Cochise
by Audioslave
- 81
- BPM
- A major
- Key
- 11B
- Camelot
- 46
- Danceability
- 0
- Acousticness
Audioslave first called the song "Save Yourself," after a line in its chorus. The final title comes from Cochise, an Apache chief who drove settlers out. Tom Morello described him as fearless and resolute, attacking everything in his path with unbridled fury, and said the song kind of sounds like that. The lyrics have little to do with the chief and carry a number of religious references.
The band produced it with Rick Rubin, and Epic Records released it on September 25, 2002, as the lead single from the debut album. Audioslave first played it on the Late Show with David Letterman on November 25, 2002, the band's first performance. It closed most shows on the promotional tour with it. It reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Mark Romanek directed the video, filmed near the Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles on September 25 and 26, 2002. Fireworks went off behind the band on a construction rig. Local residents believed an attack was under way. Morello said police and a news station received thousands of calls and that the freeways were blocked. Chris Cornell had left rehab and was driven straight to the set.
Cochise runs at 81 BPM, the tempo of boom-bap hip-hop, reggae and slow R&B. In classical terms it sits in andante territory. A bar of 4/4 lasts 2.96 seconds, and a quarter-note delay is 741 ms. It is in A major, Camelot 11B, which shares its notes with F# minor and mixes cleanly with D major and E major.
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