What the Hell Have I is a song by Alice in Chains, released on June 7, 1993. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 John McTiernan film Last Action Hero starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The song was released as a single and peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was included on the compilation album Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999). A remixed version of the song was included on the compilation albums Music Bank (1999) and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). The music video for What the Hell Have I was released in 1993 and was directed by Rocky Schenck, who had previously directed the We Die Young and Them Bones music videos for the band, and who would later direct the music video for Grind. In the music video, singer Layne Staley‘s face is projected on him with different expressions, while guitarist Jerry Cantrell is seen with the same contact lenses with a smiley face that was worn by Mr. Benedict (played by Charles Dance) in Last Action Hero. The video is available on the home video release Music Bank: The Videos.
Tracklist:
- What the Hell Have I
- A Little Bitter
Alice in Chains
Layne Staley: lead vocals
Jerry Cantrell: guitar, vocals
Mike Inez: bass
Sean Kinney: drums, percussion
Credits:
Engineer, Recorded: Toby Wright
Management: Susan Silver
Mixed: Andy Wallace
Producer: Alice In Chains
Written by: Jerry Cantrell
Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002)
