Where'd You Go (Fort Minor song)

"Where'd You Go"
Song

This article is about the single by Fort Minor. For the EP by the The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, see Where'd You Go?

For the single by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, see Where'd You Go? (song).

"Where'd You Go" is the fourth single from Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied. Released in 2006, the song features Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga. The song is about the perspective of the person left behind in long-distance relationships, but mainly about the consequences of putting one's career before one's family.

Music video

The music video for "Where'd You Go" features interviews with a boy named Joey Leba, who has divorced parents, the wife of a baseball player Mark Prior caring for their children, and the parents of a soldier killed in Iraq. At the end of the video, a brief note states: "'Where'd You Go' was filmed in the homes of three families who share the same sense of loneliness as this song. Thank you for sharing your homes and stories with us. — Mike Shinoda, Fort Minor".

Upon further review of the you tube footage of the official music video, it is not Mark Prior of Chicago Cubs MLB lore that is featured in this video. The baseball player that is referenced in the video appears to be pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

MTV contest

In June through July 2006, Mike Shinoda in association with MTV's Overdrive hosted a contest, where US residents of 18 years or older, could remix the video, using the censored version of the track, could submit the video, in hopes of winning prizes from Mike Shinoda and MTV.

On July 31, 2006, the winner was announced. The winning video was directed by David Ly, a graduate film student at Art Center College of Design, coincidentally Mike Shinoda's alma mater. His remake version of the video is about a person who lost touch with himself. He is full of life until he becomes a robot working a monotonous office job. One morning, he wakes up from a dream of a beautiful girl dressed in white on the beach. He leaves for work, and his buried alter egos emerge mysteriously. They are all dressed in white dress shirts, black slacks, and an assortment of colored ties and each holding a red and white rose. At work, his boss gives him a stack of paperwork, which he does mechanically. Meanwhile, at home, the alter egos are in a circle around his coffee table, throw the roses in the center, and leave. Back at work, he prepares to go home but is then given another stack of documents. His frustrations boil over, and he throws his tie at his boss. He runs home not knowing what he is running for, and at the moment that he walks in the door, the last of the alter egos exits. He finds a white box that replaced his coffee table and is intrigued. He unwraps the red and white ribbons and opens the box to find himself on the beach with the same girl in his dream and the roses on the water.

In 2007, The Deaf Performing Artists Network (D-PAN) created a music video for "Where'd You Go" using all deaf and hard-of-hearing actors. The entire song is performed in American Sign Language with some subtitles, and can be viewed on their website. In the video, the profanity is censored in the vocal track but is clearly signed by the actors.

Commercial success

"Where'd You Go" is Fort Minor's most successful single. It has reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on MTV's TRL, where it was performed live with Holly Brook on May 1. It won the award for best ringtone in the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.

Format & track listing

Retail Single Track listing

1. "Where'd You Go" [Single Version] (commercially available single version)
2. "Where'd You Go" [Big Bad Remix] (remixed by Brad Delson of Linkin Park)
3. "Where'd You Go" [S.O.B. Remix] (remixed by DJ Cheapshot and Vin Skully of Styles of Beyond)*

*Not on every single available.

Promo Industry CD Track Listing

1. "Where'd You Go" (Album Version)
2. "Where'd You Go" (Radio Version)
3. "Where'd You Go" (Instrumental)
4. "Where'd You Go" (Album A Capella)
5. "Where'd You Go" (Radio A Capella)

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	4
Billboard Pop 100	3
New Zealand Single Chart	14
Australian Single Chart	41
French Single Chart	24
Finnish Single Chart	8
Dutch Single Chart	15
Austrian Single Chart	29
Swiss Single Chart	62