Take a look around
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| publication | June 6, 2000 |
| length | 5:21 |
| Genre (s) | Nu metal |
| Author (s) | Fred Durst , Lalo Schifrin |
| music | Limp Bizkit |
| album | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water / Mission: Impossible II Soundtrack |
Take a Look Around ( English for " Look around you ") is a song by American nu-metal - band Limp Bizkit . The song is the first single from their third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and was released on June 6, 2000. He is also included on the soundtrack to the film Mission: Impossible II .
content
Take a Look Around is an announcement from Limp Bizkit to all critics of their performance and their music. Fred Durst asks himself where all the hatred comes from that has hit him since he was successful. He concludes that the critics simply do not understand his art and instead of enjoying their short life, they waste it on hatred because the whole world is full of hate.
“Now all the critics wanna hit it, ya shit can how we did it
Just because they don't get it
[…]
Do we always gotta cry? Do we always gotta live inside a lie?
Life's just a blast that's movin 'really fast
You better stay on top or life will kick you in the ass
[…]
I know why you wanna hate me
' Cause hate is all the world has even seen lately ”
production
Take a Look Around was produced by Limp Bizkit. The lyrics were written by Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst , while the music was written by the Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and comes from the US television series Kobra, you take over (Original title: Mission: Impossible ).
Music video
Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst directed the music video that was shot for Take a Look Around .
At the beginning of the video, Fred Durst receives a phone call asking him to get a suitcase with a floppy disk from a group of secret agents. He talks to his bandmates and they decide to buy disguises. Shortly afterwards, four secret agents enter a restaurant where the band members work undercover as cooks, kitchen helpers and waiters. The group serves the agent who is in possession of the suitcase an extra spicy soup, whereupon the agent runs to the bathroom in a panic. When the agent comes back from the toilet, Fred Durst knocks him down with a bowl full of dishes. A fight ensues in which the suitcase opens and the floppy disk falls out. She is caught by a restaurant employee who hands a telephone receiver to Fred Durst in which the voice from the beginning explains that the mission is to be aborted and that the agents are only decoys. Between the plot you can see sequences from the movie Mission: Impossible II and the band that plays the song in a dark room.
single
Cover design
The single cover shows a cartoon character who holds a microphone in his hand and wears a red baseball cap. It's the same figure as on the cover of the Significant Other album . In the middle is the orange-red lettering LimpBizkit and underneath the title take a look around (theme from MI: 2) in orange. The background is light blue or gold, depending on the single version.
Track list
Version 1
- Take a Look Around (album version) - 5:21
- Faith - 3:52
- Break Stuff (video) - 2:47
Version 2
- Take a Look Around (radio version) - 4:24
- N 2 Gether Now (live) - 4:05
- Nookie (live) - 6:54
- N 2 Gether Now (video) - 3:55
Chart successes
Take a Look Around entered the German charts at number 18 on July 17, 2000 and reached the highest position four weeks later at number 4. Overall, it stayed in the top 100 for 17 weeks, including six weeks in the top 10. The single was 39th in the German annual charts in 2000. Take a Look Around also reached the top 5 in Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom , Italy and Austria. In contrast, the song missed the top 100 in the United States.
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Sales figures and awards
Take a Look Around was awarded a gold record in the year of publication for more than 250,000 sales in Germany . In the UK, it also received a gold record in 2018 for over 400,000 copies sold. This makes it one of the band's most commercially successful singles.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Belgium (BEA)
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 gold
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25,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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250,000 |
 Finland (IFPI)
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gold
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5,070 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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250,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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gold
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400,000 |
| All in all |
6 × gold |
955.070 |
Main article: Limp Bizkit / Music Sales Awards
At the 2001 Grammy Awards , Take a Look Around was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance , but was defeated by the song Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine .
Web links
- Lyrics with interpretations on genius.com
- German translation of the lyrics on golyr.de
- Music video on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around - lyrics. genius.com, accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around (Video). youtube.com, accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around - Singlecover 1. amazon.com, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around - Singlecover 2. amazon.com, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Top 100 annual singles charts 2000. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b c d 2000 annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on August 25, 2019 .
- ^ BRIT Certified. bpi.co.uk, accessed August 25, 2019 .
