
The track was remixed by Terry Date and features "cleaner vocals and some minor arrangement shifts", according to. In January 2002, it was announced that a reworked version of "My Plague" dubbed the "New Abuse mix" would be featured on the Resident Evil soundtrack and released as a single in February. Rolling Stone identified "My Plague" as an example of the "opposition" of "emotional negativity" and "perversely hook-heavy writing" on the album. Victoria Segal of the NME called the song "filthy noise", while E! Online's review of Iowa describes it as "surprisingly melodic". with an incredibly catchy and melodic chorus amid the sick riffs and thunderous percussion." Metal Hammer writer Luke Morton claimed the track is "one of Iowa's more accessible songs due to the clean vocals" adding, "it stills carries that threatening edge like the rest of the record". British music magazine Kerrang! highlighted it as an "immensely heavy track but. For Billboard, Eric Aiese described it as "catchy enough to pick up some spins at rock radio", noting that it features both "intimidating" and "melodic" vocals. "My Plague" is one of the more melodic songs on Iowa, while still featuring many heavier elements. I was like, 'Is it?' If the people that nominated us had ever seen us, they would have run a mile." – Corey Taylor People were telling me it was a big deal.

The last thing we added was that chorus… We got Grammy nominations for 'My Plague' and ' Left Behind', which was pretty weird.

" Sid came up with this great beat, so we tried to come up with riffs around it.
