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What I've Done is a song interpreted by Linkin Park, released on the album Minutes To Midnight in 2007. What I've Done lyrics.
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It was released as the first from their third studio album (2007). The song is composed in the key of. The song was released as a radio single on April 1, 2007, as a on April 2, and as a on April 30.
The live version of 'What I've Done' from was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the, but did not win. It also serves as the main theme of the 2007 film and also appears on (2007). Being certified five times platinum by the, it is the band's most commercially successful song, though not necessarily most well-known, due to the fact that singles in the US used to have higher sales in general during the second-half of the 2000s.' What I've Done' was featured in the video game.
In January 2011, it was released in a Linkin Park pack for, along with a PRO mode update, which allows use of real instruments such as guitar, keyboards and electronic drumkits. The song is also a to the UK single of '. An instrumental version of the song is currently used by as background music for their interactive services.
Contents.Composition described the track in a March 2007 interview with:Joe Hahn came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it's us saying goodbye to how we used to be.The lyrics in the first verse are 'In this farewell, there's no blood, there's no alibi,' and right away, you'll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren't tripled. It's just us out there. And that's how wanted it.The single and video appeared in the shortly after midnight EST on April 2, 2007. It became available the day after on iTunes in the UK and Australia.
On April 2, the song was featured streaming on the front page of their official website, with the video being added to the site shortly thereafter. A 19 second sample of the chorus of 'What I've Done'.Problems playing this file? See.The song starts out with a short 3-second part and then a, before adding a -inspired drum line, and then introducing a raw-sounding guitar riff. When the song is played live at Linkin Park's concerts, plays the piano intro and the guitar after that. This song differs from most of Linkin Park's songs from previous albums in that it features almost no lead vocals from vocalist, with the exception of a brief 'na na na' refrain at the end. 'What I've Done' was the last song written for.
The song also has a exactly once every second, consistent throughout its entirety.created a remix of the song, which is called 'What I've Done (Distorted Remix)', which is included as a b-side to '. The remix was then included in the international tour edition of Minutes to Midnight, as well as a track in the Linkin Park Underground-exclusive CD Underground X: Demos. Music video The music video for 'What I've Done' was filmed in the desert and was directed by Linkin Park. It features footage of the band performing in the desert, interspersed with stock footage reflecting on a variety of social and environmental issues including, the, and, rising prices and crimes committed by humanity.
The video also features brief depictions of important historical figures, such as (in order of appearance),. Some cutscenes, such as the traffic scene and the exploding, were also featured on the music video for '. The video premiered on April 2, 2007 on. It premiered on, and Canada's on April 3, 2007.The video starts off with some sinking down into the dirt, causing it to turn wet. It then cuts to a walking to where Linkin Park are performing. It explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill-effects on the earth and the environment (see above).
It juxtaposes various pieces of footage: a large, well-fed man eating fast food, a woman measuring her waist and a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin; African Americans being hosed down by the; nuclear explosions, the as a result of the, children waving (one of the children being ), a Middle Eastern child holding an, clips of oil tankers torn in half and birds covered in an oil slick. The video ends with the same clip from the beginning, but played in reverse, where it has the grass re-growing.The video clip was featured and won on MTV's Battle of the Videos against videos by (') and ('). The video also marks the first appearance of a Linkin Park video in the #1 spot on MTV's, hitting #1 six times so far. The video has over 350 million views on as of July 2018. AOL currently has a live performance of 'What I've Done' on their website. 's James Montgomery called 'What I've Done' the 'biggest, baddest and best Linkin Park video of all time,' praising the visuals as well as the numerous political figures and events occurring within the video.
He summarized the video's message: 'Hahn was smart — or brave — enough to inject a message here: the destructive power of man versus the unyielding beauty of nature, and where it all will undoubtedly end (hint: we lose).' As mentioned in episode 89 of, Chester's jacket was lent to him by frontman. Alternate music video A second video, made exclusively for Australia, features a considerably different scenario from the first; instead of clips of human sin and the grass sinking clip, the video tells the story of a woman (played by ) working at a government-run pharmaceutical company learning of a plan to develop a deadly new virus for 'social control', and – with the help of several people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts with Linkin Park's logo on them – smuggles out several blood samples of a human test subject of the virus to expose the conspiracy. The video can be seen on YouTube and Linkin Park's Australian website.
Commercial performance Despite having mixed responses, the song made big debuts on the US charts during the chart week of April 21, 2007. The song debuted in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 on April 10, 2007, at #7. It is the band's second highest debut to date on the chart (this title was previously held by ' which opened at #47), earning 'Hot Shot' debut of the week, and subsequently becoming the third highest position for a Linkin Park single to date on the Hot 100. The song was their highest debut until they released ' in May 2009.
At the time of its debut it was only the eleventh song since 2000 to debut at #7 or higher on the Hot 100, and only the third song to do so by an artist not from. The song was partly fueled by digital sales, debuting at #4 on the digital chart. The song was certified 2×Platinum by the on November 13, 2008. It reached 3 million downloads by early 2011, making it their most successful digital song in the US. As of January 2015, the song has sold 3,700,000 copies in the US.In addition the song became only the third song ever to open at #1 on the Modern Rock chart, also becoming the band's seventh number one on the chart.
It held the #1 spot on Alternative Songs for 15 consecutive weeks, at the time tying it with 's ' The song also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it stayed for 8 consecutive weeks. In the iTunes music store, the song had reached number two. It was kept out of the top spot by '. The music video is the first to reach the number 1 spot on TRL for Linkin Park video history. It has also become a moderate hit on the, and charts, peaking at number 21 and 17 respectively on those charts.The song hit #6 in the UK once the physical format was released, making it Linkin Park's highest-charting UK single.Track listings All tracks written by Linkin Park. CD1. 7' picture discNo.TitleLength1.'
What I've Done'3:292.' ' (Live)2:46CD2. Australian single. EPNo.TitleLength1.' What I've Done'3:282.' Faint' (Live)2:463.'
' (Live)3:31Personnel. – vocals. – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals. – lead guitar. – bass guitar.
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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005, and multi-Platinum in several other countries. Their following studio album Meteora continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work. Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres on their.