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, featured on their third studio album '' This Is War''. Written by lead vocalist Jared Leto, the song was released as the fifth and final single from the album in 2011. The track was produced by

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and 30 Seconds to Mars, and was inspired by Jared and his brother Shannon's youth in Louisiana.

Background and recording

The song was written by Jared Leto, with him playing lead guitar,

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playing the bass guitar, and Shannon Leto on drums. Jared Leto said the following to MTV News: Lead guitarist Tomo Milicevic said the following about the song to Music Radar:

Music video

In an interview with MTV, Jared Leto said the following about a potential video: However, he also said the following:

Release

In an interview with MTV, Jared Leto said the following about the release of the song: The song impacted radio on May 17, 2011. On September 18, 2012, a remix of "Night of the Hunter" by the band's drummer Shannon Leto was released as a

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. Speaking about the remix, he said: "'Night of the Hunter' is one of my favorite songs to play live with my band and I really wanted to reinvent it, to shed a different light on it by bringing a dance element to it."

Charts

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''This Is War'' liner notes. *Performed by 30 Seconds to Mars *

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by Jared Leto *

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by Apocraphex Music ( ASCAP)/Universal Music - Z Tunes, LLC (ASCAP) * Produced by

, 30 Seconds to Mars * Recorded by Ryan Williams, Matt Radosevich at The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound,

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, CA * Additional engineering by Tom Biller, Rob Kirwan, Jamie Schefman, Sonny Diperri * Mixed by Ryan Williams at Pulse Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA * Additional strings orchestrated and recorded by

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at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA

References

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