Somewhere I Belong

"Somewhere I Belong"
Song

"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. It was awarded as Best Rock Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. 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

1. "Somewhere I Belong" [Single Version] - 3:35
2. "Step Up" [Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002] - 4:15
3. "My December" [Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002] - 4:27

Trivia

• The CD single version of the song doesn't connect to Don't Stay like it does on Meteora and in the music video.
• 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.
• It was the first video aired on Fuse TV.
• The song was also listed in the Australian music video show Video Hits' Top 100 Film Clips in 2006 at #28.
• The song is used as theme music for the syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin.

External links

• Somewhere I Belong official lyrics