is a song written and recorded by American nu metal band Korn for their second studio album, Life Is Peachy.
The title is an acronym for the statement "All Day I Dream About Sex" and indirectly refers to the popular sportswear brand Adidas.
[6] From 1993 to 1997, the band established its style by wearing mainly Adidas T-shirts and tracksuits,[5] which became a "trend" and unified their fan community.
[6] Davis was described as having an "addiction and a mad obsession to sex", and "constantly fantasizing" about women, and claimed to be a "porn movie specialist".
The song was a staple of the band's live setlist up until about 2007, when it started to be played far less frequently, and its performances ceased around 2009.
When guitarist Brian "Head" Welch rejoined Korn in 2013, it was one of the songs he requested the band never play again.
In 2003, there was an incident where Welch saw his daughter Jennea, then aged 5, reciting the explicit lyrics to the song, which was a contributing factor to him leaving the band and finding Christianity.
The plot revolves around a car accident that causes the death of all Korn members at the hands of a pimp and his prostitutes.
[13] When asked about the video in a May 1997 interview with Australia's The Buzz, Fieldy remarked "The director....it was his idea.
"[14] Arvizu later claimed, "It was one of the hardest videos we ever made because we all had to lie still on cold metal slabs for hours, pretending to be dead.
played in a season 1 episode of Daria titled "Road Worrier", which originally aired on July 7, 1997.
"—a kinetic funk-metal track allegedly built around the schoolyard acronym "All Day I Dream About Sex"—was Korn's breakthrough single, and deservedly so—it was arguably the best moment [on Life is Peachy].
It's the deft way that the band explored the seedy underbelly of a city and pushed shock value to the limit that makes it so.