2007 single by Linkin Park
"
Bleed It Out
" is a song by American
rock
band
Linkin Park
. The song was released as the second single from their third studio album,
Minutes to Midnight
. The single was released on August 17, 2007.
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On July 30, 2007, the music video was shown on
MTV Germany
and
MTV Asia
and has premiered in Canada through the
Muchmusic
Countdown and their MuchAxs video streaming website. This song was #44 on
Rolling Stone
'
s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
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This song was also #83 on
MTV Asia
'
s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.
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The song is featured in the closing video package in Game 3 of the
2007 World Series
, and in the main setlist for the rhythm video game
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
.
Live performances
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"Bleed It Out" was first performed live during the show at
Webster Hall
in New York City on May 11, 2007. Other notable live performances of the song include when it was performed in Tokyo on July 7, 2007, and broadcast as part of
Live Earth
, The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, as well as when it was performed on the May 12, 2007, episode of
Saturday Night Live
.
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Music video
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Linkin Park performs in the bar fight scene of the music video
The song's
music video
was directed by
Joe Hahn
and premiered on July 31, 2007, on
MTV Germany
. The music video was premiered in the United States on August 6, 2007, all day long on MTV2's "Unleashed". It also had a premiere on
TRL
the same day as MTV2's "Unleashed". It debuted at number 27 on the
Muchmusic
Countdown
on August 3. Although "
Leave Out All The Rest
" (the track before it) features footsteps and an opening door that
segues
into "Bleed It Out", it was omitted for the music video. The video was filmed and then reversed (in what appears to be one continuous shot), although green screens were used to make it look like the band was still playing regularly. The video features a reversed bar fight, and at the end of the video, it is revealed that a person
vomited
on another person's shoe, which started the massive fight.
The video was named Muchmusic's #1 Rock video of 2007 during their annual Holiday Wrap specialty program series. Also, at the
2008 MuchMusic Video Awards
, "Bleed It Out" won for Best International Video ? Group.
Warner Bros. Records
released a live video of "Bleed it Out" exclusively on their
YouTube
channel. The live video was shot in
Japan
on July 7, 2007, when Linkin Park was performing during the
Live Earth
concert. The Warner Records version censors "
fuck
" and "noose". However, other users have uploaded the same performance but some may have been captured from networks like
NBC
and
MSN
, which may have the lyrics uncensored.
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Live performances
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"Bleed It Out" includes a slow chorus breakdown at the end, and Rob Bourdon's extended drum solo.
For the 2010
A Thousand Suns World Tour
, it was originally performed between "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" as the second-to-last number of the main set for the South American leg. It was moved to the encore as the final number for the European leg of the tour. On their recent EMA's performance, they played the song with "A Place for My Head" mixed into the end. This song was played with "Burning in the Skies" in the same tour in some dates.
In Living Things World Tour, the band plays two verses from
Beastie Boys
Sabotage
in memory of
Beastie Boys
bassist
MCA
who died in 2012.
During Linkin Park's "Concert For The Philippines" in January 2014, the song was performed featuring a drum solo from
Travis Barker
.
On June 22, 2014, at the Vans
Warped Tour
in Ventura, CA, Linkin Park performed the song with rapper
Machine Gun Kelly
who came up with a third verse taken from his song "
What I Do
".
Commercial performance
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The song ranked in music charts even before its official release. The song peaked at #52 on the
Billboard
US Hot 100
and #54 on the Billboard
Pop 100
. Although the song is the band's first charting single on
Modern Rock Tracks
to not reach the #1 spot since "
Pts.Of.Athrty
" in 2002 stalled at #29, it did however hold the #2 spot on the chart for nine consecutive weeks then got replaced by
Three Days Grace
's
Never Too Late
at the #2 spot, being held off from the #1 spot by
Foo Fighters
' "
The Pretender
". It also reached #3 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
charts. In the
UK
, it debuted and peaked at #29. It made the top thirty in
Australia
,
Canada
,
Poland
and
Israel
. To date, it has been less successful than its predecessor "
What I've Done
" that debuted at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the following single "
Shadow of the Day
" where both singles charted higher. However, it has peaked higher than "What I've Done" in the
New Zealand
Singles Chart (#7) and
Belgian Singles Chart
(#22). Additionally, it was more successful on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and the Modern Rock Tracks chart than the other singles from
Minutes to Midnight
staying at 36 weeks on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it their third most successful single behind "
In The End
" (44 weeks) and "
Faint
" (37 weeks) on the rock charts.
As of June 2014, "Bleed It Out" has sold over 1,920,000 copies in the US, making it the band's 7th highest selling single of all time in the US.
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Track listings
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All tracks are written by Linkin Park
CD
Title
|
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1.
| "Bleed It Out"
| 2:44
|
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2.
| "
Given Up
" (Third Encore Session)
| 3:08
|
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All tracks are written by Linkin Park
Australian Maxi single ?
iTunes
EP
Title
|
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1.
| "Bleed It Out"
| 2:44
|
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2.
| "
What I've Done
" (Distorted Remix)
| 3:47
|
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3.
| "Given Up" (Third Encore Session)
| 3:08
|
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All tracks are written by Linkin Park
7" picture disc
Title
|
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1.
| "Bleed It Out"
| 2:44
|
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2.
| "What I've Done" (Distorted Remix)
| 3:47
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Charts
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Certifications
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References
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.
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.
YouTube
.
From the Warner Bros. Records YouTube Channel
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.
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From Linkin Park's YouTube Channel
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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