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The song opens with a reverse/edited keyboard loop, as mentioned in the booklet. The band experimented with several different versions of the keyboard loop, before deciding on the one used in the final version. Like some of their other songs such as "[[Breaking the Habit]]" and "[[Faint (song)|Faint]]", this song uses samples of live string ensemble recordings. The samples come in before the second verse starts. Distorted guitar elements are only played after the second chorus. The lead is an 8-bar phrase which is later raised an octave. The end of the album version of the song, which is an instrumental piece, leads into the start of "[[What I've Done]]". It is the second-longest track on the album and features no vocals from [[Mike Shinoda]]. The song seems to be about the difficulty of leaving home. |
The song opens with a reverse/edited keyboard loop, as mentioned in the booklet. The band experimented with several different versions of the keyboard loop, before deciding on the one used in the final version. Like some of their other songs such as "[[Breaking the Habit]]" and "[[Faint (song)|Faint]]", this song uses samples of live string ensemble recordings. The samples come in before the second verse starts. Distorted guitar elements are only played after the second chorus. The lead is an 8-bar phrase which is later raised an octave. The end of the album version of the song, which is an instrumental piece, leads into the start of "[[What I've Done]]". It is the second-longest track on the album and features no vocals from [[Mike Shinoda]]. The song seems to be about the difficulty of leaving home. |
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The song has been noted by several critics and fans to bear a similarity to [[U2]]'s "[[With or Without You]]".{{Fact|date=October 2007}} |
The song has been noted by several critics and fans to bear a similarity to [[U2]]'s "[[With or Without You]]" based on the overall structure of the song.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} |
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==Music video== |
==Music video== |
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Revision as of 11:17, 21 October 2007
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"Shadow of the Day" is the third single from Linkin Park's third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. It will be released in November 2007.
It was first played live during the Projekt Revolution tour in Auburn, Washington on July 25, 2007.
Song structure and background information
The song opens with a reverse/edited keyboard loop, as mentioned in the booklet. The band experimented with several different versions of the keyboard loop, before deciding on the one used in the final version. Like some of their other songs such as "Breaking the Habit" and "Faint", this song uses samples of live string ensemble recordings. The samples come in before the second verse starts. Distorted guitar elements are only played after the second chorus. The lead is an 8-bar phrase which is later raised an octave. The end of the album version of the song, which is an instrumental piece, leads into the start of "What I've Done". It is the second-longest track on the album and features no vocals from Mike Shinoda. The song seems to be about the difficulty of leaving home.
The song has been noted by several critics and fans to bear a similarity to U2's "With or Without You" based on the overall structure of the song.[citation needed]
Music video
The music video was directed by Joe Hahn[2].
The music video was released to the internet on October 15. The video shows Chester Bennington waking up. His alarm clock reads 11:55, the current Doomsday Clock time, referencing the album title Minutes to Midnight and the song which is the 5th song on the album. The video is over four minutes long, meaning that the time at the end would be 11:59 PM, or one minute to midnight. Chester then watches the news, washes up, gets dressed, and goes outside. We then see that the video takes place in a war torn world, where mass chaos is ensuing on the streets of the city. There is a lot of violence going on with many police and gunshots. Near the end of the video, a car is set on fire and bursts into flames in one of the most intense shots of the video. Chester then stands in front of the burning car, while looking hopelessly at the carnage that surrounds him. He then turns towards the flames, and the video fades to black.
This is the only video so far with only Chester appearing as Brad, Rob, Mike, Joe and Phoenix are absent in it. The video isn't completely dubbed by the song, meaning sound effects taking place in the video can be heard. It is also interesting to note when the music video was released on the internet, during the scene where a person sets a car on fire, the sound effects of the glass bottle he threw shattering on the car and igniting on fire is out of sync with the video. This problem was however fixed on the band's official YouTube page.
The video is slightly similar to From the Inside; another riot-based video by the band. There is also a painting of a whale in the video which is a reference to the In the End music video.
Chart performance
The song charted before its release at #55 on the Polish Singles Chart, and #27 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |
| Polish Singles Chart [3] | 55 |