Leave Out All the Rest

"Leave Out All the Rest" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park, which was released as the fifth and final single from their third album Minutes to Midnight. Because of the song's popularity of digital sales during the release week of the album, it charted in the Billboard Pop 100 for that week. On the album, the song segues into "Bleed It Out". The single was released on July 15, 2008.
==Background information==
The song's working titles were "Fear" and "When My Time Comes" according to the booklet. While writing, the group went through over thirty lyrical variations before completing the album version. The song combines various synths and samples with raw guitars and drums and powerful vocals. A demo which features Mike Shinoda doing lead vocals can be heard on the Making of Minutes to Midnight documentary, as well as the Linkin Park Underground 9.0 CD where it is entitled "Fear". The song starts with a string sample and electric piano intro, followed by the verse. At the end of the song of the album version, a crowd can be heard which leads into "Bleed It Out", a song that features the background sound of a crowd throughout.
In a Kerrang! review/interview of the band, and the album, vocalist Chester Bennington had this to say about the song, "We knew this was going to be a single from the very beginning, so we worked really hard on making sure it had great lyrics. I'm singing 'Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself' during it because it's supposed to feel like an apology letter, as though I'm moving on but I want people to remember the good things and not the bad things. A lot of the song is about humility."Two Sides of Sounds: Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight - Interview Mike Shinoda has also stated that Rick Rubin (producer for Minutes to Midnight) was the first to have said "This sounds like a massive single".
==Media appearances==
The intro to the song was featured on an English advert for the U.S. television series Law & Order for Sky One.
It was also featured on the original motion picture soundtrack for the 2008 film Twilight. It is played during the end credits. Also, the performance from "Road to Revolution" is available on the Twilight special edition DVD.
"Leave Out All the Rest" was the title of a CSI episode that aired on November 6, 2008. The band made a deal with CBS to work the song into the episode. It contained several elements of the song throughout, and pieces of the verses, as well as the chorus, were played at the opening and end of the episode.
In 2011 the German action-series Alarm für Cobra 11 used a part of the song (the chorus) in an especially sad scene, it was the fifth time that a Linkin Park title was used in the series.
==Music video==
In an interview with MTV, Mike said that the video, directed by bandmate Joe Hahn, takes place in a futuristic, science fiction influenced setting, and depicts what the daily life of the band's members would be like if they lived in outer space. The band lives in a rundown, artificial habitat that is making its way across the galaxy. At first, they are seen passing the time performing mundane tasks, but then gravity is lost on board the vessel, sending the members floating into what looks like the Sun or a star. The video features no performance footage, though Chester Bennington is seen singing during most of his solo scenes.Linkin Park Space Out For 'Leave Out All The Rest' Video - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
The video has respectively been influenced by the British movie Sunshine, borrowing similar imagery and a similar concept.
Hahn said:
The video leaked on May 30, 2008, the same day the band released a statement on their widget at MySpace, saying that the premiere for the video would be on June 2, 2008. It featured in the top ten songs of the week on VH1. From Linkin Park's Youtube Channel From Linkin Park's Youtube Channel From the Warner Bros. Records Youtube Channel From Linkin Park's Youtube Channel From the Warner Bros. Records Youtube Channel
While playing a show in Germany (München) in June 2008, Shinoda spoke with Warner Bros. Records Germany and they told him that the music video they've made for "Leave Out All the Rest" was not going to be released just yet due to the high success for the single "Given Up" in Germany. He later told this to the fans at the show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puHrDpSf_RMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2myPqDLHE
==Chart performance==
The song managed to spend one week on the Billboard Pop 100 without being officially released as a single, at #98.[ "Leave Out All the Rest" (Pop 100 chart)], Billboard, June 2, 2007 The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks at #35 and peaked at #11. It is one of Linkin Park's lowest charting songs in the UK to date, peaking at #90, as well as on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, peaking at only #11. "Leave Out All the Rest" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #99 and the Billboard Hot Digital Songs at #72. The single would later peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at #94. Despite its mediocre chart performance, the single was still certified Gold by the RIAA in 2009.
==Track listings==
==Chart positions==
Chart (2007) 	Peakposition
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 	98
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 	17
Chart (2008) 	Peakposition
Argentinian Singles Chart 	46
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 	24
Austrian Singles Chart 	17
Czech Singles Chart 	12
European Hot 100 Singles 	54
Finland Singles Chart 	19
German Singles Chart 	15
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 	38
Polish Singles Chart 	3
Portugal Airplay ChartNielsen Music Control 	5
Slovakia Singles Chart 	12
Swiss Singles Chart 	36
Turkey Top 20 ChartTurkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2008-10-05	9
UK Singles Chart 	90
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 	33
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 	23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 	94
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 	69
Chart (2009) 	Peakposition
Swedish Singles Chart 	42
===Year-end charts===
Country	Position (2008)
Germany	93
====Certifications====
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