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{{Infobox Song
{{Infobox song
| Name = Given Up
| Cover = Nocover.png
| name = Given Up
| Artist = [[Linkin Park]]
| cover = Given Up Linkin Park.jpg
| alt =
| from Album = [[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]
| Recorded = [[The Mansion]]
| type = single
| Genre = [[Hardcore Punk]]<br>[[Post-Hardcore]]<br>[[Rapcore]]
| artist = [[Linkin Park]]
| album = [[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]
| Length = 3:09
| B-side = {{hlist|"Valentine's Day" |(Live from [[Frankfurt]], Germany, Jan. 20 '08)|"In Between" |(Live from [[London]], UK, Jan. 29 '08)}}
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]]
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]<br>[[Mike Shinoda]]
| released = March 3, 2008
| format =
| Chart position = * #78 <small>([[Pop 100|U.S. Pop 100]])</small>
| recorded =
* #99 <small>([[Hot 100|U.S.]])</small>
| studio = [[The Mansion (recording studio)|The Mansion]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| Last single =
| This single =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-20-greatest-linkin-park-songs-ranked/|title=The 20 Greatest Linkin Park Songs Ranked|website=[[Kerrang!]]|last=Law|first=Sam|date=April 17, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
| Next single =
*[[hardcore punk]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3397093/11-underrated-songs-linkin-park|title=11 Underrated Songs: Linkin Park|website=[[Gigwise]]|last=Vincent|first=Jack|date=March 20, 2021|access-date=October 29, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925152237/https://www.gigwise.com/features/3397093/11-underrated-songs-linkin-park| archive-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref>
*[[punk rock]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rayner |first1=Ben |title=Shouting softly |date=August 19, 2007 |publisher=Torstar Syndication Services |location=Toronto, Ontario |issn=0319-0781 |page=E1 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2007/08/19/shouting_softly.html}}</ref>
}}
| length = 3:09
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer = [[Linkin Park]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Rick Rubin]]|[[Mike Shinoda]]}}
| prev_title = [[Shadow of the Day]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[We Made It]]
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|0xyxtzD54rM|"Given Up"}}}}
}}
}}
"'''Given Up'''" is the second track from [[Linkin Park]]'s third studio album ''[[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]''.


"'''Given Up'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Linkin Park]]. The song was released as the fourth single from their third studio album, ''[[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]''. It was released on February 17, 2008 in the UK as a digital download. The song was not as much of a success as what was expected in the US, although it did manage to chart highly on the [[Alternative Songs]] music chart. [[Chester Bennington]]'s ability to hold a note (a fry-screamed D5-B4) for 17 seconds (2:27-2:44) is considered the highlight of the song.
"Given Up", along with, "[[What I've Done]]" and "No More Sorrow" made its [[concert|live]] debut on [[April 28]], [[2007]] in [[Berlin, Germany]]. Live performances of these three songs at the [[AOL]] sessions were released on AOL on [[May 5]], [[2007]]. They also play in the background on the band's official website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.com/videos/live-concerts/linkin-park|title=Linkin Park Live Concert - Exclusive Live Music|accessdaymonth=[[25 May]]|accessyear=[[2007]]|publisher=[[AOL Music]]|language=[[English language|English]]}}</ref>


==Background==
This is the one of the heaviest songs on the album,(along with "No More Sorrow") and is notable for lead singer, [[Chester Bennington]], screaming for approximately 17 consecutive seconds near the end of the track during the [[hardcore punk]]-styled breakdown.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
"Given Up" made its live debut on April 28, 2007 in [[Berlin]], Germany along with "[[No More Sorrow]]" and the hit single "[[What I've Done]]".{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Live performances of these three songs at the [[AOL]] sessions were released on AOL on May 5, 2007. The performance of the song is available on the "[[Bleed It Out]]" single.


"Given Up" is one of the heaviest songs on the album. It notably features a seventeen-second-long [[screaming (music)|scream]] by [[Chester Bennington]] before the final chorus, as well as a steady guitar riff for the choruses of the song. The scream was often split into two, eight-second long screams when performed live allowing Bennington to catch his breath, although he has completed the full scream in various live performances.
The song also has a distinct jingle sound during the verses, (which the band revealed in the Minutes To Midnight Special Edition CD/DVD package) was created by shaking guitarist Brad Delson's car keys.


Speaking in a 2020 interview with [[Vulture.com]], [[Mike Shinoda]] would explain how the 17-second scream came to be:
Also Linkin Park have stated that this is either the first or second heaviest song on the album,with Linkin Park stating "it has a punk/industrial guitar theme, and Hardcore (Punk) and Alternative (Rock) all mixed together.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}.


<blockquote>"One of our most notorious moments is this big scream on the bridge of "Given Up". I think it's a 17- or 18-second-long scream. I had organized the song, and Chester hadn't gotten familiar with the structure of the song when he was singing it. I had written a lot, or most of, those lyrics, I think, and he had just learned them; he was reading them off of a piece of paper. We got to the bridge, and he knew that he was supposed to scream "Put me out of my misery," but he didn't know how many measures that part was. So he just held the note as long as he possibly could. He was having a really good day in the studio. He had a ton of control, and he got to that point and just let it go well into the next chorus. I don't remember exactly how far. And he's like, "I don't know how long just to scream that part." I'm like, "Dude, I'm not touching that vocal. That was amazing. I'm just going to rearrange the song around what you just did.""<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/mike-shinoda-interview-linkin-park-hybrid-theory.html|title=Mike Shinoda on the Inarguable Legacy of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory 20 Years Later|website=[[Vulture.com]]|last=Gerber|first=Brady|date=October 6, 2020|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref></blockquote>
==Chart performance==

Although the song has yet to be released as a cd-single, it has already charted on Billboard's Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts, at numbers 99 and 78 respectively.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} modern rock stations.
It starts with a distinctive jingle sound during the verses and intro, generated by the jingling of guitarist [[Brad Delson]]'s [[keychain|ring of keys]] and a steady clapping beat by [[Mike Shinoda]]. The song was made available as a single on March 3, 2008.
{| class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Chart
==Single release==
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
In June 2007, the official Billboard website gave information stating that "Given Up" and "[[Shadow of the Day]]" would be the next two singles from ''[[Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)|Minutes to Midnight]]'', following "[[What I've Done]]." This proved incorrect after "[[Bleed It Out]]" was promoted to single status, and by that time was released as a promo single between "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out" mainly due to heavy airplay on [[alternative rock]] stations at the time. On January 24, [[2008 in music|2008]], it was announced that "Given Up" would be the band's next single after "Shadow of the Day," released on October 16, 2007. The single was released as digital download on February 17, 2008, along with a cover art.<ref>[http://www.7digital.com/artists/linkin-park/given-up/ 7Digital Sale Page for Given Up] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216113743/http://www.7digital.com/artists/linkin-park/given-up/ |date=2008-02-16 }}</ref>

==Music video==
[[File:Linkin Park - Given Up (screenshot).jpg|left|thumb|200px|One of the random frames in the music video]]On his official blog, Chester Bennington stated both when the video was shot and that it features live performance from the band. Bennington told the crowd at the [[MEN Arena]] and the [[The O2 arena (London)|O2 Arena]] during shows on January 27 and 29 that the performance of "Given Up" was recorded for use in the video, although cameras were also visible during the performance of the song at the concert on January 28 at the O2 Arena. Linkin Park had officially finished filming the video on February 6, according to [[Billboard Magazine]]. The video premiered on the band's official website on March 3, 2008 at 4pm Pacific Standard Time (Midnight UTC). The video was uploaded to the band's [[YouTube]] channel on March 4, 2008. The video was directed by Mark Fiore, the band's videographer, with additional directing credits to the band.

The video consists of live clips from the shows (stated above) and has been edited together in a sharp, rugged manner which contains short cut scenes with many special effects, mainly altering the coloring. Transitions between cut scenes are in a style of worn analog tape [[distortion]] giving the video an even more rugged, tough appearance. Bennington performs his seventeen-second scream perched on the guard rail, inches from the audience. Throughout the video, several flash scenes appear such as a cowboy, hippopotamus, an MRI of a knee, and quotes from ''[[Magical Thinking (book)|Magical Thinking: True Stories]]'' (the "Commercial Break" chapter), a book by [[Augusten Burroughs]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5NJgyEGcM | title = Given Up (Official Video on Youtube| website = [[YouTube]]}} From the Warner Bros. Records Youtube Channel</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z1uVOAiT4A | title = Given Up (Live at Milton Keynes) Amended Edit on Youtube| website = [[YouTube]]}} From the Warner Bros. Records Youtube Channel</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgwY11jzK8 | title = Given Up (Live at Milton Keynes) Amended Edit on Youtube| website = [[YouTube]]}} From Linkin Park's Youtube Channel</ref>

As of September 2024, the music video for "Given Up" has over 150 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xyxtzD54rM|title=Given Up [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park|publisher=[[YouTube]]|author=Linkin Park|date=March 5, 2008|access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref>

== In other media ==
It is included as a master track in the [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], and [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]] versions of the [[music video game]] ''[[Rock Revolution]]'', and as DLC for ''[[Rock Band 4]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/dlc-week-of-126-linkin-park-and-varials|title=DLC WEEK OF 1/26: LINKIN PARK AND VARIALS|website=Harmonix music blog|last=Wynn|first=Kyle|date=Jan 24, 2023|access-date=Jan 24, 2023}}</ref> though these versions are heavily censored.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-full-rock-revolution-setlist-5032751|title=The Full Rock Revolution Setlist|website=[[Kotaku]]|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=August 4, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
On the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], "Given Up" was the least successful single of ''Minutes to Midnight''. The single charted on Billboard's Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in May 2007, following ''Minutes to Midnight'''s release.

However, on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] and [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock]] charts, it peaked higher than its follow-up, "[[Leave Out All the Rest]]". Following the single's official release, the song debuted at number 34 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 5. It also debuted at number 32 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 4.

==Track listings==
{{Tracklist
|all_writing = Linkin Park
|headline = CD • 7" Picture disc • [[iTunes]] single
|title1 = Given Up
|length1 = 3:09
}}

{{Tracklist
|headline = Europe single
|title1 = Given Up
|length1 = 3:11
|title2 = Valentine's Day
|note2 = Live from Frankfurt Germany, Jan. 20 '08
|length2 = 3:23
}}

{{Tracklist
|headline = Europe Premium single
|title1 = Given Up
|length1 = 3:09
|title2 = Given Up
|note2 = Video
|length2 = 3:12
}}

{{Tracklist
|headline = iTunes EP
|title1 = Given Up
|length1 = 3:09
|title2 = Valentine's Day
|note2 = Live from Frankfurt Germany, Jan. 20 '08
|length2 = 3:24
|title3 = In Between
|note3 = Live from London UK, Jan. 29 '08
|length3 = 3:25
}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release Date
|-
|-
|Malaysia
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]
|{{start date|2008|1}}
|align="center"|99
|-
|-
|United Kingdom
|align="left"|''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|{{start date|2008|2|17}}
|align="center"|78
|-
|-
|Worldwide
|{{start date|2008|3|3}}
|}
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2008)
!scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"| Canada [[Canada Rock|Rock]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/car/|title=Linkin Park Chart History (Canada Rock)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 25
|-
!scope="row"| [[Rádio – Top 100 (Czech Republic)|Rádio – Top 100]] ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Czech Republic]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/|title=IFPI CR Chart - CZ - RADIO - TOP 100 Week - 200819|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Czech Republic]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 15
|-
!scope="row"| [[German Singles Chart|Germany]] ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Official German Charts]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single/for-date-1213052400000|title=TOP 100 SINGLE CHARTS|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|Official German Charts]]|date=June 10, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 53
|-
!scope="row"| [[Portuguese Singles Chart|Portugal]] ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acharts.co/portugal_singles_top_50/2008/31|title=PORTUGAL SINGLES TOP 50|publisher=[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa]]|date=July 27, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 12
|-
!scope="row"| [[Scottish Singles Chart|Scotland]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20080309/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=March 9, 2008|access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref>
| 68
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK Physical Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20080309/1/|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=March 9, 2008|access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref>
| 60
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart|UK Rock & Metal]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20080309/111/|title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=March 9, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/hsi/|title=Linkin Park Chart History (The Billboard Hot 100)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 99
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
| 78
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Alternative Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/mrt/|title=Linkin Park Chart History (Alternative Airplay)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/rtt/|title=Linkin Park Chart History (Mianstream Rock Airplay)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"| Venezuela Pop Rock ([[Record Report]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |title=Pop Rock|language=es|publisher=Record Report|date=2008-05-24| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506091701/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock| archive-date = 2008-05-06}}</ref>
| 4
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2017)
!scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
{{singlechart|UKrock|28|artist=Linkin Park|date=20170728|song=Given Up|rowheader=true|access-date=June 21, 2020}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|artist=Linkin Park|title=Given Up|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|type=single|source=radioscope|refname="RMNZ"|access-date=December 28, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Linkin Park|title=Given Up|award=Silver|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|id=19871-2062-1|access-date=April 5, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|artist=Linkin Park|title=Given Up|type=single|certyear=2022|digital=true |access-date=May 12, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
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</div>


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.linkinpark.com Official band website]
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* [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=linkin park|chart=all}} Billboard Page, for information on the new singles and albums]
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* {{YouTube|0xyxtzD54rM|Official Music Video for Given Up}}
* [http://www.linkinpark.com Official Band Website]


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Latest revision as of 22:15, 28 December 2024

"Given Up"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album Minutes to Midnight
B-side
  • "Valentine's Day"
  • (Live from Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 20 '08)
  • "In Between"
  • (Live from London, UK, Jan. 29 '08)
ReleasedMarch 3, 2008
StudioThe Mansion, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length3:09
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Linkin Park
Producer(s)
Linkin Park singles chronology
"Shadow of the Day"
(2007) 		"Given Up"
(2008) 		"We Made It"
(2008)
Music video
"Given Up" on YouTube

"Given Up" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was released as the fourth single from their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. It was released on February 17, 2008 in the UK as a digital download. The song was not as much of a success as what was expected in the US, although it did manage to chart highly on the Alternative Songs music chart. Chester Bennington's ability to hold a note (a fry-screamed D5-B4) for 17 seconds (2:27-2:44) is considered the highlight of the song.

Background

[edit]

"Given Up" made its live debut on April 28, 2007 in Berlin, Germany along with "No More Sorrow" and the hit single "What I've Done".[citation needed] Live performances of these three songs at the AOL sessions were released on AOL on May 5, 2007. The performance of the song is available on the "Bleed It Out" single.

"Given Up" is one of the heaviest songs on the album. It notably features a seventeen-second-long scream by Chester Bennington before the final chorus, as well as a steady guitar riff for the choruses of the song. The scream was often split into two, eight-second long screams when performed live allowing Bennington to catch his breath, although he has completed the full scream in various live performances.

Speaking in a 2020 interview with Vulture.com, Mike Shinoda would explain how the 17-second scream came to be:

"One of our most notorious moments is this big scream on the bridge of "Given Up". I think it's a 17- or 18-second-long scream. I had organized the song, and Chester hadn't gotten familiar with the structure of the song when he was singing it. I had written a lot, or most of, those lyrics, I think, and he had just learned them; he was reading them off of a piece of paper. We got to the bridge, and he knew that he was supposed to scream "Put me out of my misery," but he didn't know how many measures that part was. So he just held the note as long as he possibly could. He was having a really good day in the studio. He had a ton of control, and he got to that point and just let it go well into the next chorus. I don't remember exactly how far. And he's like, "I don't know how long just to scream that part." I'm like, "Dude, I'm not touching that vocal. That was amazing. I'm just going to rearrange the song around what you just did.""[4]

It starts with a distinctive jingle sound during the verses and intro, generated by the jingling of guitarist Brad Delson's ring of keys and a steady clapping beat by Mike Shinoda. The song was made available as a single on March 3, 2008.

Single release

[edit]

In June 2007, the official Billboard website gave information stating that "Given Up" and "Shadow of the Day" would be the next two singles from Minutes to Midnight, following "What I've Done." This proved incorrect after "Bleed It Out" was promoted to single status, and by that time was released as a promo single between "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out" mainly due to heavy airplay on alternative rock stations at the time. On January 24, 2008, it was announced that "Given Up" would be the band's next single after "Shadow of the Day," released on October 16, 2007. The single was released as digital download on February 17, 2008, along with a cover art.[5]

Music video

[edit]
One of the random frames in the music video

On his official blog, Chester Bennington stated both when the video was shot and that it features live performance from the band. Bennington told the crowd at the MEN Arena and the O2 Arena during shows on January 27 and 29 that the performance of "Given Up" was recorded for use in the video, although cameras were also visible during the performance of the song at the concert on January 28 at the O2 Arena. Linkin Park had officially finished filming the video on February 6, according to Billboard Magazine. The video premiered on the band's official website on March 3, 2008 at 4pm Pacific Standard Time (Midnight UTC). The video was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel on March 4, 2008. The video was directed by Mark Fiore, the band's videographer, with additional directing credits to the band.

The video consists of live clips from the shows (stated above) and has been edited together in a sharp, rugged manner which contains short cut scenes with many special effects, mainly altering the coloring. Transitions between cut scenes are in a style of worn analog tape distortion giving the video an even more rugged, tough appearance. Bennington performs his seventeen-second scream perched on the guard rail, inches from the audience. Throughout the video, several flash scenes appear such as a cowboy, hippopotamus, an MRI of a knee, and quotes from Magical Thinking: True Stories (the "Commercial Break" chapter), a book by Augusten Burroughs.[6][7][8]

As of September 2024, the music video for "Given Up" has over 150 million views on YouTube.[9]

In other media

[edit]

It is included as a master track in the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii versions of the music video game Rock Revolution, and as DLC for Rock Band 4,[10] though these versions are heavily censored.[11]

Commercial performance

[edit]

On the Billboard Hot 100, "Given Up" was the least successful single of Minutes to Midnight. The single charted on Billboard's Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in May 2007, following Minutes to Midnight's release.

However, on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, it peaked higher than its follow-up, "Leave Out All the Rest". Following the single's official release, the song debuted at number 34 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 5. It also debuted at number 32 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 4.

Track listings

[edit]

All tracks are written by Linkin Park

CD • 7" Picture disc • iTunes single
No.TitleLength
1."Given Up"3:09
Europe single
No.TitleLength
1."Given Up"3:11
2."Valentine's Day" (Live from Frankfurt Germany, Jan. 20 '08)3:23
Europe Premium single
No.TitleLength
1."Given Up"3:09
2."Given Up" (Video)3:12
iTunes EP
No.TitleLength
1."Given Up"3:09
2."Valentine's Day" (Live from Frankfurt Germany, Jan. 20 '08)3:24
3."In Between" (Live from London UK, Jan. 29 '08)3:25

Release history

[edit]
Country Release Date
Malaysia January 2008 (2008-01)
United Kingdom February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
Worldwide March 3, 2008 (2008-03-03)

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Canada Rock (Billboard)[12] 25
Rádio – Top 100 (IFPI Czech Republic)[13] 15
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 53
Portugal (AFP)[15] 12
Scotland (OCC)[16] 68
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[17] 60
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[18] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 99
US Pop 100 (Billboard) 78
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[20] 4
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[21] 5
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[22] 4
Chart (2017) Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[23] 28

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Gold 15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[26] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
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