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}} "Hypnotize" is the lead single for Armenian American rock band System of a Down's album of the same name, which was released on November 22, 2005 (see 2005 in music). The video was filmed on September 28, 2005, at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It reached number one on ''Billboard's'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and is the band's biggest international hit. As in many Mezmerize/Hypnotize songs, guitarist Daron Malakian accompanies Serj Tankian in the vocal sections. Serj and Daron perform a harmony in the refrain before and after the instrumental bridge. The combination of the two vocalists gives the song a vocal range, with Serj handling the lower verses and Daron handling the higher verses. Musically, "Hypnotize" changes modes in several places. The opening guitar riff and early verses are an upbeat melody that switches between the I (melodic) and V (Hindu) modes of F# melodic minor. The later riffs and the outro to the song are in the more commonly heard VI (natural) mode of F# minor. This mixing of modes creates the song's characteristic psychedelic feeling. The Eastern-themed instrumental bridge contains at least four overdubbed clean guitar tracks and a well-crafted, syncopated rhythm. The song leads up to a massive crescendo, then ends with a repeated portion of the opening riff with soft singing by Malakian. ==Music video== The music video is mostly footage from one of the band's September 2005 concerts, (filmed at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan) but includes a CGI scene of painting along with the music; the audio is dubbed over with the studio track. At one point in the video, a female audience member can be seen exposing her breasts. The nudity was left uncensored when the video was aired on television. The beginning and ending of the video show a helicopter spraying red matter across Grand Rapids (at the end forming the album's artwork). This could possibly be the pesticide referred to in the song "Attack" of the same album. Around a minute and fifty-two seconds into the video, there is a shot of a small portion of the audience. Within this shot, there is a woman exposing her breasts. This is highly notable, as no airing of the video on Television censors this. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hypnotize (System of a Down song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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