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Find sources: "Perfect Insanity" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 2008 single by Disturbed "Perfect Insanity" Single by Disturbed from the album Indestructible Released May 6, 2008 Recorded February 2007 – January 2008 at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois Genre Heavy metal hard rock alternative metal Length 3:57 Label Reprise Songwriters Steve Kmak Dan Donegan Mike Wengren David Draiman Producer Dan Donegan Disturbed singles chronology "Inside the Fire" (2008) "Perfect Insanity" (2008) "Indestructible" (2008) "**Perfect Insanity**" is a song by American [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music) band [Disturbed](/source/Disturbed_(band)), released as a single from their fourth album *[Indestructible](/source/Indestructible_(Disturbed_album))*. The song was originally written by the band prior to their debut album, *[The Sickness](/source/The_Sickness)*, and was previously released on the band's documentary, *[M.O.L.](/source/M.O.L.)*, as a demo track with a music video. The band re-recorded the song in 2007 and released it on *Indestructible*. It is also featured in the video game *[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009](/source/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2009)* and is a downloadable track in the *[Rock Band](/source/Rock_Band)* series. An alternate title for the song, as seen in the booklet for the *Indestructible* CD, is "Condemnation". ## Themes According to vocalist David Draiman, the song's meaning is "toying with the idea of insanity. Coming at you from the perspective from the individual who is [insane] and warning people around him, particularly his love interests, about his psychotic tendencies."[1] ## Music video 45 second sample comparing the 2008 *Indestructible* recording of "Perfect Insanity" and the 1998 demo version. No music video has been released for the re-recorded version of this song. However, on the band's home documentary, *M.O.L.*, an old music video can be viewed, made in 1998. The video depicts vocalist David Draiman, locked inside of a room, in a straitjacket. As he tries to break free, the video shows the band playing variously on a stage, in between clips of Draiman trying to escape from the straitjacket. As the song finishes, the video switches to a scene of a graveyard, implying Draiman had died insane. ## Chart performance Chart (2008) Position Hot Canadian Digital Singles[2] 70 ## Personnel - [David Draiman](/source/David_Draiman) – [lead vocals](/source/Lead_vocals), [backing vocals](/source/Backing_vocals), co-producer - [Dan Donegan](/source/Dan_Donegan) – [guitars](/source/Guitar), [electronics](/source/Programming_(music)), producer - [John Moyer](/source/John_Moyer) – [bass guitar](/source/Bass_guitar), [backing vocals](/source/Backing_vocals) - [Mike Wengren](/source/Mike_Wengren) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit), co-producer ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-daviddraimanpodcastinterview_1-0)** ["David Draiman interview on Headbangers Ball Podcast"](https://hbbpodcast.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-with-disturbed-frontman-david.html). [Headbangers Ball](/source/Headbangers_Ball). 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-charthistory_2-0)** ["Disturbed: Chart history - Perfect Insanity"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211121095224/https://www.billboard.com/artist/disturbed/chart-history/hot-canadian-digital-singles/). *Billboard.com*. 2008. Archived from [the original](https://www.billboard.com/artist/disturbed/chart-history/hot-canadian-digital-singles) on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2008-10-04. v t e Disturbed Dan Donegan Mike Wengren David Draiman John Moyer Steve "Fuzz" Kmak Erich Awalt Studio albums The Sickness Believe Ten Thousand Fists Indestructible Asylum Immortalized Evolution Divisive Compilation albums The Lost Children Live albums & DVDs M.O.L. Music as a Weapon II Live & Indestructible Indestructible in Germany Singles "Stupify" "Down with the Sickness" "Voices" "The Game" "Prayer" "Remember" "Liberate" "Guarded" "Stricken" "Just Stop" "Land of Confusion" "Ten Thousand Fists" "Inside the Fire" "Perfect Insanity" "Indestructible" "The Night" "Another Way to Die" "The Animal" "Warrior" "Hell" "The Vengeful One" "Immortalized" "The Light" "The Sound of Silence" "Open Your Eyes" "Are You Ready" "A Reason to Fight" "No More" "Hey You" "Unstoppable" "I Will Not Break" Concert tours Music as a Weapon Indestructible Tour Asylum Tour Related articles Discography Awards and nominations Device Fight or Flight Category Authority control databases MusicBrainz work --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Perfect Insanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Insanity) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Insanity?action=history)). 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