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Remember the Name

"Remember the Name" is a song by Fort Minor, the hip-hop side project of rock band Linkin Park's co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda. It is the second single from his 2005 album The Rising Tied and features underground hip-hop band Styles of Beyond. It was released alongside the album's first single, "Petrified". A music video for the song was directed by Kimo Proudfoot.

The single initially failed to chart in 2005. However, in 2006, the single received moderate success due to its use in the media and possibly the success of "Where'd You Go", another Fort Minor single. Despite numerous low peaks in different charts, the song was used extensively in the media, particularly at sports events, and eventually received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2009 and by the British Phonographic Industry in 2024. In 2018, the RIAA certified the song 4× Platinum.

David Campbell conducted the strings for the song. Since Shinoda performed the main loop on the keyboards, the cellists had a difficult time performing the loop. Eventually, they resorted to breaking up the phrase, such that each cellist plays one or two notes.

The music video, directed by Kimo Proudfoot, shows the song's three vocalists, Mike Shinoda and hip-hop group Styles of Beyond members Takbir Bashir and Ryan Maginn, walking around a bar. The video has cameo appearances from Chester Bennington, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park, singer Holly Brook, Rob Dyrdek and Christopher "Big Black" Boykin of MTV's Rob & Big, DJ Cheapshot and Vin Skully of Styles of Beyond, and rapper Sixx John.

The song has been used extensively in the media, and played at many stadiums and arenas throughout the United States, including several colleges. The National Basketball Association used "Remember the Name" as the theme song for the 2006 and 2007 NBA Playoffs as well as the 2008 NBA draft. The song is also featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game NBA Live 06.

The song was used in "The OG", the twelfth episode in the second season of the CBS TV series Numb3rs.

An instrumental of the song was used for the opening intro of the 2006 year-end American Top 40 chart, despite the song itself never charting on American Top 40.

The song is featured in promotional TV trailers for the 2006 movie, Gridiron Gang, NBC's 2006 series, Friday Night Lights, and Pride, directed by Sunu Gonera, as well as the trailer for Fighting, and the trailer for the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid. The song was also featured in the 2018 movie Peter Rabbit, with some lyrics changed to fit the context of the movie.

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