"Saints and Sinners" is a song by American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

. It is the third single

Single (music)

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 from the band's fifth studio album

Studio album

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, The Oracle

The Oracle (Godsmack album)

The Oracle, formerly known as Saints & Sinners, is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Godsmack, released in the U.S. on May 4, 2010....

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Release

On April 27, 2010, "Saints and Sinners" was released as the fourth song from The Oracle, giving the fans the opportunity to download it through iTunes

ITunes

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. The song was later released as a single to active rock

Active rock

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 radio stations in March 2011.

Track listing

Digital single

Commercial performance

Upon it's release as a single on late March, "Saints and Sinners" entered both Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and the Billboard Rock Songs, so far peaking at number twenty-nine and forty-eight respectively.

Chart positions

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	25
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Personnel

• Sully Erna
  Sully Erna
  Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna , is an American vocalist and primary songwriter for the American heavy metal band, Godsmack. Erna is also a guitarist and drummer, performing these both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skylar Brooke Erna and an older sister named Maria.-Early...
  
   - Vocals, Rhythm guitar
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  , Producer
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• Tony Rombola
  Tony Rombola
  Tony Rombola is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based heavy metal band Godsmack since the mid-1990s...
  
   - Lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Robbie Merrill
  Robbie Merrill
  Robbie Merrill is an American bass guitar player, best known for his work with the heavy metal band Godsmack....
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Shannon Larkin
  Shannon Larkin
  Shannon Larkin, born James Shannon Larkin on April 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, is a musician best known for being the drummer of the heavy metal band Godsmack. He replaced the previous drummer Tommy Stewart in June 2002...
  
   - Drums
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• Dave Fortman
  Dave Fortman
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   - Producer
  Record producer
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