Numb (Linkin Park song)
| Numb | |
|---|---|
| Linkin Park | |
| publication | September 8, 2003 |
| length | 3:06 |
| Genre (s) |
Alternative rock , nu metal |
| Author (s) | Linkin Park |
| Award (s) | Platinum ( RIAA ) |
| album | Meteora |
Numb (in German : "numb" or "unfeeling") is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park . It is the third single from the second studio album, Meteora . It was released as a single on September 8, 2003.
A year later, the song was also re-recorded for the mashup album Collision Course together with Jay-Z as Numb / Encore .
Music video
The music video was shot primarily in Prague , with the band's performance filmed in a cathedral by Chester Bennington in Los Angeles due to health problems . Directed by the band DJ Joe Hahn .
The video is about a young student, played by Briana Evigan , who is socially marginalized and struggles with internal problems. She is withdrawn and spends her time drawing pictures, which is based on the song Breaking the Habit , which was originally called Drawing . At school she is teased and laughed at by teachers and students. When she falls, nobody helps her up and when she sits down next to other girls, they get up and leave. The word "Numb" (Eng. "Numb") is carved on her left arm. In her room, out of anger and desperation, she throws her drawing against the wall and finally runs into the cathedral where the band played as if she had heard the band, but it has disappeared without a trace.
In 2018, 15 years after it was released on YouTube, the video hit 1 billion views as fans launched an unofficial campaign to increase the video's popularity after Chester Bennington's death in 2017.
Chart placements
Numb is one of Linkin Park's most commercially successful singles. Only In the End was listed longer on the US Billboard Hot 100 than Numb . It was also awarded 4 times platinum in the United States . In Germany and Switzerland, the respective highest positions were reached after Chester Bennington's death in July 2017. The single had previously reached number 19 and 15 respectively. In Austria, Numb entered the charts for the first time in 2017.
| Charts | Top position |
Award | Annual charts (2003) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
13 (24 weeks) |
- | 92 |
 Austria
|
8 (3 weeks) |
- | - |
 Switzerland
|
5 (22 weeks) |
 gold
|
- |
 United Kingdom
|
14 (10 weeks) |
 platinum
|
- |
 United States
|
11 (33 weeks) |
 4x platinum
|
33 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Wiederhorn: In The End, Linkin Park's Joseph Hahn Wants To Be A Filmmaker. In: MTV. August 8, 2003, accessed July 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Linkin Park: Numb. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
- Jump up ↑ Linkin Park: Music video for Numb hits one billion clicks on YouTube . In: regioactive.de . ( regioactive.de [accessed on November 15, 2018]).
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Numb in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- Numb in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- Numb in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- Linkin Park in the Official UK Charts (English)
- Numb on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
- ↑ party-dj-deluxe.de Annual Singles Charts 2003 , accessed on August 31, 2012
- ↑ billboard.biz 2004 YEAR END CHARTS: THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES & TRACKS ( memento from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 21, 2012