| Take a Look Around | |
| Cover: | LBTakealookaround.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Limp Bizkit |
| Album: | Music from and Inspired by Mission Impossible 2 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water |
| Length: | 5:36 |
| Label: |
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| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Break Stuff |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | My Generation |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
"Take a Look Around" is a song by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. First debuting on the soundtrack to the 2000 film , it is the first single and tenth track on their third album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, and was released on July 3, 2000. The main riff of the song is derived from the original Mission: Impossible theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, however it deviates in its meter which is common time, except the bridge, which uses Schifrin's original time signature. In the United Kingdom, "Take a Look Around" was Limp Bizkit's first single release.[1]
The song became a European hit in mid-2000, reaching number one in Iceland and Portugal, number two in Finland and Spain, and number three in Italy and the UK. In addition to reaching the top 10 in several other European countries, it became a top-30 hit in Australia and New Zealand. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2001 but lost to Rage Against the Machine's "Guerrilla Radio".[2] An instrumental version of "Take a Look Around" was released as a promo and later included as a B-side on some versions of the "Rollin'" single.
The video for the song features the band working undercover at a coffee shop in order to retrieve a disc from a group of secret agents. But just as they are about to succeed, they are ordered to abort the mission, as the secret agents turn out to be decoys. The boys are soon kicked out, and the phone that Fred Durst uses at the beginning blows up right at the end. There are also scenes of the band performing in front of the coffee shop as well as brief shots from . At the beginning of the video, the song "Break Stuff" can be heard in the car that the band arrives in.
The video was rarely shown in the States. Fred Durst has stated that he dislikes the video – despite the fact that he directed it – and the band decided to release the video only in various markets outside the U.S., particularly Europe. It is not available on either the DVD of Mission: Impossible 2, or the band's DVD compilation Greatest Videoz.
In 2022, Louder Sound and Kerrang ranked the song number six and number four, respectively, on their lists of Limp Bizkit's greatest songs.[3] [4]
UK CD1[5]
UK cassette single[8]
European CD single[9]
European 7-inch single[10]
A. "Take a Look Around (Theme from MI:2)" (album version)
B. "Faith" (George Michael cover)
Australian CD single and Japanese CD1[11] [12]
Japanese CD2[13]
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[14] | 7 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[15] | 1 |
| Japan (Oricon)[16] | 49 |
| Portugal (AFP)[17] | 1 |
| Chart (2000) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[18] | 67 | |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] | 16 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[20] | 35 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[21] | 35 | |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[22] | 27 | |
| France (SNEP)[23] | 61 | |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[24] | 39 | |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[25] | 42 | |
| Ireland (IRMA)[26] | 64 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[27] | 46 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[28] | 32 | |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] | 16 | |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] | 53 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] | 27 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[32] | 44 | |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[33] | 51 | |
| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[34] | 29 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | July 3, 2000 | [35] | ||
| Japan | July 19, 2000 | CD | [36] |