video game World Tour

Awards

• System of a Down won the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category in the 2006 Grammy Awards.
• The track was the band's only Top 40 single of their career, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• It was voted #76 in Total Guitar's 100 Greatest Riffs ever.
• It was voted #63 in Digital Dream Door 100 Best Metal Riffs.
• It made onto numerous "Top 40" play lists around the globe, including Germany, New Zealand, Australia and the United States, and occasionally made it to #1 on other music shows.
• It made #134 on the Y2KROQ Top 200 Songs of the Century

Music video

The video for "B.Y.O.B." was directed by Jake Nava.

The music video shows an army of drone soldiers marching through the streets, wearing masks that show words such as "DIE", "TRUTH", "OBEY", "BUY"...
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