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"Take a Look Around" is a song by American
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. First debuting on the
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to the 2000 film '' Mission: Impossible 2'', it is the first single and tenth track on their third album, '' Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'', and was released on July 3, 2000. The main
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of the song is derived from the original ''Mission: Impossible'' theme composed by
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, however it deviates in its meter which is
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, except the bridge, which uses Schifrin's original
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. In the United Kingdom, "Take a Look Around" was Limp Bizkit's first single release. The song became a European hit in mid-2000, reaching number one in Iceland and Portugal, number two in Finland and Spain, and number three in Italy and the UK. In addition to reaching the top 10 in several other European countries, it became a top-30 hit in Australia and New Zealand. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2001 but lost to
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version of "Take a Look Around" was released as a promo and later included as a B-side on some versions of the " Rollin'" single.


Music video

The video for the song features the band working undercover at a coffee shop in order to retrieve a disc from a group of secret agents. But just as they are about to succeed, they are ordered to abort the mission, as the secret agents turn out to be decoys. The boys are soon kicked out, and the phone that Fred Durst uses at the beginning blows up right at the end. There are also scenes of the band performing in front of the coffee shop as well as brief shots from '' Mission: Impossible 2''. At the beginning of the video, the song " Break Stuff" can be heard in the car that the band arrives in. The video was rarely shown in the States. Fred Durst has stated that he dislikes the video – despite the fact that he directed it – and the band decided to release the video only in various markets outside the U.S., particularly Europe. It is not available on either the DVD of ''Mission: Impossible 2'', or the band's DVD compilation '' Greatest Videoz''.


Reception

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'' ranked the song number six and number four, respectively, on their lists of Limp Bizkit's greatest songs.


Track listings

UK CD1 # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version) – 5:36 # "Faith" (George Michael cover) – 3:52 # "Break Stuff" (CD-ROM video) UK CD 2 # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (radio edit) – 4:26 # "N 2 Gether Now" (live) – 6:37 # "N 2 Gether Now" (CD-ROM video) UK cassette single # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (radio edit) – 4:24 # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version) – 5:36 European CD single # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version) – 5:36 # "Break Stuff" (live) – 4:03 European 7-inch single :A. "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version) :B. "Faith" (George Michael cover) Australian CD single and Japanese CD1 # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (radio edit) – 4:24 # "N 2 Gether Now" (live) – 4:05 # " Nookie" (live) – 6:54 # "N 2 Gether Now" (CD-ROM video) – 3:55 Japanese CD2 # "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version) – 5:36 # "Break Stuff" (live) – 4:03 # "Break Stuff" (video) – 2:45 # Screen saver


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References

{{Authority control 2000 songs 2000 singles Compositions by Lalo Schifrin Limp Bizkit songs Mission: Impossible (film series) music Music videos directed by Fred Durst Number-one singles in Iceland Number-one singles in Portugal Songs written by Fred Durst Songs written for films