Warning (Incubus song)

2002 single by Incubus

"Warning"

Single by Incubus
from the album  Morning View
Released| April 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)[1]
Length|

* 4:42 (album version)
* 3:50 (radio edit)

Label| Epic, Immortal
Songwriter(s)| Incubus
Producer(s)| Incubus, Scott Litt
Incubus singles chronology
| "Nice to Know You"
(2001)  | "Warning"
(2002)  | "Are You In?"
(2002)

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"Warning" is a song by American rock band Incubus, released as a single from their fourth studio album, Morning View (2001). It reached number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart (now known as Alternative Airplay), number 27 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.

## Music video

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The video (set in Sydney, Australia and directed by Francis Lawrence) shows a girl in a hoodie, wearing a digital watch, who stares blankly ahead, apparently oblivious to anyone around her, even though she stands in the middle of crowded areas, namely:

* an airport terminal
* a school classroom
* a church sanctuary aisle
* a grocery aisle
* a busy urban intersection
* an office
* a supermarket

However, at exactly 10:23 AM, she screams in an extremely shrill voice (which is, like most character dialogue in the video save for the band's singers, inaudible and subtitled), and screams for exactly one whole minute.

This process, according to the video, takes place over the course of three days. At the end of the video, it is revealed that exactly 10:24, all the places featured in the video are abandoned, as if the individuals who beheld the girl in any of these environments, and eventually, the entire city's populace, had suddenly vanished or were abducted. This is exemplified by:

* an inner-city public bus whose drivers and passengers have disappeared, but eventually runs onto the sidewalk.
* a dropped coffee mug
* a still-moving cart in the grocery store

The band itself is playing the song in a loft; they also disappear at the end of the video. The message of this song and video urges people to live life to the fullest, because at any moment it could be over.

## Personnel

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Incubus

* Brandon Boyd – lead vocals
* Mike Einziger – guitar, backing vocals
* Dirk Lance – bass
* Chris Kilmore – turntables
* José Pasillas – drums

## Charts

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Chart (2002)  | Peak
position

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US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[2] | 4
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[3] | 3
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] | 27

## External links

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* "Warning" Official music video on YouTube

## References

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1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1447\. April 5, 2002. p. 27.
2. ^ "Incubus Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
3. ^ "Incubus Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
4. ^ "Incubus Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

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Incubus

* Brandon Boyd
* Mike Einziger
* José Pasillas
* Chris Kilmore
* Nicole Row

* Alex Katunich
* Gavin Koppel
* Ben Kenney

Studio albums|

* Fungus Amongus
* S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
* Make Yourself
* Morning View
* A Crow Left of the Murder...
* Light Grenades
* If Not Now, When?
* 8

EPs|

* Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer
* Enjoy Incubus
* When Incubus Attacks Volume 1
* Trust Fall (Side A)
* Trust Fall (Side B)

Live albums|

* Live at Lollapalooza 2003
* Live in Japan 2004
* Live in Sweden 2004
* Live in Malaysia 2004

Compilations|

* Monuments and Melodies
* HQ Live Box Set
* The Essential Incubus

Singles|

* "Take Me to Your Leader"
* "New Skin"
* "Pardon Me"
* "Stellar"
* "Drive"
* "Wish You Were Here"
* "Nice to Know You"
* "Warning"
* "Are You In?"
* "Megalomaniac"
* "Talk Shows on Mute"
* "Make a Move"
* "Anna Molly"
* "Dig"
* "Oil and Water"
* "Love Hurts"
* "Black Heart Inertia"
* "Let's Go Crazy"
* "Adolescents"
* "Promises, Promises"
* "Absolution Calling"
* "Nimble Bastard"

DVDs|

* When Incubus Attacks Volume 2
* The Morning View Sessions
* Alive at Red Rocks
* Look Alive CD/DVD
* Incubus HQ Live CD/DVD

Related|

* Discography
* Audiovent
* "The Odyssey"
* 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour

* Category:Incubus (band)

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* MusicBrainz work

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