Leave Out All the Rest
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| “Leave Out All the Rest” | |||||
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| Single by Linkin Park from the album Minutes to Midnight |
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| Released | June 2, 2008 | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:29 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Linkin Park | ||||
| Producer | Rick Rubin Mike Shinoda |
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"Leave Out All the Rest" is the third track and the fifth and final single[1] from Linkin Park's third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. Even before the song was confirmed as an official single, due to radioplay, the song had achieved a U.S. chart position. On the album, the song segues into "Bleed It Out".
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[edit] Background information
The song's working titles were "Fear" and "When My Time Comes" according to the booklet. While writing, the group went through over thirty lyrical variations before completing the album version.
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The song starts with a string sample and electric piano intro, followed by the verse. The lyrics speak of someone who's made some poor choices in the past and wronged others and he fears condemnation. The song is a sort of confession (possibly to a friend or loved one) and an attempt at redemption. The lyrics also mention the differences between two individuals that shouldn't matter. The person wants to be remembered as a good person in other peoples memory when he dies.
The song combines various synths and samples with raw guitars and drums and powerful vocals. It is a more pop rock influenced ballad that retains several elements from LP's previous work (bearing certain similarities to songs like "Easier to Run" & "Pushing Me Away").
The intro to the song was featured on an English advert for the U.S. television series Law & Order for Sky One.[citation needed]
"Leave Out All the Rest" was one of the names considered for the title of the album along with "In Triumph & Tragedy", "Triumph in Tragedy", "In Cold Blood", "Linkin Park", "All the Rest", "Almanac", "Dictionary", "Argue. Agree", "Ascend", "WTF", "WTF Is Wrong With Me?", as well as others, according to the Minutes to Midnight DVD.
[edit] Announcement As a Single
In a Kerrang review/interview of the band, and the album, vocalist Chester Bennington had this say about "Leave Out All the Rest", "We knew this was going to be a single from the very beginning, so we worked really hard on making sure it had great lyrics. I'm singing 'Pretending someone else can save me from myself' during it because it's supposed to feel like an apology letter, as though I'm moving on but I want people to remember the good things and not the bad things. A lot of the song is about humility."[1] Mike Shinoda has also stated that Rick Rubin (producer for Minutes to Midnight) said "This sounds like a massive single" and according to Shinoda, was the first to realize the song's potential as a single.
According to an interview with Mike Shinoda by MTV, "Leave Out All the Rest" will be the final single from the album.
[edit] Music video
In an interview with MTV, Mike said that the video, directed by bandmate Joe Hahn, will take place in a futuristic, sci-fi influenced setting, and will depict what the daily life of the band's members would be like if they lived in outer space. The band lives in a rundown, artificial habitat that's making its way across the galaxy. At first, they are seen passing the time performing mundane tasks, but then gravity is lost onboard the vessel, sending the members floating about. The video features no performance footage. The video has respectively been influenced by the British movie Sunshine, borrowing imagery and a similar concept.[2]
Joe said:
| “ | We're explorers in space, just like when we go on tour. We're leaving our home life behind, and I guess it kind of ties into 'Leave Out All the Rest', in that we have to leave things behind in order to do something better. | ” |
On May 30, 2008 on Myspace, Linkin Park released a statement on their widget saying that the premiere for the video will be on June 2, 2008. The video was also said to be "Out Of This World!".
The video leaked before the official release date, also on May 30.[2]
[edit] Chart performance
The song managed to spend one week on the Billboard Pop 100 without being officially released as a single, at number 98.[3] The song has debuted on the MuchMusic CountDown at number 29.
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