Papercut (Linkin Park song)
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| Single by Linkin Park | ||||||||||||
| from the album Hybrid Theory | ||||||||||||
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| Released | September 25, 2001 | |||||||||||
| Format | CD | |||||||||||
| Recorded | New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2000 | |||||||||||
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| Length | 3:05 | |||||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Linkin Park | |||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |||||||||||
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"Papercut" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their debut album Hybrid Theory, and appears as the opening track on the record. The "Papercut" single was never officially released in the US. The song reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 2001 and was in the chart for 6 weeks. It also reached number 32 on the Modern Rock Tracks Chart in 2002.
Lead singer Chester Bennington has stated that "Papercut" is one of his favorite Linkin Park songs. In live performances, the line "something in here's not right today" is changed to "something inside's not right today". Also, Bennington screams parts of the verses during live performances. It was also included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film The One.
On Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation (2002), there is a remix of this song, titled "Ppr:Kut", which was remixed by Cheapshot. Elements from the song were used in the song "Sold My Soul to Yo Mama", which appears on the Linkin Park Underground 4.0 and Songs from the Underground. Furthermore, the mashup EP Collision Course (2004) contains a mix of this song and Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'", in 2005, the song was mashed-up with David Banner's "Like a Pimp (Remix)" for the mixtape hosted by Mike Shinoda (the band's rapper and lead vocalist), Rock Phenomenon, creating the song David Banner vs. Linkin Park.
On the band's previous single, "Crawling", a live performance on the song was included as the single's b-side.
As of 2014, the band cuts the song short, removing the second verse and the second chorus. They now rarely play the song in full live.
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