Vocalist Phil Anselmo said that the message of the song was "Take your fucking attitude and take a fuckin' walk with that. Keep that shit away from me".[4] His message was aimed at friends that treated the band differently when they arrived home after touring for Cowboys from Hell.[4] He said "they thought it had gone to our heads, like we've got this rock-star thing embroidered across our faces".[4]
"Walk" was included on the soundtrack for the 2022 film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and was played during a scene where Dr. Robotnik was attacking Sonic in the Death Egg Robot.[6]
Release
The song was released as the fourth and final single from Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power album in 1993. The band also released a number of EPs and remixes for the song in 1993, including:
The song is considered to be one of the band's best tracks and is also one of the band's most well known songs to both Pantera fans and casual listeners. The song is the most viewed Pantera song on YouTube, with over 284 million views as of 2024. In March 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Walk" at number 29 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list.[7] The song ranked number 16 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[8]Guitar World magazine voted the song's solo the 57th greatest of all time.[9] The song peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's first UK top 40 hit.
Avenged Sevenfold's cover of the song was released as a single to promote their live album Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough. It was released as the first single on the album. However, the song was originally recorded for the band's first DVD, All Excess.
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