Somewhere I Belong
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| “Somewhere I Belong” | |||||
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| Single by Linkin Park from the album Meteora |
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| Released | March 18, 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Nu metal, alternative metal | ||||
| Length | 3 min 34 s | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Linkin Park | ||||
| Producer | Don Gilmore | ||||
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"Somewhere I Belong" is a song by the band Linkin Park. It is the third regular track and first single from their 2003 album Meteora. The song was the first of five #1 Modern Rock hits from Meteora. It is the longest song from Meteora.
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[edit] Song
The band wrote over forty different versions of the chorus, each time rewriting it to find the one that sounded the most fitting. However, in the actual making of the song for the album, Chester was sick, and the band used recordings from previous attempts.
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; this was recorded 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 plays out to only 3 minutes and 34 seconds, it is the longest song on the album.
During the Projekt Revolution 2004 shows, Linkin Park played a different intro to this song, with Mike Shinoda playing a guitar riff while Rob Bourdon played a new drum intro. This has become standard in their 2007 Minutes to Midnight Tour.
[edit] Music Video
Its clip, directed by Joseph Hahn, shows the band playing the song in front of a fire, with occasional shots of Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda rapping in front of a waterfall with catatonic-looking humans around them. It was awarded as Best Rock Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.[1] 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.
During the video, on a dresser sits several props, most notably the Sazabi from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Wing Zero Custom from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, and Gundam GP01 Full Vernian "Zephyranthes" from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
This video was the first music video to air on Fuse TV.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- Most Tracklistings contain all three songs, But on European Versions, only the first two tracks appear.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australia Singles Chart | 13 |
| Austria Singles Chart | 16 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 33 |
| Finland Singles Chart | 14 |
| France Singles Chart | 32 |
| Germany Singles Chart | 12 |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 4 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 14 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 16 |
| New Zealand Chart | 1 |
| Norway Singles Chart | 12 |
| Sweeden Singles Chart | 19 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 32 |
| U.S. Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 10 |
| United World Chart | 1 |
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| Preceded by "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single April 12, 2003 |
Succeeded by "Like a Stone" by Audioslave |
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