Blackout (Linkin Park song)

"Blackout"
"Blackout"
Promotional single by Linkin Park
from the album A Thousand Suns
Released	October 9, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Industrial rock; rap rock; electronic rock; hard rock;
Length	4:39
Label	Warner Bros.; Machine Shop.;
Songwriter	Linkin Park
Producers	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.^[3]

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 and rapping the verses with Mike Shinoda singing near the end along with Bennington.

Promotion

On August 18, 2010, Linkin Park posted a "Linkin Park TV" episode showing Chester Bennington doing freestyle vocals over the song.^[4] 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. The opening instrumental of the song was also performed as a segue into Papercut during The Hunting Party and the Carnivores Tour.

"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.^[5]

Personnel

Chester Bennington – lead and rap vocals, percussion
Mike Shinoda – keyboards, co-lead vocals, piano, sampler
Brad Delson – guitar, percussion, synthesizers
Phoenix – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Joe Hahn – turntables, sampler, backing vocals, programming
Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)^[6]	28

Release history

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

References

^ "The Catalyst: Revisiting Linkin Park's underrated and ambitious 2010 album, "A Thousand Suns"". New Fury Media. 26 July 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
^ brownypaul (February 23, 2017). "When did Linkin Park get it all Wrong?". Wall of Sound. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
^ Wood, Mikael (July 9, 2010). "Linkin Park On New Album 'A Thousand Suns,' Tour". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
^ "LPTV". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
^ "Blackout - Linkin Park". Fifplay.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. October 16, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

[1] "The Catalyst: Revisiting Linkin Park's underrated and ambitious 2010 album, "A Thousand Suns"". New Fury Media. 26 July 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[2] rownypaul (February 23, 2017). "When did Linkin Park get it all Wrong?". Wall of Sound. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

[3] Wood, Mikael (July 9, 2010). "Linkin Park On New Album 'A Thousand Suns,' Tour". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved September 21, 2013.

[4] "LPTV". Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.

[5] "Blackout - Linkin Park". Fifplay.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

[6] "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. October 16, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

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Singles discography Awards and nominations
Hybrid Theory	"Papercut" "One Step Closer" "Points of Authority" "Crawling" "Runaway" "In the End" "She Couldn't" (20th Anniversary Edition)
Reanimation	"Pts.OF.Athrty"
Meteora	"Somewhere I Belong" "Lying from You" "Faint" "Breaking the Habit" "From the Inside" "Numb" "Lost" (20th Anniversary Edition) "Fighting Myself" (20th Anniversary Edition)
Collision Course	"Numb/Encore"
Minutes to Midnight	"Given Up" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day" "What I've Done"
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" "I'll Be Gone" "Castle of Glass" "Powerless"
Recharged	"A Light That Never Comes"
The Hunting Party	"Keys to the Kingdom" "All for Nothing" "Guilty All the Same" "Wastelands" "Until It's Gone" "Rebellion" "Final Masquerade"
One More Light	"Good Goodbye" "Talking to Myself" "Battle Symphony" "Invisible" "Heavy" "One More Light"
Papercuts	"Friendly Fire" "Qwerty"
From Zero	"The Emptiness Machine" "Heavy Is the Crown" "Over Each Other" "Two Faced" "Up from the Bottom" "Unshatter"
Featured songs	"We Made It" "Darker Than Blood"
Other songs	"New Divide" "Not Alone" "Rolling in the Deep" "White Noise" "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds"
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"Blackout"
Promotional single by Linkin Park
from the album A Thousand Suns
Released	October 9, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Industrial rock rap rock electronic rock^[1] hard rock^[2]
Length	4:39
Label	Warner Bros. Machine Shop.
Songwriter	Linkin Park
Producers	Mike Shinoda Rick Rubin