Fighting Myself Explained

Fighting Myself
Type:single
Artist:Linkin Park
Album:Meteora20
Recorded:2002
Genre:
  • Nu metal
Length:3:21
Label:Warner
Producer:
  • Linkin Park
  • Don Gilmore
Prev Title:Lost
Prev Year:2023
Next Title:Friendly Fire
Next Year:2024

"Fighting Myself" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Originally recorded during sessions for their second studio album, Meteora (2003), it was later officially released on March 24, 2023, as the second single from the album's 20th-anniversary reissue.[1] [2]

Background

Originally written and recorded during the recording cycle for their second studio album Meteora in 2002, the band decided to shelve "Fighting Myself" and later released it as part of the 20th anniversary reissue.[3] Speaking about the song, Mike Shinoda recalled only remembering an instrumental version existing, before discovering the vocals between him and Chester Bennington when looking through old recordings from Meteora for a potential re-release after someone in management sent him an old vocal file for the song.[4] On February 15, "Fighting Myself" was unofficially revealed and played for the first time during a Mike Shinoda interview with Howard Stern on The Howard Stern Show.[5]

Composition

"Fighting Myself" has been described as a nu metal song.[6] It has also been noted to be similar to "Papercut" from the band's debut album Hybrid Theory.[7]

Personnel

Linkin Park

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Fighting Myself"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[8] 23
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 60
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)[10] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 41
Germany Rock Airplay (Official German Charts)[12] 9
Global 200 (Billboard)[13] 168
Hungary (Single Top 40)[14] 31
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[15] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 72
UK Singles (OCC)[17] 81
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[18] 7
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[19] 22
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[20] 9
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[21] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Germany Rock Airplay (Official German Charts)[22] 86
US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard)[23] 13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Listen to previously unreleased Linkin Park track 'Fighting Myself'. NME. Singh. Surej. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  2. Linkin Park Take On Their Demons in Unreleased 'Meteora' Era Track 'Fighting Myself'. Rolling Stone. Blistien. Jon. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  3. Web site: Listen to "definitive Linkin Park track" Fighting Myself. Kerrang!. Carter. Emily. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  4. Web site: Listen to Linkin Park's previously unreleased Meteora-era banger, Fighting Myself. Louder Sound. Scarlett. Liz. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  5. Web site: MIKE SHINODA SHARES UNRELEASED LINKIN PARK TRACKS, MEMORIES OF CHESTER BENNINGTON, AND A STORY ABOUT PRANKING METALLICA. Howard Stern.com. February 15, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  6. Web site: LINKIN PARK Streams Nü-Metal Meteora B-Side "Fighting Myself". Metal Injection. Kennelty. Greg. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  7. Web site: REVIEW: EXPLORING LINKIN PARK'S METEORA20 LOST DEMOS. AltWire. Oswald. Derek. April 1, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  8. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 3 April 2023. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1726. 9. April 3, 2023.
  9. Web site: LINKIN PARK - FIGHTING MYSELF. Ö3 Austria Top 40. April 4, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  10. Linkin Park Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs Sales). Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  11. Web site: OFFICIAL GERMAN CHARTS TOP 100 SINGLE-CHARTS. Official German Charts. March 31, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  12. Web site: Radio No9 Charts [Week 19/2023]]. Radio-No9. December 24, 2023.
  13. Linkin Park Chart History (Billboard Global 200). Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  14. Web site: Single Top 40 slágerlista. Slágerlisták. March 24, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  15. Web site: Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. April 3, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  16. Web site: Linkin Park – Fighting Myself. Swiss Hitparade. May 11, 2023.
  17. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company. March 31, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  18. Web site: Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40. Official Charts Company. March 31, 2023. May 11, 2023.
  19. Linkin Park Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100). Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  20. Linkin Park Chart History (Digital Song Sales). Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  21. Linkin Park Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs). Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  22. Web site: Radio No9 Charts [Year 2023]]. Radio-No9. January 6, 2024.
  23. Web site: Year-End Charts: Hot Hard Rock Songs (2023). Billboard. November 24, 2023.

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