System of a Down Release ‘Johnny’ to Streaming for the First Time
The 25th anniversary Toxicity reissue also corrects a two-decade tracklist error and arrives alongside a run of stadium tour dates.
System of a Down has made the song "Johnny" available on streaming platforms for the first time, as part of a wider anniversary release marking the 25th year since the release of their album Toxicity. The band had previously only released "Johnny" on international editions of Toxicity and a U.K. 7-inch vinyl, alongside the song "Chop Suey!" but never as a standalone track.
Toxicity was produced by Rick Rubin and released on September 4, 2001. The album was one of the defining metal albums of its era, combining heavy riffing with Armenian folk influences and political lyrics about the environment, protest movements, and U.S. foreign policy. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, just before the September 11 attacks.
Despite the sensitive nature of some lyrics, the lead single "Chop Suey!" still became the band's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. All three singles from the album reached the charts, with "Aerials" eventually topping both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts. Toxicity has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide and been certified seven-times platinum in the U.S. and two-times platinum in the U.K. "Chop Suey!" alone has reached over 2 billion streams on Spotify.
To celebrate the album's anniversary, System of a Down has released a new vinyl reissue featuring a bonus one-sided 7-inch with "Johnny" on the A-side and a poster, with the hidden track officially renamed as "Der Voghormia," a traditional Armenian hymn.
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