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"Prodigal Son"
Single by Sevendust
from the album Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow
Released	February 26, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	3:33
Label	Asylum
Songwriter(s)	John Connolly, Harry S. E. Grove, Vinnie Hornsby, Ronald Mayo, Morgan Rose, Lajon Witherspoon[1]
Producer(s)	Sean Groove John Connolly Morgan Rose
Sevendust singles chronology
"Deathstar" (2007) "Prodigal Son" (2008) "The Past" (2008)

Prodigal Son is the first single by American rock band Sevendust from their seventh studio album Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow and was written by vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and drummer Morgan Rose. The song premiered on Active and Mainstream Rock radio on February 10, 2008.

The song music video was directed by Jason Sciavicco and Tim Walbert for Horizon Entertainment and was edited by Bob Rose and made one month after the song was released. In the video the band performs at a church in front of clergyman and it was the first music video that Clint Lowery appeared on this.^[2]

The song reached #19 in Mainstream Rock Charts Billboard 200.

Billboard (North America)