Somewhere I Belong
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"Somewhere I Belong" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park. It is the third regular track from their 2003 album Meteora. It was released as a single in the same year.
Song
The band wrote over 40 different versions of the chorus, each time rewriting to get the sound right.
The opening sample is a clip of Chester Bennington playing guitar, which was reversed by Mike Shinoda before being cut up so that the chord progression remained intact. It was made a long time before the rest of the album. There is a clip in Frat Party at the Pankake Festival (which was released in 2001) that shows Mike Shinoda playing the sample. Despite the fact that this song is only 3 minutes and 34 seconds, it is the longest song on Meteora.
During the Projekt Revolution 2004 shows, Linkin Park played a different intro to this song, with Brad Delson playing a guitar riff while Rob Bourdon played a new drum intro. This has become standard in their 2007 Minutes to Midnight Tour.
Video
Its clip, directed by Joseph Hahn, shows the band playing the song in a Salvador Dalí-style scenario.[original research?] It was awarded as Best Rock Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.[citation needed] The doors in what is supposedly Bennington's room has the Chinese characters for fire and water, which possibly represent the waterfall and burning fire behind Shinoda while rapping.
Personnel
- Chester Bennington - lead vocals
- Mike Shinoda - vocals (rapping and backup), rhythm guitar, keyboard
- Brad Delson - lead guitar
- Dave Farrell - bass
- Rob Bourdon - drums
- Joe Hahn - turntables, samples
- Don Gilmore - producer
Track listing
- "Somewhere I Belong" [Single Version] - 3:35
- "Step Up" [Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002] - 4:15
- "My December" [Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002] - 4:27
Trivia
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- The CD single version of the song doesn't connect to Don't Stay like it does on Meteora and in the music video.[citation needed]
- 1:100 scale Gundam models of the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, the MSN-04 Sazabi from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, and the RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam Full Vernian "Zephyranthes" from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory can be seen on a shelf in the beginning of the video.[citation needed]
- It was the first video aired on Fuse TV.[citation needed]
- The song was also listed in the Australian music video show Video Hits' Top 100 Film Clips in 2006 at #28.[citation needed]
- The song is used as theme music for the syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin. [citation needed]
External links
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- Linkin Park songs
- 2003 singles
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