Blackout (Linkin Park song)

"Blackout"
Promotional single by Linkin Park from the album A Thousand Suns
Released	September 8, 2010
Format	Exclusive release (Digital download)
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Electronic rock, industrial rock
Length	4:39
Label	Warner Bros., Machine Shop.
Writer(s)	Linkin Park
Producer(s)	Mike Shinoda, Rick Rubin

"Blackout" is a promotional single by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the ninth track from their 2010 album, A Thousand Suns. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin.^[1]

Despite the lack of metal elements, the song does contain significant amounts of screaming (the choruses comprise solely of it), making for one of the more coarse-sounding songs on A Thousand Suns. It also features Chester Bennington singing on most of the song with Mike Shinoda singing near the end along with Chester.

Promotion

On August 18, 2010, Linkin Park posted a "Linkin Park TV" episode showing Chester Bennington doing freestyle vocals over the song.^[2] The remix by Renholdër was also used in Underworld: Awakening. A live version of the promotional single was used for the B-side of the single Burning in the Skies by the band in the same album.

The song was debuted for the live, alongside the single "Burning in the Skies", in Australia in late 2010. It featured sampled vocals from Bennington, for the bridge. The song was played in many concerts for the A Thousand Suns World Tour and in some concerts for the promotion of Living Things.

"Blackout" was a part of the "Linkin Park Track Pack" downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The song was also used in EA Sports's FIFA 11.

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
UK Rock (Official Charts Company)	28^[3]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	September 8, 2010	Digital download	Warner Bros. Records

References

↑ Wood, Mikael (July 9, 2010). "Linkin Park On New Album 'A Thousand Suns,' Tour". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
↑ "LPTV".
↑ "2010-10-16 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive". Official Charts. October 16, 2010. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Linkin Park songs

Hybrid Theory	"One Step Closer" "Crawling" "Papercut" "In the End" "Points of Authority" "Runaway" "A Place for My Head"

Meteora	"Somewhere I Belong" "Faint" "Numb" "Breaking the Habit" "From the Inside" "Lying from You"

Minutes to Midnight	"Given Up" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day" "What I've Done" "No More Sorrow"

A Thousand Suns	"Burning in the Skies" "Waiting for the End" "Blackout" "Wretches and Kings" "Iridescent" "The Catalyst"

Living Things	"Lost in the Echo" "In My Remains" "Burn It Down" "Lies Greed Misery" "I'll Be Gone" "Castle of Glass" "Powerless"

The Hunting Party	"Keys to the Kingdom" "All for Nothing" "Guilty All the Same" "Wastelands" "Until It's Gone" "Rebellion" "Final Masquerade"

Collaborations	"Numb/Encore" "We Made It" "A Light That Never Comes" "Darker Than Blood"

Other songs	"Pts.OF.Athrty" "New Divide" "Not Alone" "Rolling in the Deep" "White Noise"

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