Given Up

Given Up

Infobox single
Name = Given Up


Artist = Linkin Park
from Album = Minutes to Midnight
Recorded = The Mansion, Los Angeles, California
Released = flagicon|Malaysia January 2008
flagicon|United Kingdom February 17, 2008 (digital release)
flagicon|World March 3, 2008
Genre = Alternative metal
Post-hardcore
Length = 3:09
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Linkin Park
Producer = Rick Rubin
Mike Shinoda
Last single = "Shadow of the Day"
(2007)
This single = "Given Up"
(2008)
Next single = "We Made It"
(2008)

"Given Up" is the second track and the fourth single from Linkin Park's third studio album "Minutes to Midnight". It was released on February 17, 2008 in United Kingdom as a digital download.

Background information

"Given Up", along with the hit singles "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out", made its live debut on April 28, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. Live performances of these three songs at the AOL sessions were released on AOL on May 5, 2007. The performance of the song is available on the "Bleed It Out" CD single.

"Given Up" is one of the heavier songs on the album. It notably features a seventeen second-long scream by Chester Bennington after the second verse, as well as a steady guitar riff for the chorus verses of the song. The scream is split into two 8 second long screams when performed live allowing Chester to catch his breath, although he has completed the full scream in various live performances. It dawns a distinctive jingle sound during the verses and intro, generated by the jingling of guitarist Brad Delson's keys and a steady clapping beat by Mike Shinoda. The song was available as a single on March 3, 2008.

ingle release

In June 2007, the official Billboard website gave information stating that "Given Up" and "Shadow of the Day" would be the next two singles from "Minutes to Midnight", following "What I've Done". This proved incorrect after "Bleed It Out" was promoted to single status. On January 24, 2008, it was announced that "Given Up" would be the band's next single after "Shadow of the Day", released on October 16, 2007. The single was released as digital download on February 17, 2008 along with a cover art. [ [http://www.7digital.com/artists/linkin-park/given-up/ 7Digital Sale Page for Given Up] ]

Music video

channel on March 4, 2008. The video was directed by Mark Fiore, the band's videographer.

The video consists of live clips from the shows (stated above) and has been edited together in a sharp, rugged manner which contains short cut scenes with many special effects mainly altering the colouring. Transitions between cut scenes are in a style of warn analog tape distortion giving the video an even more rugged, tough appearance. Bennington performs his seventeen-second scream perched on the guard rail, inches from the audience. Throughout the video several flash scenes appear such as a cowboy, hippopotamus and quotes from "Magical Thinking: True Stories" (chapter "Commercial Break") a book by the American author Augusten Burroughs. Frames from the Linkin Park videos "One Step Closer", "Papercut", "What I've Done", "Faint", "Numb", and "Breaking the Habit" can also be seen through out the video.

Track listings

CD1Tracklist
all_writing = Linkin Park
title1 = Given Up
length1 = 3:09

7" Picture disc formatTracklist
title1 = Given Up
length1 = 3:09
title2 =
length2 = N/A

* On the b-side there is the "Minutes to Midnight" era LP logo etched in the vinyl.

UK CDTracklist
title1 = Given Up
length1 = 3:09
title2 = Given Up
note2 = Video
length2 = 3:12

Digital download/Maxi single CD2Tracklist
title1 = Given Up
length1 = 3:09
title2 = Valentine's Day
note2 = Live from Frankfurt Germany, Jan 20 '08
length2 = 3:24
title3 = In Between
note3 = Live from London UK, Jan 29 '08
length3 = 3:25

Chart performance

"Given Up" charted on Billboard's Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in May of 2007, following "Minutes to Midnight"'s release. Following the singles official release, the song has debuted at #34 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, so far climbing to #5. It has also debuted at #32 on Modern Rock Tracks, so far peaking #4.

References

External links


* [http://www.linkinpark.com Official band website]
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=411805&aid=956013 Billboard Page, for information on the new singles and albums]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xyxtzD54rM Official Music Video for Given Up]


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