"Down with the Sickness" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was recorded in 1999 and released as the second single from the band's debut studio album, The Sickness. "Down with the Sickness" is one of Disturbed's best-known songs and is a concert staple, usually played as the last song. This was Disturbed's first single to be certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song was certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA on January 17, 2025.[2]
In 2017, Annie Zaleski of Spin named it the sixth-best nu metal track of all time, calling Draiman's uttering of the "ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah" staccato noise "the throat-clearing heard 'round the world."[3] In 2013, the staff of Loudwire included the song's main riff in their list of "the 10 Best Metal Riffs of the 2000s".[4]
