Voodoo

Godsmack's most popular song, "Voodoo" was written by lead singer Sully Erna and bass player Robbie Merrill. Sully is a member of the Wiccan religion and its influence on this song is obvious. It uses many percussion instruments used in tribal celebrations. Sully used the opportunity to set the record straight about his religion. "The most common misconceptions about witchcraft is that too many people think that it's Satanic," he told MTV News. "And there's no demons or devils that exist in Wicca, so therefore, you can't worship something that doesn't exist. It's simply about the belief of the Earth, natural herbs, and healing remedies that come from the Earth. A lot of spiritual beliefs, karma, stuff like that. So it's pretty pure, in a religion. It's pretty harmless."

Sully decided to write this song after watching the movie The Serpent and the Rainbow, a film involving Voodoo and Witchcraft. Many believe the tune is about drugs, specifically a heroin addiction ("The snakebite enter my veins"). The music video was also inspired by the 1988 Wes Craven thriller, which finds an anthropologist (Bill Pullman) traveling to Haiti, where it's rumored that black-magic practitioners are turning people into zombies. In the Dean Karr-directed clip, Godsmack performs in a cornfield while zombies emerge from a lake and wander the woods. It also features Laurie Cabot, an American Witchcraft high priestess, and members of her coven performing a Wiccan ceremony.

This is the last track on Godsmack's self-titled album. After the CD ends, there is about 2 minutes of silence, then percussion instruments can be heard, the same kind used in "Voodoo." Under the constant drum beat, voices of the band members and their producers can be heard talking about how they put the album together. Eventually, a crowd is heard in the background chanting the chorus of "Voodoo." One of the voices chatting on this secret track is that of Katrina Chester of the band Luxx.