"Fine Again" is the American debut single by South African post-grunge

Post-grunge

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 and alternative metal

Alternative metal

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 band Seether

Seether

Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...

 and was also later included on the 5 Songs EP. It is the third track on their album Disclaimer

Disclaimer (album)

Disclaimer is the major label debut album by post-grunge band Seether, released in 2002. It features three successful singles which would remain some of the band's most well known songs...

. It was re-released in the album Disclaimer II

Disclaimer II

Disclaimer II is the second album released by the post-grunge rock band Seether. This disc is a recompilation of the band's first album, Disclaimer, from 2002. Although the 12 tracks from the original album are present, they have been slightly remixed and differ from the original...

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During live shows, Shaun Morgan

Shaun Morgan

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 has been known to dedicate the song to Dave Williams

Dave Williams (musician)

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 of Drowning Pool

Drowning Pool

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 as well as Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrell

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Music video

The video

Music video

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 for the song, directed by Paul Fedor, features the band playing on a soundstage while three walls behind them display filmstrip slides of people holding opaque rectangles with phrases depicting their inner feelings on them. Seether arranged for the concept to be implemented on the cover art to Disclaimer. Ten different versions of the album were released, each featuring a photo of a person from the video. According to bassist

Bass guitar

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 Dale Stewart

Dale Stewart

Dale William Stewart is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.-Seether:Studio albums*Fragile *Disclaimer *Karma and Effect...

:

"[Seether] came up with the idea of the people bearing their souls and holding up the signs and we thought it was a good concept. It's kind of like a thread that runs through the whole album, the fragility, or whatever you want to call it, you know in people. People are always screwed up about something, even if they act like they're not."

Appearances

"Fine Again" was featured on the 2003 video game Madden 2003, as well as Nintendo

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's 1080° Avalanche

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Track listing

1. "Fine Again" (Album version) - 4:05
2. "Take Me Away" - 3:57
3. "Hang On" - 3:12
4. "Fine Again" (Acoustic version) - 4:03
5. "Fine Again" (Video) - 4:04

Chart positions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	61
U.S. Active Rock Active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	6