Would?

"Would?"
Artwork for international commercial limited edition EP (CD release pictured)
Single by Alice in Chains
from the album Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the album Dirt
Released	September 7, 1992
Format	CD single, cassette, vinyl
Recorded	March–May 1992 at Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, California; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington; One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Grunge alternative metal
Length	3:27
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s)	Alice in Chains Rick Parashar
Alice in Chains singles chronology
"Sea of Sorrow" (1992) "Would?" (1992) "Them Bones" (1992)
Dirt track listing "Down in a Hole" (Track 12) "Would?" (Track 13) Audio sample file info · help

Would? is an EP by Alice in Chains. Its titular song was produced, engineered, and mixed by Dave Jerden and first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 movie Singles—where the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance—and later appeared on the band's album Dirt, also released in 1992. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006).

The song, written by guitarist/co-vocalist Jerry Cantrell, concerns the late lead singer of Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song:

I was thinking a lot about Andrew Wood at the time. We always had a great time when we did hang out, much like Chris Cornell and I do. There was never really a serious moment or conversation, it was all fun. Andy was a hilarious guy, full of life and it was really sad to lose him. But I always hate people who judge the decisions others make. So it was also directed towards people who pass judgments.

“Would?” was released as a single in 1992, coinciding with the release of the movie Singles. The song peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The UK single was released in January 1993 and reached the top twenty in the UK and the top forty in the Netherlands. It is one of the band's most well-known songs.