The Strangest Hit Song Ever?

I loved Linkin Park when Hybrid Theory came out and I managed to get a front stage position at their Melbourne Australia tour in the early 2000's! I had tacken a camera hoping to get some awesome photos but to my astonishment the whole film was pictures of the venues ceiling apart from one of Mike's face! 😂

2004 to 2017, grew up alongside LP,blasting their songs every morning.. chester left but the bond with LP will never end..GOAT

Hybrid theory is one of 5 favorite albums of mine.

I think it says a lot about the millennial experience that a song about despair meant this much to so many people. That it still does.

Oh Chester, in the end you really do matter to entire generation, all the love.

A song about suicide... Chester was depressed before he got signed. Record label put too much on them as most labels do. Major labels control you more than indie labels.

Linkin Park has become a part of my personality. You make me stop listening to it, you make me not me.

What a beautiful piece. Definitely sharing this with my teen who's recently discovered Linking Park and whose favorite song is "In the End." We've been in deep grief since losing my husband/his Dad two years ago. Maybe the story of this song will help him find catharsis, too.. Or, at least an outlet. Thanks for this piece, Loudwire and Linkin Park!

"i challenge anyone to sing the stuff he sings, to cover the song, and make it sound anything like him. You can't do it"

And now we know for certain lol

Small correction, Chester didn't hate or dislike in the end, he was just a fan of the heavier stuff and wanted one of the heavier songs to be one of the singles

The best band in the end and numb are the anthem of era when the generations had something to fight for when we felt every struggle trough trough along side this magical music

wear sunscreen song by Baz Luhrmann is the strangest

In terms of strange hit songs, how about If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next by Manic Street Preachers, written about the Spanish civil war.

The 8 minute mark of this video made me miss Chester. My favorite song from HT is Pushing me Away / Forgotten. Early 2000s were great because of this band.

I saw Linkin Park in 2003 and I saw them again in 2024, Emily’s second show. Both times the entire arena sang to every word, and once that second “I put my trust in you” hit, you could feel everyone’s soul transcend in unison for a split second when everyone’s skin turned to goosebumps. In The End is the anthem of a generation.

This songs perfectly depicts the vibe of the era and the drug abuse that went on, it feels like a heroin trip, but one where the sadness matches epicness

In thee End, it doesn't even matter that it doesn't matter. We lived

More slow days at Loudwire

I said it before and I will say it again.

Their first music was so solid, each composition and lyrics has their own character and that's why has so much impact in the nu-metal and metal culture itself, but... Don Gilmore was the key of that sonic mind of that record. For me he was and still in some case a hidden member of the band.

Around 7 minutes 30 seconds: "Linkin Park's fan base is really a tight-knit family".
Yeah. I feel like I speak for many when I say we grew up with Mike and Chester, even if we weren't physically there. Linkin Park saved many.

Miss my Chazz 🖤

Love the content. Great video.

RIP Chester 🥲

I have a very special connection to Linkin Park. As a teen in India during early 2000s, stumbled upon to Linkin Park on VH1 while scrolling channels.
The guitars, the drums, the heavy vocals along with the rap. I had freaking goosebumps.
This was my introduction to a genre called 'ROCK'
Since then i have been nothing but a rock loyalist. That's the genre i swear to everyone.
From Grunge to classic i ventured into every of its subgenre.
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, etc i listen to every freaking thing (except death Metal)
But Linkin Park is what makes me feel like a 15 year old curious kid who was happy and didn't care about the future.
Chester's Screams is the only thing that brings me peace whenever i feels low

All those dbz fan edits with this song lol

I love Chester but "In The End" is one of my forever songs.

I remember hearing linkin park for the first time somewhere in 2007/08 when i was in first grade ❤❤

I think people got so used to it, that they don't notice how weird and wonky Bohemian Rhapsody actually is

20 years later at 31, this song and the rest of their tracks still hit a soft spot in my heart. They were phenomenal.

Excellent and interesting analysis, thanks for that.
"In the End" and "From the Inside" are my favourite songs by LP.

The Chester isolated vocals edited with reverb outros/echoes were amazing. Gave me the chills and boiled up some deep down feelings.

New Linkin Park is horrible and destroying the bands legacy.

Not stranger than Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend...

I put my trust in you. Pushed as far as I can go. For all this there’s only one thing you should know.

I tried so hard and got so far, in the end it doesn’t really matter.

Totally different meaning when you grow up and get burned for being a trusting person. In the end your effort means nothing to some people.

This song was on the radio constantly. I hated it. This song still annoys me to no end. Never liked it or the band. Idgaf if you hate that about me.

I remember hearing this song on the radio the day after Chester's passing and that was the biggest "oh" I got from any of their songs ever, I couldn't hide my tears from my parents... It was so eerie to hear that song in that context.

Sadly in the end I didn’t even matter cause they just replaced chester. Most disrespectful thing they’ve done

2 decades ago I was 19, just left home to the university and living by myself with few guys I just met there. I didn't know at the time, my bipolar disorder started to affect me very badly. This song was exactly how I felt at that time. When listening to this, I felt like I'm not the only one who felt like this. This song probably saved my life back then. It is kind of ironic that Chester saved my life with his angelic voice to end up like that 😢

one could save millions, but millions couldn't save one

Faint is my favorite LP song

Chester is 100% the GOAT vocalist of our lifetime. Prove me wrong.

Beautiful essay. Made by the fan tor the fans. Testifying the power of music and unbreakable link of Linkin park to its fans. (Liked, Favorited)

I don't care what Mike says, I'm singing the whole song, not just Chester's parts.

Disco Duck clearly is more strange

St. Anger by Metallica is also strange.