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| Single by Linkin Park from the album Meteora |
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| Released | July 1, 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Nu metal Rapcore |
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| Length | 2 min 42 s | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Writer(s) | Linkin Park | ||||
| Producer | Don Gilmore | ||||
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"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora (2003).
The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 (see 2003 in music) and entered the top thirty on the majority of the charts it appeared on.
'Faint' is also sometimes refered to as 'I Won't Be Ignored'.
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Chart performance
Although "Faint" was officially released to U.S. radio on July 1, 2003. The song reached the top twenty on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay, and the following week it debuted on the Hot 100, the official U.S. chart. "Faint" peaked at number forty-eight in its eighth week and remained on the chart until its fifteenth week. The song entered the top twenty on the majority of the Billboard charts on which it appeared. While "In the End" proved somewhat popular on Modern Rock Tracks radio, it peaked at forty-eight on the Hot 100 Airplay format and reached the top five on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks.
"Faint" reached the top thirty on the Canadian Singles Chart where it peaked at 21.
The song was released in Australia, Europe and New Zealand on July 22, 2003. "Somewhere I Belong" reached the UK top ten, while "Faint" reached the top twenty. "Faint" continued the trend of lower-charting singles when it debuted and peaked at number fifteen. "Faint" peaked at number twenty-five on the Australian Singles Chart and stayed at its peak for two weeks.
"Faint" reached 67 on the Japanese singles chart and 57 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles and it would also peak at forty in seven countries and it reach the top twenty in the United Kingdom and Spain, it was a moderate top ten success on the LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100.
Music video
The video, directed by Mark Romanek and shot in downtown LA, consists of the band performing in front of an audience and a floodlight. The audience consisted of members from the LPU. Almost the entire video is shot from behind the band, allowing the strong lighting to portray them in silhouettes. Therefore, the faces of the band are not shown throughout most of the video, except at the final chorus where the band is then shown from the front. They perform in front of a derelict building structure with graffiti, such as a monstrous version of the Hybrid Theory Soldier and some Linkin Park symbols.
A director's cut was made that features an extended ending where Mike Shinoda spray paints the words En Proceso (Spanish for In Progress) on a garage door.
Single
It was also released as a single in the same year. This song was released as two singles, "Faint 1" and "Faint 2", they differed in cover color and tracks ("Faint 1" is blue, and "Faint 2" is a brownish green). "Faint 1" was also released as a Canadian version that had the tracks, but did not include the music video. The cover of "Pt. 1" is shown on the right. On "Pt. 1", the track listing states the live version of "Lying from You" is 3:43 in length, however it is actually 3:04. This is most likely a mix up with the "Pt. 2" in which the live version of "One Step Closer" is 3:43 in length.
Track listing
Pt. 1
All songs written and composed by Linkin Park.
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Faint" | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Lying from You" (Live at the Projekt Revolution Tour 2003) | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Somewhere I Belong" (Video) | 3:44 |
Pt. 2
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Faint" | 2:42 |
| 2. | "One Step Closer" (Reanimated Live at LPU Tour 2003) | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Faint" (Live Video) | 3:30 |
Chart positions
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australia Singles Chart | 25 | [1] |
| Austria Singles Chart | 27 | [1] |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 44 | [1] |
| Germany Singles Chart | 40 | [1] |
| Ireland Singles Chart | 26 | [1] |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 40 | [1] |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 49 | [1] |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 32 | [1] |
| United Kingdom Singles Chart | 15 | [1] |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 67 | [1] |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 57 | [1] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 48 | [2] |
| U.S. Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | [2] |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 | [2] |
| U.S. Hot 100 Airplay | 48 | [2] |
| U.S. Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay | 24 | [2] |
| United World Chart | 28 | [1] |
| Preceded by "Just Because" by Jane's Addiction |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single August 9, 2003 |
Succeeded by "So Far Away" by Staind |
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