Chester Bennington of Linkin Park
“In the End” is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the eighth track on their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000) and was released as the album’s fourth single October 9, 2001. “In the End” is one of Linkin Park’s most recognizable and signature songs. It is the most played song in all of the band’s live performances, with “One Step Closer” coming in close second.[1]
“In the End” received positive reviews by music critics, with most reviewers complimenting the song’s signature piano riff, as well as noting rapper Mike Shinoda’s vocal prominence in the song. “In the End” also achieved mainstream popularity, and was a commercial success upon release. The song reached the top ten on numerous worldwide music charts and reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band’s highest peak on the chart, as well as their first song that peaked within the Top 40. It also reached number one on the Z100 Top 100 songs of 2002 countdown. This song also ranked at #121 in Blender magazine’s The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born.[2] The song is Billboard’s second most played rock song of the decade. It was also remixed on Reanimation as “Enth E ND”. The music video of the song, directed by Nathan Cox and the band’s turntablist Joe Hahn, featured the band in a fantasy setting.
Chester Bennington, the band’s lead vocalist, initially disliked this song and did not want it to be included on Hybrid Theory.’
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Extensive notes on “In The End” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_End
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American rock band Linkin Park has released seven studio albums, five live albums, two compilation albums, two remix albums, three soundtrack albums, 12 video albums, 10 extended plays, 34 singles, 19 promotional singles, and 66 music videos. Linkin Park was formed in Agoura Hills, California in 1996 by Mike Shinoda (vocals and guitars), Brad Delson (guitar), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Joe Hahn (turntables) and Dave Farrell (bass) were later recruited, and in 1999, Chester Bennington (lead vocals) became a member, staying with the band until his death in 2017.
Linkin Park rose to international fame in 2000 with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200. It was the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s, and certified Diamond in US and quadruple platinum in Europe. The fourth single from the album, “In the End”, peaked at the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (the highest of Linkin Park’s career), and stayed on the chart for 38 weeks. With first-week sales of 810,000, Linkin Park’s second album Meteora (2003) entered the Billboard 200 at number one, becoming the third-best-selling album of the year.
In 2007, their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight, also debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200, selling 623,000 copies in its first week. A Thousand Suns (2010) became Linkin Park’s third studio album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, but its first-week sales were less than half of its predecessor—240,000 copies. Living Things followed in 2012, selling 223,000 copies in its first week and becoming the band’s fourth studio album to debut at number-one.
Linkin Park has sold over 70 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide, and 27,800,000 albums and 23,100,000 singles in the US as of June 2014. The band has produced eleven number-one singles on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and is the second-ever act to have at least ten weeks with three or more tracks on that chart. Two of these singles, “Crawling” and “Numb/Encore”, earned the band two Grammy Awards. Linkin Park Underground, the band’s official fan club, annually releases EPs with rare tracks, demos, live recordings and remixes.
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Lyrics to “In The End” by Linkin Park
[Rap over smooth vocals]It starts with one thing
I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It’s so unreal
Didn’t look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but you didn’t even know
I wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me
Will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
One thing, I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try,
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme,
To remind myself of a time when
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I’m surprised it got so
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There’s only one thing you should know
I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There’s only one thing you should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
Songwriters: Linkin Park
Below listed website contains the video as well:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-end-lyrics-linkin-park.html