Prayers / Triangles

"Prayers / Triangles" is a song by American alternative metal band Deftones, appearing on their eighth studio album Gore. The song was released as the lead single from the album on February 4, 2016.^[1]

"Prayers / Triangles"
Single by Deftones
from the album Gore
Released	February 4, 2016
Studio	Megawatt Recording (Studio City, California)
Genre	Alternative metal experimental rock
Length	3:38
Label	Warner Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Carpenter Abe Cunningham Chino Moreno Frank Delgado Sergio Vega
Producer(s)	Matt Hyde
Deftones singles chronology
"Romantic Dreams" (2013) "Prayers / Triangles" (2016) "Doomed User" (2016)

The song was remixed by synthwave musician Com Truise and released as a single on June 24, 2016.^[2]

Music video

An audio video for the song was released on February 4, 2016 and was directed by Chris Buongiorno and consists of animations of the flamingos from the Gore album cover flying.^[3]

The official music video for the song was released two months later on April 12 and was directed by Charles Bergquist.^[4] The video consists of the band performing with shots of Chino Moreno running down a street. While the video is mostly in black and white, some colors make appearances, such as orange, pink, yellow, and green. Images of triangles also appear throughout the video.^[5]

Track listing

Promo single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prayers / Triangles"	3:38

Remix single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prayers / Triangles" (Com Truise Remix)	3:35

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6]	36
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7]	8
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8]	39
UK Rock (Official Charts Company)[9]	37

Personnel

• Chino Moreno – vocals
• Stephen Carpenter – guitar
• Sergio Vega – bass
• Frank Delgado – keyboards, samples
• Abe Cunningham – drums