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{{for|other uses, including other songs titled "Chop Suey"|Chop suey (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox song | name = Chop Suey! | cover = ChopSueyEurope.jpg | alt = | caption = Standard retail artwork | type = single | artist = [[System of a Down]] | album = [[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]] | B-side = Johnny | released = {{start date|2001|08|13}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wiederhorn|first1=Jonn|title=System Of A Down's Schizophrenia Aggravated On Toxicity|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1446606/system-of-a-downs-schizophrenia-aggravated-on-toxicity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001122455/http://www.mtv.com/news/1446606/system-of-a-downs-schizophrenia-aggravated-on-toxicity/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2015|website=MTV|access-date=April 15, 2015|date=August 13, 2001|quote=The first single from Toxicity is "Chop Suey", which starts with a guitar strum and a tribal beat and segues to a serrated stop-start punk verse before drifting into an ethereal chorus colored by a bouzouki, a Greek stringed instrument.}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = [[Cello Studios|Cello]] (Hollywood) | genre = * [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-nu-metal-songs-that-actually-dont-suck-7339562 | title=10 Nu-metal Songs That Actually Don't Suck | work=[[Phoenix New Times]] | date=May 18, 2015 | access-date=March 13, 2016 | author=Chesler, Josh}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lil Uzi Vert Covers System of a Down, Features Bring Me the Horizon + Babymetal on New Album |date=June 30, 2023 |url=https://loudwire.com/lil-uzi-vert-pink-tape-system-down-bring-me-horizon-babymetal/ |access-date=August 11, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * [[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=James|title=Crashing the Party|url=http://theboar.org/2013/04/17/crashing-party/#.VSKYW_nF88Q|date=April 17, 2013|quote=Not so long ago, I was frequenting an exclusive South Leamington cocktail bar. Compelled by housemates proffering a certain glowing green beverage, I was giving a passionate rendition of System of a Down’s alternative metal anthem, ‘Chop Suey’.|access-date=April 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206003319/http://theboar.org/2013/04/17/crashing-party/#.VSKYW_nF88Q|archive-date=December 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | length = 3:30 | label = * [[American Recordings (record label)|American]] * [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | writer = * [[Daron Malakian]] * [[Serj Tankian]] | producer = * Daron Malakian * [[Rick Rubin]] * Serj Tankian | prev_title = [[Spiders (System of a Down song)|Spiders]] | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = [[Toxicity (song)|Toxicity]] | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|CSvFpBOe8eY|"Chop Suey!"}}}} }} "'''Chop Suey!'''" is a song by the American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[System of a Down]]. It was released on August 13, 2001, as the first single from their second album, ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'' (2001). The single earned the band its first [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nomination in 2002 for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] at the [[44th Annual Grammy Awards]]. "Chop Suey!" is often considered the band's [[List of signature songs|signature song]], and its music video has reached one billion views on [[YouTube]].<ref name=Billion>{{Cite web|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/system-of-a-downs-chop-suey-reaches-one-billion-views-on-youtube-2827244|title=System Of A Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ reaches one billion views on YouTube|website=[[NME]]|date=November 28, 2020|access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>
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