{"id":608069,"date":"2026-09-06T22:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/608069\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:48:15","slug":"system-of-a-down-release-johnny-to-streaming-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/608069\/","title":{"rendered":"System of a Down Release ‘Johnny’ to Streaming for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSystem of a Down<\/a> has made \u201cJohnny\u201d available on streaming platforms for the first time, part of a wider rollout marking the 25th anniversary of Toxicity<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe track had previously surfaced only on international editions of the album and a U.K. 7-inch pressed alongside \u201cChop Suey!,\u201d never receiving its own standalone release until now.<\/p>\n

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\n\tToxicity arrived Sept. 4, 2001, produced by Rick Rubin, and became one of the defining metal albums of its era, fusing heavy riffing with Armenian folk influences and pointedly political lyrics addressing the environment, protest movements and U.S. foreign policy. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 \u2014 a chart run that fell in the week of the Sept. 11 attacks, a coincidence that shadowed the record\u2019s early rollout, as \u201cChop Suey!\u201d was pulled from radio playlists over lyrics some deemed sensitive in the moment. Lead single \u201cChop Suey!\u201d nonetheless became the band\u2019s first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, part of a run that saw all three of the album\u2019s singles \u2014 \u201cChop Suey!,\u201d \u201cToxicity\u201d and \u201cAerials\u201d \u2014 reach the chart, with \u201cAerials\u201d eventually topping both Billboard\u2019s Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock tallies.<\/p>\n

\n\tCritics and fans connected immediately with the album\u2019s unusual fusion of heavy riffing, progressive structure and Armenian musical heritage, delivered alongside lyrics tackling the environment, protest movements and U.S. foreign policy. Toxicity has since been certified seven-times platinum in the U.S. and two-times platinum in the U.K., with an estimated 15 million units sold worldwide. \u201cChop Suey!\u201d alone has surpassed 2 billion Spotify streams as of this past May, cementing its status as the band\u2019s signature song.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe anniversary rollout centers on a new vinyl reissue pressed on red smoke-colored vinyl, bundled with a bonus one-sided 7-inch featuring \u201cJohnny\u201d on the A-side and a custom \u201c25\u201d etching on the B-side. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe reissue also corrects a longstanding tracklist error: the hidden closing track, long informally known among fans as \u201cArto,\u201d is now officially credited as \u201cDer Voghormia,\u201d a traditional Armenian hymn. The package additionally includes a custom double-sided poster, and the reissue is available now for preorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"System of a Down has made \u201cJohnny\u201d available on streaming platforms for the first time, part of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,1098],"class_list":["post-608069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}