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"Blood On My Hands"
Single by The Used
from the album Artwork
Released	June 30, 2009
Format	Digital download Picture disc
Recorded	2008 – 2009
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	3:18
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Bert McCracken
Producer	Matt Squire
The Used singles chronology
"Paralyzed" (2007) "Blood on My Hands" (2009) "Empty with You" (2009)

"Blood on My Hands" is the first single from The Used fourth studio album Artwork. The single was released on June 30, 2009 via picture disc^[1] and digital download, and began airing on the radio starting July 14, 2009.^[2]

The music video for "Blood on My Hands" premiered on the band's MySpace on July 28, 2009.

Track listing

Digital download

1. "Blood on My Hands" – 3:18

Picture disc

A-side: "Blood on My Hands" – 3:18
B-side: "Blood on My Hands" (Instrumental version) – 3:18

Music video

The music video of "Blood on My Hands" premiered on MySpace and theused.net on July 28, 2009. It was directed by Lisa Mann, who also directed the band's video for "The Bird and the Worm" in 2007. The video begins with Bert smoking at a desk. It then features newspaper articles stating that Bert is an alleged killer. The video continues to show various scenes of the band performing in a room, and scenes of Bert walking in a prison. However, it soon becomes clear that Bert is not in fact the killer, but another man is, possibly a paedophile whom Bert strangles. His head in covered with a dark black bag, and the noose is tied around his neck. A priest gives Bert the Last Rites, while he is executed by hanging.

An uncensored version of the video appears on the ticket pre-sale edition of the album Artwork.

Charts

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