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"Numb" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, Meteora (2003), and is the closing track on the album . One of Linkin Park's most well-known and critically acclaimed songs, "Numb" topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks in 2003 and 2004. [ 9 ]
The song is a mash-up that fuses rock and hip hop, combining lyrics from "Numb" by Linkin Park and "Encore" by Jay-Z, both released in 2003. The only single released from the EP, the track went on to reach number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard also placed the single at number 93 on their Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2005 chart.
The third single "Numb" was released when Linkin Park performed it live in Madrid. "From the Inside" was released as the fourth single off the album before the North American leg of the world tour. "Breaking the Habit" was released while the band was in Indonesia. The album was released with various limited edition content for promotional purposes.
It features Mike Shinoda rapping with different lyrics, with only some backing input from Chester Bennington. A live version of the track was featured as a b-side for "What I've Done". The success of this single, and the success of Linkin Park's "Numb/Encore" mashup with Jay-Z, led MTV to produce a mashup of "Faint" with "Toxic" by Britney Spears.
"Encore" features vocals by John Legend, Don Crawley, GLC and Kanye West.The song was released by Roc-A-Fella Records and produced by West for Konman Productions.. The production samples the trumpet introduction to John Holt's cover of "I Will" by The Beatles, therefore there is a Lennon–McCartney songwriting credit on the song.
Before Chester Bennington died by suicide in 2017, the Linkin Park frontman spent months fighting his urge to drink.. In It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, out Oct. 1 from ...
Linkin Park covered the song "Wish" by Nine Inch Nails, which appears on LP Underground 4.0. Linkin Park and Jay-Z recorded a mashup EP Collision Course. Linkin Park covered the song "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele which appears on iTunes Festival. Josh Groban covered the song "My December" by Linkin Park which appears on Closer.
The song was initially recorded in 2002 to be featured on Linkin Park's second studio album, Meteora (2003). It had been fully formed at the time, mixed and mastered along with the other songs on the album, but held from the album's tracklist and shelved because the band considered "Lost" to be too similar to "Numb". [1]