Take a Load Off

"Take a Load Off"
"Take a Load Off"
Single by Stone Temple Pilots
from the album Stone Temple Pilots
Released	June 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Grunge; hard rock;
Length	3:11
Label	Atlantic
Composer(s)	Dean DeLeo
Lyricist(s)	Scott Weiland
Producer(s)	Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology
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"Take a Load Off" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. "Take a Load Off" is the second track off the band's sixth studio album, Stone Temple Pilots, released in 2010. The song was the album's second single, after the #1 hit "Between the Lines". A music video for "Take a Load Off" was released on September 8, 2010.^[3] The song was used in Shift 2: Unleashed. It is also the band's last official major single to feature longtime member Scott Weiland before he would be fired from the band in 2013 and die in 2015 from a drug overdose.

Composition

"Take a Load Off" was composed by guitarist Dean DeLeo. In writing this song, singer Scott Weiland listened to and studied poetical lyricists to learn how to free his writing from his autobiographical and "self-obsessed" nature. "There's an art to telling a story, and it can mean anything, or it can mean nothing."^[4]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canada Rock (Billboard)^[5]	27
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[6]	24
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[7]	23
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[8]	24

References

^ Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Ratliff, Ben (May 30, 2010). "New CDs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
^ "Stone Temple Pilots, "Stone Temple Pilots"". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: 'Take A Load Off' Video Released". BlabberMouth. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29.
^ Stone Temple Pilots (band); Ted Stryker (interviewer) (May 17, 2010). World Premiere & Interview: Stone Temple Pilots "Huckleberry Crumble" (Streaming video). Los Angeles, California: KROQ. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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[1] Pareles, Jon; Caramanica, Jon; Ratliff, Ben (May 30, 2010). "New CDs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 9, 2025.

[2] "Stone Temple Pilots, "Stone Temple Pilots"". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[3] "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: 'Take A Load Off' Video Released". BlabberMouth. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29.

[kroqhuckleberry-4] Stone Temple Pilots (band); Ted Stryker (interviewer) (May 17, 2010). World Premiere & Interview: Stone Temple Pilots "Huckleberry Crumble" (Streaming video). Los Angeles, California: KROQ. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[sc_Billboardcanadarock_Stone_Temple_Pilots-5] "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_Stone_Temple_Pilots-6] "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Stone_Temple_Pilots-7] "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_Stone_Temple_Pilots-8] "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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Studio albums	Core Purple Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop No. 4 Shangri-La Dee Da Stone Temple Pilots (2010) Stone Temple Pilots (2018) Perdida
Extended plays	High Rise
Compilations	Thank You
Singles	"Sex Type Thing" "Plush" "Creep" "Big Empty" "Vasoline" "Interstate Love Song" "Big Bang Baby" "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" "Lady Picture Show" "Down" "Sour Girl" "Days of the Week" "Hollywood Bitch" "Revolution" "All in the Suit That You Wear" "Between the Lines" "Take a Load Off" "Meadow"
Promotional singles	"Dead & Bloated" "Wicked Garden" "Unglued" "Pretty Penny" "Dancing Days" "Tumble in the Rough" "Heaven & Hot Rods" "No Way Out" "Out of Time" "Black Heart"
Concert tours	Family Values Tour 2008 Reunion Tour
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