The Taste of Ink

"The Taste of Ink"
Single by The Used
from the album The Used
Released	March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)
Format	CD single, 7" vinyl
Recorded	Foxy Studios, Marina del Rey, CA and Olympic Studios, London, England
Genre	Emo
Length	3:28
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	The Used (Quinn Allman, Jeph Howard, Bert McCracken, Branden Steineckert)
Producer(s)	John Feldmann
The Used singles chronology
"Buried Myself Alive" (2003) "The Taste of Ink" (2003) "Blue and Yellow" (2003)

"The Taste of Ink" is the third single from The Used's self-titled debut album The Used. The video was released in the fall of 2002 and the single was released on March 10, 2003.

A demo version exists and was released as part of Demos from the Basement, the original demo CD distributed by the band which was then called Used. The lyrics differ significantly, and the chorus "So here I am..." does not exist in the demo.^[1]

The video shows that "The Taste of Ink" is the result of frustration—biting down on a pen. It was directed by The Malloys.^[2]

This song became available as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band on April 10, 2010.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Used, except "Alone This Holiday" written by The Used and John Feldmann, mistakenly credited as 'John Feldman'.

Personnel

Performance credits

• Kelly Osbourne – backing vocals on "Alone This Holiday"

Charts

Release history

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics