# Dull Boy

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Dull Boy
| cover      = mudvayne_dull_boy.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Mudvayne](/source/Mudvayne)
| album      = [By the People, For the People](/source/By_the_People%2C_For_the_People) and [The New Game](/source/The_New_Game)
| released   = October 23, 2007
| format     =
| recorded   = 2006–2007
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Alternative metal](/source/Alternative_metal)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/mudvayne/the-new-game | title=MUDVAYNE - the New Game }}</ref>
| length     = 4:15
| label      = [Epic](/source/Epic_Records)
| writer     = {{hlist|[Chad Gray](/source/Chad_Gray)|[Greg Tribbett](/source/Greg_Tribbett)|[Ryan Martinie](/source/Ryan_Martinie)|[Matthew McDonough](/source/Matthew_McDonough)}}
| producer   = [Dave Fortman](/source/Dave_Fortman)
| prev_title = [Fall into Sleep](/source/Fall_into_Sleep)
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [Do What You Do](/source/Do_What_You_Do_(Mudvayne_song))
| next_year  = 2008
}}

"'''Dull Boy'''" is a [single](/source/single_(music)) from American [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music) band [Mudvayne](/source/Mudvayne)'s 2007 album ''[By the People, for the People](/source/By_the_People%2C_for_the_People)'', later included on the band's 2008 studio album ''[The New Game](/source/The_New_Game)''.

==Lyrical themes==
At the beginning of the song, [Chad Gray](/source/Chad_Gray) repeats "[All work and no play makes me a dull boy](/source/All_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy)" four times, elevating his voice from a whisper to a scream with each repetition. This is a reference to ''[The Shining](/source/The_Shining_(film))''. The band has stated in numerous interviews that [Stanley Kubrick](/source/Stanley_Kubrick) is Mudvayne's favorite director.

==Video==
For the video the band made a green screen contest in which they record themselves in a green screen and upload it to their website so that anyone can do their own version of the video and upload it.

==Track listing==
;CD single
{{track listing
| title1  = Dull Boy
| note1   = Radio Edit
| length1 = 4:01
| title2  = Dull Boy
| note2   = Album Version
| length2 = 4:17
}}

;Digital single
{{track listing
| title1  = Dull Boy
| note1   = Radio Edit
| length1 = 4:01
| title2  = Dig
| note2   = Instrumental
| length2 = 2:47
}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2007)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|17|artist=Mudvayne|accessdate=January 13, 2020}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ki0hePw78 Official Music Video] at [YouTube](/source/YouTube)

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Category:Mudvayne songs
Category:2007 singles
Category:Songs written by Chad Gray
Category:Songs written by Ryan Martinie
Category:Songs written by Matthew McDonough
Category:Songs written by Greg Tribbett
Category:2007 songs
Category:Epic Records singles

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