is often considered the band's signature song, and its music video has reached one billion views on YouTube.

[5] In an interview, System of a Down's guitarist, Daron Malakian, explained, "The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass.

[7] Although it was not revealed what book the lines were taken from, they are quoted from the sayings of Jesus on the cross (Luke 23:46 and Mark 15:34).

[11] Most pressings of the album include an intro to the track where the singer, Serj Tankian, can faintly be heard saying "we're rolling 'Suicide'" while the drummer, John Dolmayan, is counting the band in.

One scene briefly shows Tankian eating chop suey with some fans, the only reference to the title dish in either the song or the video.

[15] As of March 2024, “Chop Suey!” has 1.2B streams on Spotify, making it System of a Down’s most-streamed song.

A controversy surrounding the popular single, especially the line '"I don't think you trust in my self-righteous suicide"', at the time led to Clear Channel Radio placing the song on a list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles.

76, making it the band's lowest peaking song on the Billboard Hot 100 due to the fact it was taken off the radio for its political lyrics.

On June 30, 2023, American rapper and singer Lil Uzi Vert released a cover of "Chop Suey!

System of a Down singer, Serj Tankian, posted on Facebook: "Covers are always the biggest compliment to artists and songwriters."