- Used to express desire or intent: She said she would meet us at the corner.
- Used to express a wish: Would that we had gone with you!
- Used after a statement of desire, request, or advice: I wish you would stay.
- Used to make a polite request: Would you go with me?
- Used in the main clause of a conditional statement to express a possibility or likelihood: If I had enough money, I would buy a car. We would have gone to the beach, had the weather been good. See Usage Note at if.
- Used to express presumption or expectation: That would be Steve at the door.
- Used to indicate uncertainty: He would seem to be getting better.
- Used to express repeated or habitual action in the past: Every morning we would walk in the garden.
would
Dictionary:
would (wʊd)  |
aux.v., Past tense of, will2.
| Idioms: would |
Idioms beginning with would:
wouldn't
wouldn't dream of
would rather
would that
See also as luck would have it; fly on the wall, would like to be a. Also see under wouldn't.
| Word Tutor: would |
IN BRIEF: Word used to talk about something that might have happened in the past or might happen in the future.
I would have won the race, if I had not fallen.
| Wikipedia: Would? |
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| Single by Alice in Chains | |||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Dirt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD, cassette, vinyl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | March–May 1992 at Eldorado Recording Studio, Burbank, California; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington; One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Grunge | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jerry Cantrell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Alice in Chains, Dave Jerden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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"Would?" is a single by grunge/metal group Alice in Chains, appearing on their album Dirt (1992). This song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 movie Singles, in which the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006).
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Lyrics
The song, written by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, concerns the late lead singer of Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
I was thinking a lot about Andrew Wood at the time. We always had a great time when we did hang out, much like Chris Cornell and I do. There was never really a serious moment or conversation, it was all fun. Andy was a hilarious guy, full of life and it was really sad to lose him. But I always hate people who judge the decisions others make. So it was also directed towards people who pass judgments.[1]
Release and reception
"Would?" was released as a single in 1992. "Would?" peaked at number five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The UK single was released in January 1993.[2] "Would?" reached the top 20 in the UK and the top 40 in the Netherlands. It is one of the band's most well-known songs. The song was named the 88th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]
Steve Huey of Allmusic said that the song is "a touch more melancholy than many of the group's best-known rockers" and "one of the band's most fully realized individual moments."[4] James Hunter of Rolling Stone called the song "a Seattle song that in 1999 evokes no grunge nostalgia. It's timeless, one of the most stylish singles of the decade, the work of a band which understands that life gets way out of hand but that first-rate rock recordings can't."[5]
Music video
The music video for "Would?" was released in 1992 and was co-directed by Cameron Crowe and Josh Taft. The music video won the award for Best Video from a Film at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards.[6] The video is available on the home video release Music Bank: The Videos.
Live performances
Alice in Chains performed an acoustic version of "Would?" for its appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1996 and the song was included on the Unplugged live album and home video release. Live performances of the song can also be found on the "Heaven Beside You" single and the live album Live.
Cover versions
It was covered by Opeth, on their single "Burden", a song off their 2008 album Watershed.
Track listing
- "Would?" – 3:27
- "Man in the Box" – 4:46
- "Brother" – 4:27
- "Right Turn" – 3:17
Personnel
- Layne Staley – lead vocals
- Jerry Cantrell – vocals, lead guitar
- Mike Starr – bass
- Sean Kinney – drums
Chart positions
| Chart (1992) | Position |
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| US Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart[8] | 19 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[9] | 33 |
References
- ^ Liner notes, Music Bank box set. 1999.
- ^ Strong, M. C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Giunti. pp. 87. ISBN 8809215222.
- ^ "spreadit.org music". http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Would?". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:djfuxzerldfe. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Hunter, James (1999-09-02). "Nothing Safe: Best of the Box". Album Reviews. Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aliceinchains/albums/album/175774/review/6210919/nothing_safe_the_best_of_the_box. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ "1993 MTV Video Music Awards". Rockonthenet.com. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/mtvvmas.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ "Artist Chart History – Alice in Chains". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=3943&model.vnuAlbumId=454488. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), HIT Entertainment, ISBN 1-90499-410-5
- ^ "Discografie Alice in Chains" (in Dutch). Dutchchars.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Alice+in+Chains&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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| Misspellings: would |
Common misspelling(s) of would
- woudl
- owudl
| Translations: Would |
Dansk (Danish)
aux. v. - ville
Français (French)
aux. v. - auxil. verbal être/avoir au conditionnel
Deutsch (German)
aux. v. - würde, würdest, würden, würdet
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θα (έκανα), συνήθιζα να, επέμενα να
Italiano (Italian)
avrebbe/sarebbe
Português (Portuguese)
v. - iria
Русский (Russian)
смутное желание или стремление
Español (Spanish)
aux. v. - indica probabilidad, se emplea para formar el potencial, pret. de will
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
will的过去式, 愿意, 将
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
aux. v. - will的過去式, 願意, 將
한국어 (Korean)
aux. v. - ~할 것이다, ~하려고 했다, 상습적으로 ~하다
idioms:
- would be lost without ～なしではどうにもならない
- would just as soon どちらかといえば～したい
- would you believe it? 信じないかも知れないが
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يشاء, يريد
עברית (Hebrew)
aux. v. - היה, היה רוצה
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