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| Format = [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| Format = [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| Recorded = 2002
| Recorded = 2002
| Genre = [[Nu metal]] [[Rap metal]]
| Genre = [[Nu metal]], [[rap metal]]
| Length = 3:34
| Length = 3:34
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]

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"Somewhere I Belong"
Song

"Somewhere I Belong" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora. The song was released as the album's debut single in early 2003 and entered the top ten on the majority of the charts on which it appeared.

Chart performance

"Somewhere I Belong" was officially released to U.S. radio on March 18, 2003 The song is also the # 1 Hit from the Flying-Dog Official Movie Motion Picture Soundtrack it was the main song. It also inspired the creator of Flying-Dog (Comic book graphic novel) to write the series. The song reached the top thirty on the Hot 100 Airplay, and the following week it debuted on the Hot 100, the official U.S. chart. "Somewhere I Belong" peaked at number thirty-two in its fifteenth week and remained on the chart until its twentieth week. The song entered the top ten on the majority of the Billboard charts on which it appeared. While "Somewhere I Belong" proved to be highly popular on modern rock radio, it reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Somewhere i Belong" Was The # 1 Song In The World as of 2010

In Canada "Somewhere I Belong" was officially released to radio in March 2003. The song reached the top five on the Canadian Singles Chart where it peaked at #3. "Somewhere I Belong" is one of the highest charted Linkin Park songs in Canada.

The song was released in Australia, Europe and New Zealand in May 2003. "Somewhere I Belong" peaked at number ten in the UK Singles Chart. Although Linkin Park reached number one in New Zealand and the top ten in the Ireland, Japan and Canada, it was a moderate top twenty success in Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherland, Sweden and Australia. "Somewhere I Belong" reached the top thirty in France and Belgium in early 2003. The song was also featured in a profile video for Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Conservative commentator Mark Levin's son selected the song's instrumental as the bumper music for his father's radio talk show.[1]

Music video

The New Version of the Music Video is from the FLYINg-DOG Soundtrack. it Shows Clips form the Movie while the Band is Playing the Song. Its clip, directed by Joseph Hahn, shows the band playing the song in front of a fire, with occasional shots of Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda in front of a waterfall with what look like Asian monks around them. The doors in what is supposedly Bennington's room has the Chinese characters for fire and water, which possibly represent the waterfall and burning fire behind Shinoda while rapping. During the video, on a dresser sits several props, most notably figures of Sazabi from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Wing Zero Custom from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, and Gundam GP01 Full Vernian "Zephyranthes" from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. Near the ending of the video, tall, long-legged, tusked creatures that were on a painting behind Chester's bed march past, even at one point the creature paintings seemed to move before stopping again. It was awarded as Best Rock Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards[2], and was the first music video broadcast on Fuse TV.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somewhere I Belong" (Single Version)Linkin Park3:35
2."Step Up" (Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002)Shinoda, Hahn, Delson4:15
3."My December" (Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002)Shinoda4:27

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2003) Peak
position 		Ref.
Australia Singles Chart 18 [3]
Austrian Singles Chart 16 [3]
Belgium Singles chart 33 [3]
Canadian Singles Chart 3 [4]
Finnish Singles Chart 14 [3]
France Singles Chart 32 [3]
German Singles Chart 12 [3]
Ireland Singles Chart 4 [3]
Italian Singles Chart 14 [3]
Dutch Singles Chart 16 [3]
New Zealand Chart 1 [3]
Norway Singles Chart 12 [3]
Swedish Singles Chart 19 [3]
Swiss Singles Chart 15 [3]
UK Singles Chart 10 [3]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 32 [4]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 29 [4]
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 [4]
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1 [4]

References

  1. ^ Mark Levin Fan
  2. ^ 2003 MTV Music Video Awards
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "World Chart History - Linkin Park". Chart Data - Linkin PARK. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Artist Chart History - Linkin Park". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Preceded by Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
April 12, 2003 - May 10, 2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single
April 12, 2003 		Succeeded by
"Like a Stone" by Audioslave


FLYING-DOG Official Movie Soundtrack

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