"From the Inside" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the fourth single from their second album, ''

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'', and appears as the tenth track on the record. It was released in Australia and the

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(it was released as download only in the UK) in 2004 as the fourth single from the album.

Overview

The song is one of Linkin Park's heavier songs and is written in a 6/8 time signature. It progresses from a more melodic-stylization at the song's beginning, but then grows more intense towards the end. The song also features more screamed vocals, with Bennington screaming for about 10 seconds straight during the bridge. The earliest version of the song can be heard on " Frat Party at the Pankake Festival". In this version, part of the unfinished instrumental can be heard for a few seconds, when

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocal ...

talks about making new music. There is also an interlude to the next track at the end of the song, like many of the other tracks on the album, in this case leading into "Nobody's Listening". The '' Live in Texas'' performance of "From the Inside" was included as the single's b-side. Other live performances of the song were included as the b-side to both " Numb" and "

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", respectively.

Music video

The music video was directed by the band's turntablist,

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. It takes place during a riot. In the middle of the riot are

and

Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, ...

, who are shown singing during their respective parts. The rest of the band appears playing their instruments in the center of the town where the riot is taking place each time the chorus returns. The video is centered on a child who is abandoned by his guardian during the chaos. The child wanders around in the midst of the riot. Towards the climax the child screams, which knocks down the entire crowd and therefore stops the riot and all the rubble starts rising and eventually falls when the child runs out of breath. Near the end of the video, the child looks at the destruction, smiles, then screams again. The video was filmed in early September 2003, during the band's Europe '03 tour in

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. The making of the video can be found on LPTV ("Season 2") episode 4. As of December 2022, the music video for "From the Inside" has over 135 million views on

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Track listing

Personnel

Linkin Park *

– vocals *

Rob Bourdon Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founding member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Early life Bourdon was born in Calabasas, California. He received classical piano l ...

– drums * Brad Delson – lead guitar * Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar *

–

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, samplers *

– keyboards, rap vocals, rhythm guitar Production *Don Gilmore – producer

Commercial performance

The song is the least successful single from ''Meteora''. It is the only single from the album that did not reach the Modern Rock Tracks chart or the

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chart in ''Billboard''. It was the lowest charting single in many other countries, but a few countries where the song charted did better than some of the other band's singles that were even more successful.

Charts

References

External links

''From the Inside'' official lyrics
* {{authority control 2003 songs 2004 singles Linkin Park songs Songs written by Mike Shinoda Warner Records singles