"Down in a Hole" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains, and the fifth and last single from their second studio album, Dirt (1992). It is the twelfth song on most pressings of the album and fourth or eleventh on others. A power ballad, the song was written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his then-girlfriend, Courtney Clarke. The single spent 21 weeks on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and peaked at No. 10. The song was included on the band's greatest hits album, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), as well as on their box set, Music Bank (1999). An acoustic version performed on Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged in 1996 was released in a live album and DVD.