Deftones themselves actually hate this song. They only made it because their record label wanted them to release an extra single that was "heavier" and dealt with the teen angst that's popular on MTV.
From an interview with Chino:
"Back To School was a mistake. A calculated song, that had been built up with only one aim in mind: It should be a single."
"Back to School was released because I was an idiot. I wanted to prove something (to the record company). Months later, after White Pony was released, they wanted us to do a new version of Pink Maggit. They said we lost our heaviness, and there were no more singles on the album. First, I wanted to stick this idea up my ass, but then I thought: "I'm gonna show those fuckers how easy it is to create a hit-single". And so I rapped a hip hop part on that song, we shortened it and half an hour later, the hit-single was ready to roll on."
Deftones themselves actually hate this song. They only made it because their record label wanted them to release an extra single that was "heavier" and dealt with the teen angst that's popular on MTV.
From an interview with Chino:
"Back To School was a mistake. A calculated song, that had been built up with only one aim in mind: It should be a single."
"Back to School was released because I was an idiot. I wanted to prove something (to the record company). Months later, after White Pony was released, they wanted us to do a new version of Pink Maggit. They said we lost our heaviness, and there were no more singles on the album. First, I wanted to stick this idea up my ass, but then I thought: "I'm gonna show those fuckers how easy it is to create a hit-single". And so I rapped a hip hop part on that song, we shortened it and half an hour later, the hit-single was ready to roll on."