"Gets Me Through" is a song by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne from his 2001 album Down to Earth. It is both the opening track and lead single from the album. The song opens with the lyrics "I'm not the kind of person you think I am/I'm not the Antichrist or the Iron Man", explaining that Osbourne's stage persona is not his actual personality. The song's lyrics also feature Osbourne telling his fans that their appreciation "gets (him) through", hence the title.
The single peaked at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart and number two on Billboards Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In Metal Edge magazine's 2001 Readers' Choice Awards, it won "Music Video of the Year" and tied with Slipknot's "Left Behind" for "Song of the Year."
Music video Two versions of the video exist. The first version was banned from MTV, due to it featuring images of flames, destruction, and a room of doves being killed and bleeding to death. The video was re-edited following the September 11 attacks, removing most of the flames and destruction, as well as editing the dove scenes, though a clip featuring a television set exploding was not removed.
In the video, Osbourne is seen walking down a hallway where he is being monitored by surveillance cameras and walking past several rooms of random things, (i.e., a dove covered in blood, footage of his concerts, etc.). At the end of the video, Ozzy is opening another door.
The band is seen playing in a different room.
Personnel Ozzy Osbourne - vocals Zakk Wylde - guitar Robert Trujillo - bass Mike Bordin - drums Tim Palmer - keyboards
Music Video
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2001–2002)PeakpositionCanada (Nielsen SoundScan)36scope=row
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