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System of a Down discography
At the Download Festival in 2005
Studio albums5
Music videos12
EPs3
Singles14
B-sides9
Tribute albums3

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by System of a Down, a four-piece American rock band, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, California. The band has released five studio albums, fourteen singles, and two extended plays (EPs) among several other recordings. Toxicity was the most successful album for the band, earning a Triple-Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1] Also they are the first band since The Beatles to get a pair of chart topping debuts within the same calendar year. They did this with their release of Mezmerize and Hypnotize in 2006.[2]

This list does not include material that members of System of a Down recorded with other bands or any solo projects.

Albums

Date Title Sales and certifications[1] Peak Chart Positions
U.S.
[3] 		UK
[4] 		NOR
[5] 		AUS
[5] 		NZ
[5] 		ITA
[5] 		IRL
[5]
June 30, 1998 System of a Down
 124 103 — — — — —
September 4, 2001 Toxicity
  • Label: American
  • US sales: 3.93 million[6]
  • RIAA certification: Triple-Platinum
 1 13 — 41 — 23 66
November 26, 2002 Steal This Album!
  • US sales: 1.1 million
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
 15 56 39 — — — —
May 16, 2005 Mezmerize
  • Label: American/Columbia
  • US sales: 1.7 million
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
 1 2 2 1 1 4 2
November 22, 2005 Hypnotize
  • Label: American/Columbia
  • US sales: 1.3 million
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
 1 11 4 3 1 10 10
  • "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart.

EPs

Year Title Comments
1998 Sugar -
2000 Limited Edition Tour CD Promotional recording
2006 Lonely Day -

Tribute albums

Year Title Comments
July 1 2003 [7] The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down
October 25, 2005 The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Mezmerize
  • Label: Vitamin Records
  • Producer: Blur Circle Music
February 21, 2006[8] The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize
  • Label: Vitamin Records

Singles

Year Title Chart peak positions Album
US Hot 100[9] US Modern Rock[9] US Mainstream Rock[9] US Pop 100[9] UK Singles Chart[10] Germany
1998 "Sugar" - #31 #28 - #136 - System of a Down
1999 "Spiders" - #38 #25 - - -
2001 "Johnny" - - - - - - Toxicity
"Chop Suey!" (Certified Gold US)[1] #76 #7 #12 - #17 -
2002 "Toxicity" #70 #3 #10 - #25 #88
"Aerials" #55 #1 #1 - #34 #80
"Innervision" #107 #12 #14 - - - Steal This Album!
2005 "B.Y.O.B." (Certified Platinum US)[1] #27 #4 #4 #34 #26 - Mezmerize
"Question!" #102 #9 #7 - #41 -
"Violent Pornography" - - - - - -
"Hypnotize" (Certified Gold US)[1] #57 #1 #5 #59 #48 #83 Hypnotize
2006 "Lonely Day" #123 #10 #10 - - #46
"Kill Rock 'N Roll" - - #38 - - -
"Vicinity of Obscenity" - - - - - -

Demos

The Beginning (1995-1997)

Untitled 1995 Demo Tape

  1. "P.I.G." (1995 "Mr. Jack" Demo)
  2. "Flake"
  3. "Toast"
  4. "The Metro" (1995 Demo) (John Crawford)

Other 1995 demos

  • "Friik" (Demo)
  • ".36" (1995 "36" Demo)
  • "Roulette" (Full Band Version)

Demo Tape 1 (1995)

  1. "Sugar" (1995 Demo) (Lrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  2. "Suite-Pee" (1995 Demo)
  3. "DAM" (Lyrics & Music: Malakian)"[citation needed]
  4. "P.L.U.C.K." (Demo)

Demo Tape 2 (1996)

  1. "Honey"
  2. "Temper"
  3. "Soil" (Demo)

Demo Tape 3 (1997)

  1. "Know" (Demo) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian/Tankian)
  2. "War?" (Demo)
  3. "Peephole" (Demo)

Debut album era (1997-2000)

Demo Tape 4 (1997)

  1. "Q-Bert" ("CUBErt" Demo) (Lyrics: Tankian/Malakian, Music: Malakian)
  2. "Marmalade" (Demo)
  3. "DDevil" (Demo) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  4. "Slow" ("Spiders" Demo)
  5. ".36" (1997 "36" Demo)
  6. "Friik"
  7. "Mind" (Demo) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian/Tankian)
  8. "Suite-Pee" (1997 Demo)
  9. "Blue" (Lyrics & Music: Tankian)
  10. "Darts" (1997 Demo)
  11. "Storaged" (Demo)
  12. "Sugar" (1997 Demo) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  13. "The Metro" (1997 Demo) (John Crawford)

Samplers

System of a Down released three samplers before the release of the debut album. Most of these were unmixed songs from the debut album.

  • Street sampler
    1. "Suite-Pee"
    2. "P.L.U.C.K."
  • Kerrang! Ultra Collection Sampler
    1. "War?"
    2. "Suite-Pee"
  • Pre-Release CD Sampler
    1. "Suite-Pee"
    2. "Know" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian/Tankian)
    3. "P.L.U.C.K."

1998 American recording sessions

  1. "Suite-Pee"
  2. "Know" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian/Tankian)
  3. "Soil"
  4. "Sugar" (Different intro called the "Anchorman" intro) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  5. "Spiders"
  6. "Storaged"
  7. "DDevil" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  8. "War?" (No effects in the breakdown)
  9. "Mind" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian/Tankian)
  10. "Peephole" (No intro)
  11. "CUBErt" (Lyrics: Tankian/Malakian, Music: Malakian)
  12. "Darts" (Alarm clock ending)
  13. "P.L.U.C.K."

Toxicity/Steal This Album! era (2001-2002)

Toxicity sampler (unmastered, 2001)

  1. "Chop Suey!" (No Intro)
  2. "Needles" (Short Chorus) (Lyrics & Music: Tankian/Malakian)
  3. "Deer Dance" (Higher Bass Effect)
  4. "Toxicity" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  5. "Bounce" (Short Chorus) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)

Toxicity promo singles

  • Beno's Copy (2001)
  1. "Prison Song" (Demo)
  • Toxicity Radio Promo Single (2001)
  1. "Chop Suey!"
  2. "Needles" (Lyrics & Music: Tankian/Malakian)
  3. "Deer Dance"
  4. "Version 7.0" ("Toxicity") (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  • Toxicity Street Sampler Promo Single (2001)
  1. "Prison Song" (Snippet)
  2. "X" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
  • Toxicity UK Promo Single (2001)
  1. "Chop Suey!"
  2. "Toxicity" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  3. "Deer Dance"
  4. "Needles" (Lyrics & Music: Tankian/Malakian)
  • Toxicity US Promo Single (2001)
  1. "Prison Song"
  2. "X" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)

Toxicity promo (2001)

  1. "Prison Song" (Longer Ending, no "Needles" transition) - 3:24
  2. "Needles" (No "Prison Song" transition) (Lyrics & Music: Tankian/Malakian) - 3:13
  3. "Deer Dance" (Different breakdown transition and bass effect) - 2:54
  4. "Jet Pilot" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian) - 2:06
  5. "X" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian) - 1:59
  6. "Chop Suey!" (No "We're rolling suicide" intro, less pronounced orchestral elements, shorter ending) - 3:30
  7. "PJ's" ("Bounce", shorter intro) (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian) - 1:44
  8. "Forest" ("Longer ending, different ATWA transition") "(Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian) - 4:03
  9. "ATWA" (Slightly different "Forest"-transition) - 2:57
  10. "Science" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian) - 2:44
  11. "Shimmy" (Lyrics & Music: Tankian) - 1:53
  12. "Version 7.0" ("Toxicity") (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian) - 3:38
  13. "Psycho" (No "Aerials" transition) - 3:48
  14. "Aerials" (No "Psycho" transition, separated with "Arto") - 4:01
  15. "Outro" ("Arto", "Der Voghormia", separated with "Aerials") (Tankian, Arto Tunçboyaciyan) - 2:28

Toxicity (Not Final Master) promo (2001) [11]

Very rare Columbia pre-release intended for magazines and reviewers only. Music does not differ from the internet promo release.

  1. "Needles" (Lyrics & Music: Tankian/Malakian)
  2. "X" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
  3. "Jet Pilot" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  4. "Deer Dance"
  5. "Science" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
  6. "Version 7.0 (Toxicity)" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  7. "Psycho"
  8. "Prison" ("Prison Song")
  9. "Chop Suey" [sic]
  10. "Bounce" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Odadjian/Malakian)
  11. "Forest" (Lyrics: Tankian, Music: Malakian)
  12. "Atwa" [sic]
  13. "Shimmy"
  14. "Aerials"
  15. "Arto" (Tankian, Arto Tunçboyaciyan)

Mezmerize/Hypnotize era (2003-Present)

Mezmerize/Hypnotize Recording Sessions (2004)

  • "Cigaro" (Leaked online)
  • "Lost in Hollywood" (Leaked online)
  • "Kill Rock 'N Roll" (Leaked online) (Lyrics & Music: D. Malakian)
  • "Hezze" (Never released)
  • "174" (Never released)
  • "Citadel" (Never released)
  • "Religious People" (Never released)
  • "Blowing Bubbles" (Never released)
  • "Annoying Car Alarm" (Never released)
  • "Antibiotics" (Never released)
  • "Charades" (Released on Axis of Justice's Concert Series Volume 1 instead)
  • "Soldier Side" (Leaked online)

Collaborations/Soundtrack contributions

Year Song Contribution Information Reference
1997 "P.L.U.C.K." Hye Enk Armenian Collection Extended version
1998 "Suite-Pee" Diabolus in Musica Tour Sampler Clean version [12]
"Will They Die 4 You?" Chef Aid: The South Park Album With Mase, Puffy and Lil' Kim
"Know" Sweating Bullets
"Know" Kerrang! Top Tunes of 1998
"Marmalade" Strangeland Soundtrack [13]
"Suite-Pee" Radio Kerrang! The Devil's Jukebox Vol. 7
"War?" Metal Hammer: Hammered Vol. 1
1999 "Spiders" Are You New School [14]
2000 "Shame" Loud Rocks With the Wu-Tang Clan [15]
"The Metro" Dracula 2000 Soundtrack Berlin cover [16]
"Suite-Pee" MTV The Return of the Rock
"Sugar" KROQ - New Music
"Spiders" Scream 3: The Album [17]
"Storaged" Heavy Metal 2000 Soundtrack
"Mind" Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 [18]
"Snowblind" Nativity in Black II Black Sabbath cover
"Sugar" MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald Video game soundtrack [19]
2001 "The Metro" Not Another Teen Movie Soundtrack Berlin cover [20]
"Prison Song"
"Chop Suey!" (Video) 		Underskin Promo
"War?" Corrosion
"Prison Song" Visions: All Areas Volume 19
"Prison Song" Kerrang! Life Is Loud - Noise Annoys Vol. 1
"Prison Song" Oorgasm Vol. 6
"Prison Song" Metal Hammer 2001
"X" Kerrang! The Best of 2001
2002 "Chop Suey!" Hardplace Music video
"Toxicity" Visions: All Areas Volume 25 Music video
"Chop Suey!"
"Bounce"
"Toxicity" 		Pledge of Allegiance Tour: Live Concert Recording Live recordings [21]
"Streamline" The Scorpion King Soundtrack Alternate version [22]
"Snowblind" Osbourne Family Album Black Sabbath cover [23]
"Needles" Ozzfest 2002 Summer Sampler [24]
"Science" ATV Offroad Fury 2 Video game soundtrack [25]
"Shimmy" Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Video game soundtrack [26]
2004 "Chic 'N' Stu" Shotgun Wedding Volume Two / Evil Doppelganger
"Boom!" Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 [27]
"Nüguns" Genocide in Sudan [28]
2005 "Boom!" Big Day Out 05
"Cigaro" Visions: All Areas Volume 61
2006 "Lonely Day" Mexican Sony BMG Promo
2007 "Lonely Day" Disturbia Soundtrack

Live Covers

  • 03-26-1999, Detroit: Serj joins Fear Factory on stage of a cover of Gary Numan's "Cars."
  • 11-04-2000, Los Angeles: The band performs "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead between songs.
  • 08-24-2001, Leeds: Daron performs "Singin' in the Rain" by Arthur Reed and Nacio Herb Brown as an interlude between songs
  • 08-25-2001, Lowlands: Daron performs "When the Smoke is Coming Down" by The Scorpions between songs, also during this show, the band performed "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd. The band has performed this song on several occasions with varying changes in lyrics.
  • 09-25-2001, New York: The band performs "Coming Home" by the Scorpions between songs.
  • 01-08-2002, Hamilton: The band performs "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna between songs.
  • 03-14-2002, Germany: Serj performs "Imagine" by John Lennon on a keyboard to close the concert.
  • 03-17-2002, Paris: Daron performs the Armenian folk melody "Saratabad."
  • 03-25-2002, Brixton: Daron performs "Children of the Sea" by Black Sabbath (Ronnie James Dio era.) Also during this performance, the band medleys a short version of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" with their song "Suite-Pee."
  • 03-26-2002, Brixton: The band performs "Shame" by The Wu Tang Clan. This song has also been covered in the studio by System of a Down with The Rza.
  • 03-27-2002, London: Daron performs "China Girl" by David Bowie between songs.
  • 05-22-2002, Location Unknown: Daron performs "Weekends" by Debbie Deb between songs.
  • 07-31-2002, Montreal: Daron performs "Sultans of Swings" by Dire Straits between songs.
  • 08-26-2003, Reading: Daron performs "Sorry, Not Sorry" by Amen between songs, Daron also strums the opening chords for "Transylvanian Hunger" by Darkthrone as an interlude.
  • 09-08-2002, Dallas: Daron performs "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas between songs.
  • 08-22-2003, Leeds: Daron performs "Thank You" by Led Zeppelin between songs.
  • 11-15-2003, Hollywood: Daron performs "Civil War" by Guns n' Roses between songs.
  • 01-21-2005, Aukland: Daron performs "Mama, Weer All Crazee Now" by Slade between songs.
  • 04-04-2005, Astoria: Daron performs "Julieta" by Armenian folk artist Harout Pamboukjian, also during this show, "Somebody Tell Me" by WHAM! was used as an intro for "Sugar."
  • 06-25-2005, Germany: Daron performs "My My, Hey Hey" by Neil Young between songs. Daron has performed this song several times with varying changes in lyrics.
  • 09-01-2005, Toronto: Daron performs the intro the song "Hollow Hills" by Bauhaus as an interlude between songs.
  • 11-08-2005, Dallas: Daron performs "Southern Man" by Neil Young between songs.
  • 12-10-2005, Universal City: Daron performs "Only You" by the Platters between songs.

Videography

Song Album Director(s)
"War?" (Demo) Demo Tape 3 (1997) Unknown
"Sugar" System of a Down (1998) Nathan Cox
"Spiders" System of a Down (1999) Charlie Deaux
"The Metro" Dracula 2000 Soundtrack (2000) Unknown
"Chop Suey!" Toxicity (2001) Marcos Siega
"Toxicity" Toxicity (2002) Shavo Odadjian and Marcos Siega[29]
"Aerials" Toxicity (2002) Shavo Odadjian and David Slade[30]
"Boom!" Steal This Album! (2003) Michael Moore[31]
"B.Y.O.B." Mezmerize (2005) Jake Nava [32]
"Question!" Mezmerize (2005) Shavo Odadjian and Howard Greenhalgh [33]
"Hypnotize" Hypnotize (2005) Shavo Odadjian[34]
"Lonely Day" Hypnotize (2006) Josh Melnick and Xander Charity

B-sides

  • 1998: "Will They Die 4 You?" (with Mase, Puffy and Lil' Kim)
  • 1998: "Marmalade"
  • 1998: "Storaged"
  • 2000: "The Metro" ("Metro")
  • 2000: "Snowblind" (Black Sabbath cover)
  • 2000: "Shame" (with RZA)
  • 2001: "Johnny"
  • 2002: "Forever (Outer Space)"
  • 2002: "Cherry"

Notes

General
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  • "System of a Down - Discography". Discogs. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
Specific
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  2. ^ "System Of A Down Make It A Double With Chart-Topping Hypnotize". MTV. Last accessed October 20, 2007.
  3. ^ "Artist Chart History - System of a Down". Billboard. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Last accessed October 19, 2007.
  4. ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyhit.com. Last accessed October 19, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d e "System of a Down - Music Charts". acharts.com. Last accessed October 19, 2007.
  6. ^ "Up for System of a Down". CNN. Last accessed October 20, 2007.
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  8. ^ "Vitaman Records' Store - The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize". Vitamin Records. Last accessed October 20, 2007.
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  10. ^ "System of a Down UK Singles Chart History". Chart Stats. Last accessed October 27, 2007.
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  12. ^ Diabolus In Musica Tour Sampler by Various Artists. Rate Your Music. Last accessed December 26, 2007.
  13. ^ Strangeland Original Soundtrack. All Music Guide. Last accessed November 12, 2007.
  14. ^ Are You New School? -Various Artists All Music Guide. Last accessed November 12, 2007.
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  20. ^ "Various - Not Another Teen Movie". BBC. Last accessed November 09, 2007.
  21. ^ "The Pledge of Allegiance Tour Live on CD". NY Rock. Last accessed October 22, 2007.
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  26. ^ "GameSpot - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 soundtrack revealed". GameSpot. Last accessed October 19, 2007.
  27. ^ "Michael Moore's Musical Inspiration". IGN. Last accessed October 21, 2007.
  28. ^ Genocide in Sudan (Various Artists) All Music Guide. Last accessed November 13, 2007.
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