Qwerty (Linkin Park song)

"Qwerty"
"Qwerty"
	Live in Tokyo version cover artwork
Single by Linkin Park
from the album LP Underground 6.0 and Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)
Released	April 26, 2024
Recorded	August 2006
Length	3:21 (studio version); 3:54 (Live in Tokyo);
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Chester Bennington; Rob Bourdon; Brad Delson; Dave Farrell; Joe Hahn; Mike Shinoda;
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin; Mike Shinoda;
Linkin Park singles chronology
Music video
	"Qwerty (Live Video)" on YouTube

"Qwerty" (stylised in all caps) is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Originally recorded during sessions for their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007), the song debuted on a four-date mini-tour of Japan in August 2006, which served as a break from the studio while the band was working on the album. The studio version of the track debuted on the LP Underground 6.0 (2006), an album made available exclusively to the band's official fan club, released on December 5, 2006.^[1]

It was later featured on the compilations Songs from the Underground (2008)^[2] and A Decade Underground (2010),^[3] as well as an 8-bit version featured on the soundtrack to Linkin Park's own video game, 8-Bit Rebellion! (2010).^[4] The song was officially released on digital platforms on April 12, 2024 as part of the band's fourth compilation album Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023).^[5] The song was later released as the compilation's second single on April 26, 2024.^[6]

Track listing

Digital single – Qwerty (Live in Tokyo, 2006)^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Qwerty" (Live in Tokyo, 2006)	3:54
2.	"Qwerty" (instrumental)	3:21
3.	"Qwerty"	3:21
Total length:		10:36

Music video

The official live music video for "Qwerty" was released alongside the single on April 26, 2024.^[7] It was debuted and performed live in Tokyo, Japan at the Summer Sonic Festival in Chiba Marine Stadium on August 13, 2006 during the band's headlining set. The official music video features footage of the band at the festival performing the previously unannounced song for the Japanese audience for the first time.^[8]

Personnel

Linkin Park

Chester Bennington – lead vocals
Rob Bourdon – drums
Brad Delson – guitars
Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitars
Joe Hahn – samplers, turntables
Mike Shinoda – rap vocals

Charts

Chart performance for "Qwerty"
Chart (2024)	Peak position
Belarus Airplay (TopHit)^[9]	173
US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard)^[10]	5

References

^ Carter, Emily (April 12, 2024). "Linkin Park's heavy 2006 deep-cut QWERTY is now on streaming". Kerrang!. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ "Songs from the Underground - Linkin Park". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ "A Decade Underground - Digital Download". Linkinpark.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ "Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion! Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Launches Today". IGN. April 26, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ Adams, Gregory (April 12, 2024). "LINKIN PARK's fan-favorite metal rarity "QWERTY" finally hits streaming platforms". Revolver. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Qwerty (Live in Tokyo, 2006) - Single - Album by LINKIN PARK". Apple Music. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ wookubus (April 26, 2024). "Linkin Park Release 2006 Live Video For "QWERTY"". ThePRP. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
^ Kennelty, Greg (April 26, 2024). "LINKIN PARK Streams 2006 Live Video For "QWERTY"". Metal Injection. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
^ "Top Radio Hits Belarus Weekly Chart: May 8, 2024". TopHit. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
^ "Linkin Park Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[1] Carter, Emily (April 12, 2024). "Linkin Park's heavy 2006 deep-cut QWERTY is now on streaming". Kerrang!. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[2] "Songs from the Underground - Linkin Park". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[3] "A Decade Underground - Digital Download". Linkinpark.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[4] "Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion! Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Launches Today". IGN. April 26, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[5] Adams, Gregory (April 12, 2024). "LINKIN PARK's fan-favorite metal rarity "QWERTY" finally hits streaming platforms". Revolver. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

[single-6] "Qwerty (Live in Tokyo, 2006) - Single - Album by LINKIN PARK". Apple Music. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

[7] wookubus (April 26, 2024). "Linkin Park Release 2006 Live Video For "QWERTY"". ThePRP. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

[8] Kennelty, Greg (April 26, 2024). "LINKIN PARK Streams 2006 Live Video For "QWERTY"". Metal Injection. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

[9] "Top Radio Hits Belarus Weekly Chart: May 8, 2024". TopHit. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

[10] "Linkin Park Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2024.

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v t e Linkin Park songs
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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