Significant Other

Significant Other
Studio album by
Publication (s)	June 22, 1999
Label (s)	Interscope Records , Flip Records
Format (s)	CD , LP , download , MC
Genre (s)	Nu metal , crossover
Title (number)	15th
running time	62:35
occupation	Singing : Fred Durst Electric guitar : Wes Borland Electric bass : Sam Rivers Drums , percussion : John Otto Turntables : DJ Lethal Guest vocals: Les Claypool , Jonathan Davis , Aaron Lewis , Method Man , Matt Pinfield, Scott Weiland
production	Terry Date , Limp Bizkit, Scott Weiland, DJ Premier
Studio (s)	RRG Recording Services, Hollywood , California (USA)
chronology Three Dollar Bill, Yall $ (1997) Significant Other Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)
Single releases June 15, 1999 Nookie October 12, 1999 Re-arranged November 9, 1999 N 2 Gether Now March 27, 2000 Break Stuff / N 2 Gether Now

Significant Other ( English for: " reference person ") is the second studio album by the US Nu-Metal band Limp Bizkit . It was released on June 22, 1999 on the Interscope Records and Flip Records labels . As singles titles were Nookie , Break Stuff , re-arranged and N 2 Gether Now decoupled.

Music style and controversy

The album is based on the style of Three Dollar Bill, Yall $ , which is counted as Nu Metal . Compared to its predecessor, however , Significant Other is characterized by more melodic sections and a less aggressive melody . The tracks are mainly about Fred Durst and his long-time girlfriend and therefore the album - due to the course of the relationship - is characterized by a depressive mood like its predecessor. A hidden track about five minutes long is attached to the outro .

Some songs were discussed controversially, because both the public and the press held them responsible for the riots at the Woodstock III Festival in July 1999. So raped several men a woman during a performance by Limp Bizkit front of the stage. In the Simpsons episode Gets Marge Mad , the title Show Me What You Got of the album is played in relation to that festival.

Cover design

The album cover shows a cartoon character holding a microphone and wearing a red baseball cap. High-rise buildings can be seen in the background and the orange-red letters Limp Bizkit and significant other can be found in the lower right corner of the picture .

Guest Posts

In addition to Limp Bizkit, other artists can be heard on four tracks on the album. Singers Jonathan Davis (from Korn ) and Scott Weiland (from Stone Temple Pilots ) are featured on the song Nobody Like You , while rapper Method Man has a guest appearance on N 2 Gether Now . No Sex is a collaboration with Aaron Lewis , the singer of the band Staind . You can also hear Matt Pinfield and Les Claypool on Hidden Tracks after the outro .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	length
1	Intro		0:37
2	Just Like This		3:35
3	Nookie		4:49
4th	Break stuff		2:47
5	Re-arranged		5:54
6th	I'm Broke		3:59
7th	Nobody Like You	Jonathan Davis , Scott Weiland	4:20
8th	Don't Go Off Wandering		4:00
9	9 Teen 90 Nine		4:36
10	N 2 Gether Now	Method Man	4:49
11	Trust?		4:59
12	No sex	Aaron Lewis	3:54
13	Show Me What You Got		4:27
14th	A lesson learned		2:40
15th	Outro	Matt Pinfield, Les Claypool	7:17

More songs that were created during the album production:

• Hell of a Band (with Les Claypool)
• Prop the DJ (with Les Claypool)
• Turn Me Loose (with Eminem )
• Don't Remember / No Control
• Instrumental
• Don't Go Off Wandering (with Serj Tankian ) (demo recording)

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Significant Other   DE 13 07/26/1999 (60 weeks)   AT 7th 08/22/1999 (48 weeks)   CH 38 09/12/1999 (21 weeks)   UK 10 07/03/1999 (47 weeks)   US 1 07/10/1999 (103 weeks)

Singles

Nookie   US 80 07/31/1999 (11 weeks) Re-arranged   US 88 04/12/1999 (18 weeks) N 2 Gether Now   US 73 04/12/1999 (11 weeks) Break Stuff / N 2 Gether Now   DE 42 04/10/2000 (10 weeks)   CH 95 05/21/2000 (3 weeks)

Significant Other entered the German album charts at number 51 on July 26, 1999 and only reached the top position on August 14, 2000 at number 13. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 60 weeks with interruptions. The album was particularly successful in the United States, where it reached number 1 and stayed in the charts for 103 weeks. The sound carrier also reached the top 10 in New Zealand (4th place), Australia (5th place), Austria (7th place) and Belgium (7th place).

The first single was released on June 15, 1999, the song Nookie . It reached number 80 in the US charts and stayed in the top 100 for eleven weeks. The following singles Re-Arranged and N 2 Gether Now could also only place in the United States in the charts. In contrast, the last single Break Stuff , which was released as a double A single in Europe together with N 2 Gether Now , reached 42nd place in Germany and stayed in the Top 100 for ten weeks.

Sales figures and awards

In Germany, Significant Other received a gold record for more than 250,000 copies sold in 2000 . It was also awarded gold in Austria and Switzerland, while it received a platinum record in the UK. The album was best sold in the United States, where it went seven times platinum for over seven million sales. In addition, the album went platinum for more than a million copies sold in Europe. The worldwide sales figures thus amount to over eight million.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	platinum	150,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	5 × gold 20 × platinum	8,925,000

Main article: Limp Bizkit / Music Sales Awards

The Grammy Awards 2000 was significant other in the category Album Best Rock nominated, but lost Supernatural by Santana .

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
Allmusic

Martin Mengele from laut.de rated the album with three out of a possible five points and described it as a “coherent and danceable Pimprock record with a real underground character”. It was "a very worthy successor to the 97 debut, which [silenced] all doubters and could turn all opponents into believers."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Chart tracking Significant Other on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ International chart tracking Significant Other
5. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK US EU ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Rating: laut.de
7. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com