Somewhere I Belong
| Somewhere I Belong | |
|---|---|
| Linkin Park | |
| publication | March 17, 2003 |
| length | 3:33 |
| Genre (s) | Nu metal , rap-rock |
| text | Linkin Park |
| music | Don Gilmore, Linkin Park |
| album | Meteora |
Somewhere I Belong (. English for: Somewhere I belong ) is a song by American nu-metal - group Linkin Park . The song is the first single from their second studio album Meteora and was released on March 17, 2003.
content
The song is written from the perspective of a person who is torn and empty inside. Feeling confused, exhausted, and alone, he screams out his feelings to see if there are other people with such thoughts. The desire of the lyric self is to be freed from its pain, grief and anger and thus to find out where it belongs. The lyrical ego looks for the faults in itself and finally resolves to heal its inner wounds and to come out of itself in order to find the right way to find itself.
Mike Shinoda raps his part of the lyrics while Chester Bennington sings or screams.
production
The song was produced by music producer Don Gilmore in collaboration with Linkin Park.
Music video
In which to Somewhere I Belong twisted music video led Joe Hahn , the DJ of Linkin Park, Director .
At the beginning of the video, Chester Bennington can be seen walking through a room that has a picture of mythical creatures. He lies down on a bed and then falls into an underworld. There Chester gets up and starts singing while the band plays in the background. In between, Mike Shinoda can be seen rapping in front of a waterfall and later in front of a fire. Now a fire burns in the background as the band plays, and the bed that Chester fell through in the beginning also starts to burn. The mythical creatures in the picture have been brought to life and are walking around among the band members. In the end, Chester is back in bed with her eyes closed.
single
Cover design
The single cover is in black and white . It shows a close-up of spray cans . In the middle of the picture are the white lettering [Linkin Park] and Somewhere I Belong .
Chart successes
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Somewhere I Belong entered the German single charts on March 31, 2003 and reached the highest position at number 12. Overall, the song stayed in the top 100 for eleven weeks. In Austria the song was ranked 16th, in Switzerland 15th, in the UK 10th and in the USA 32nd. The track was particularly successful in New Zealand, where it topped the list reached the charts .
In 2020 Somewhere I Belong received a Silver Record for over 200,000 units sold in the UK .
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 gold
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35,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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 silver
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200,000 |
| All in all |
1 × silver 2 × gold |
260,000 |
Main article: Linkin Park / Music Sales Awards
Web links
- Lyrics with interpretations on rap.genius.com (English)
- Lyrics translation on golyr.de
- Music video on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lyrics
- ↑ Music video (Youtube)
- ↑ Single cover
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Chart tracking Somewhere I Belong on musicline.de ( memento of the original from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ International chart tracking Somewhere I Belong
