"Down With the Sickness" is a single by American rock ban Disturbed. The song was recorded in late 1999, and was featured on their 2000 debut album, The Sickness. One of its more memorable traits is David Draiman's percussive staccato howl and ape-like grunts which ends the ascending intro and leads to the first bridge of the song (approximately thirty one seconds into it). It is also well known for a "child abuse" segment not played in radio-friendly versions. The "child abuse" segment has vocalist Draiman portraying a boy begging his mom not to hit him anymore, after which it shifts to bitter and extremely profane words toward the mother. It can be heard about 3:28 into the uncut version. The song has become one of Disturbed's best-known songs and is their only single to have gone Gold.