Last Resort ( song ) - Wikipedia Last Resort ( song ) This article is about the Papa Roach song. For similarly titled songs, see Last Resort. `` Last Resort '' Single by Papa Roach from the album Infest Released September 18, 2000 Format CD Recorded 2000 Genre Nu metal alternative metal rap metal Length 3 : 19 Label DreamWorks Songwriter ( s ) Jacoby Shaddix Tobin Esperance Producer ( s ) Jay Baumgardner Papa Roach singles chronology `` Last Resort '' ( 2000 ) `` Broken Home '' ( 2000 ) `` Last Resort '' ( 2000 ) `` Broken Home '' ( 2000 ) `` Last Resort '' is the first single from the rock band Papa Roach 's first album, Infest. Contents 1 Music, background and lyrics 2 Commercial performance 3 Music video 4 Track listing 5 Charts 6 References 7 External links Music, background and lyrics The song `` Last Resort '' is about suicide. In an interview with Songfacts, Papa Roach member Tobin Esperance spoke about the song and its lyrics, saying : `` I think the lyrics had a lot to do with it. Because originally the song was about a friend of ours that we grew up with, and he was going through a rough time in his life. And there was that suicide element to it, just like growing up and the struggles of life and questioning whether or not you want to keep going on, and I think a lot of people connected with that. For the kids who had also gone through those kinds of feelings, those kinds of emotions, the lyrics really helped connect with that song. '' Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix described the song as a `` cry for help ''. He also said `` That song was about one of my best friends, and then 12 -- 13 years later, that song was about me. I found myself in that place, where I was like, `` I ca n't go on this way. I ca n't do it anymore. '' '' Shaddix said that `` Last Resort '' is about a roommate he had who tried to commit suicide. Shaddix then said : `` We caught him and took him to the hospital and he went into a mental facility and then he came out the other side better. He actually found God through the process, which was kind of crazy. So he 's on a whole different path of his life now, which is cool. I 'm really proud of him for the changes he 's made in his life. '' `` Last Resort '' is influenced by hip hop music. Both The Fugees and Wu - Tang Clan influenced the song. Although the song does n't feature piano, the song was composed with piano. Papa Roach member Tobin Esperance said : `` I 've written songs on piano -- actually, ' Last Resort ' with that whole little riff / melody thing, that 's done on the piano. And then I just transferred it to the guitar. '' Speaking about the making of and inspiration behind the song, Esperance said : `` Well, of course at the time we were listening to a lot of Wu Tang Clan, a lot of hip - hop, and a lot of Fugees and a lot of East Coast hip - hop, and we were sampling classical music behind simple pocket grooves. I was playing something on piano and Jacoby came in and started scatting over it. And we just did our typical mixing of a funky kind of hip - hop groove with a punk rock chorus. And that song just came together like that. Jacoby said, ' That 's a cool riff, keep playing that noodle ' -- we called it a noodle. We did it over and over again, and Jacoby put his lyrics to it, and the song just morphed into what it is now. No one ever thought it was going to be a huge, huge hit, but I guess you never expect anything, really, when you 're first starting out. '' Commercial performance `` Last Resort '' achieved mainstream success, peaking at number 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in August 2000, number 56 on the Radio Songs chart in September 2000, and number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 2000. The popularity of `` Last Resort '' helped Papa Roach 's album Infest get certified 3x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in July 2001. Music video The music video was directed by Marcos Siega. In the music video, the band performs on a floor surrounded by fans. Throughout the video, the camera zooms in on a some fans near the stage and shows them in places that appear to be their rooms. In their rooms, they appear to be possibly depressed. Though it had apparently been claimed that this is meant to show how people might not look depressed but still are, the purpose was more so to show the people being taken from where they did n't want to be to where they did -- from lonely despair to the rock show where they could have fun with their friends. There are many posters for radio station 98 Rock. This is the rock station out of Sacramento, California that the band credits for jump starting their career. Inside the Infest album booklet are thanks to DJs of the radio station. About five hundred people, including local fans, came to the shooting of the music video for `` Last Resort ''. On the MuchMusic version -- which utilizes the radio edit, the word `` fuck '' is completely removed with no replacement. On the MTV and Vevo version, the words `` cut '', `` bleeding '', `` die '', `` life '' ( from the line `` if I took my life tonight '' ), and `` suicide '' were also muted. After original airings of the video on television, some networks went so far as to additionally censor words such as `` suffocation '', and even the title of the song itself. Track listing CD single No. Title Length 1. `` Last Resort '' ( LP Version ) 2. `` Legacy '' ( Clean Album Version ) 3. `` Dead Cell '' ( Live ) 4. `` Infest '' ( LP Version ) UK CD single No. Title Length 1. `` Last Resort '' 3 : 20 2. `` Broken Home '' ( Live Radio 1 Evening Session ) 3 : 46 3. `` Dead Cell '' ( Live Radio 1 Evening Session ) 3 : 08 4. `` Last Resort '' ( CD - ROM ) Limited Edition UK single No. Title Length 1. `` Last Resort '' 3 : 20 2. `` Last Resort '' ( Live Radio 1 Evening Session ) 3 : 22 3. `` Between Angels And Insects '' ( Live Radio 1 Evening Session ) 4 : 21 Japanese Promo CD No. Title Length 1. `` Last Resort '' ( Clean Version ) 3 : 19 2. `` Last Resort '' ( LP Version ) 3 : 19 Charts Chart ( 2000 -- 2001 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 86 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 7 Canada Rock ( RPM ) 15 Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 13 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 32 Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 25 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) UK Rock and Metal ( Official Charts Company ) Billboard Hot 100 57 Mainstream Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Radio Songs 56 Preceded by `` Kryptonite '' by 3 Doors Down `` Californication '' by Red Hot Chili Peppers Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number - one single August 5, 2000 August 19, 2000 Succeeded by `` Californication '' by Red Hot Chili Peppers `` Minority '' by Green Day References Jump up ^ `` The Ultimate Nu Metal Mixtape ''. 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If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH ^ Jump up to : `` Papa Roach : Come To Papa ''. MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001. Jump up ^ `` Loudwire : Papa Roach Play ' Wikipedia : Fact or Fiction ? ' ''. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 01. Jump up ^ Papa Roach - Infest ( album booklet ) Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 2006 ). Australian Chart Book 1993 - 2005. St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0 - 646 - 45889 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Papa Roach -- Last Resort '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Rock / Alternative - Volume 71, No. 19, September 11, 2000 ''. RPM. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Papa Roach Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Papa Roach search results '' ( in Dutch ) Dutch Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 24, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Papa Roach -- Last Resort ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` ( ( ( artist ) ) ) : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Jump up ^ `` Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 ''. Official Charts Company. External links `` Last Resort '' Official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Papa Roach Jacoby Shaddix Jerry Horton Tobin Esperance Tony Palermo Dave Buckner Will James Studio albums Old Friends from Young Years Infest Lovehatetragedy Getting Away with Murder The Paramour Sessions Metamorphosis The Connection F.E.A.R. Crooked Teeth Live albums Time for Annihilation EPs Potatoes for Christmas Caca Bonita 5 Tracks Deep Let ' Em Know Rolling Stone Original Hit 3 Pack : Forever Naked and Fearless : Acoustic EP Compilations... To Be Loved : The Best of Papa Roach Video albums Papa Roach : Live & Murderous in Chicago Crüe Fest Singles `` Last Resort '' `` Broken Home '' `` Between Angels and Insects '' `` She Loves Me Not '' `` Time and Time Again '' `` Getting Away with Murder '' `` Scars '' ``... 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Question: what is last resort by papa roach about
Answer: suicide