In the End

For other uses, see In the End (disambiguation).

"In the End"
Song
B-side	"Step Up"

"In the End" is a song by Linkin Park. It is the eighth track from their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000). The song was a big Modern Rock hit, reaching #1 on many charts worldwide in 2001. It is also their biggest pop hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

"In the End" was released as the fourth and final single off of Hybrid Theory in 2001. It was originally written as a poem by the lead vocalist, Chester Bennington, with Chris Petersen, and was later established as a sufficient song for the album. The original demo version of this song was labeled "Untitled" (which may or may not have been an actual title), and contained various different rap verses by Shinoda.

Song information

This song is mainly based on one person's failure. It is considered symbolic of an ending relationship.

"In the End" is widely regarded as Linkin Park's most famous song, and the one which best describes their musical style (a melodic interplay between Chester Bennington's singing and Mike Shinoda's rapping). Some consider it Linkin Park's signature song.

In one of Shinoda's lines, the word 'property' is rapped like a CD track skipping

Remixes and other versions

Reanimation (2002) features a hip hop-style remix of this song, titled "Enth E ND".

Collision Course (2004) features another rap metal-style remix song with Jay-Z's song "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)". The song is titled Izzo/In the End.

Since 2004, during some live performances, Brad Delson is known to play the harmonics of "Pushing Me Away" at some point in the song, during the second verse. One of these incidents can be found on the band's 7th annual fan club CD.

Music video

The music video takes place in a fantasy setting and uses massive CGI animation. The band performs atop a giant statue, which has a 'winged soldier' on top of it, which is similar looking to the 'winged soldier' on the cover artwork of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory album.

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A scene from the music video for “In the End”, which was shot in a California desert and made heavy usage of CGI effects.

The portions where Mike Shinoda raps first take place in a wasteland with thorny vines sprouting out of the ground, surrounding him and shattering into dust (first verse) and then grass and plants sprouting up around him (second verse). During the time Mike raps his verses, Chester stands atop a platform with gargoyles on the edges. This platform is in front of a door in the shape of a trapezium. Near the end of the video, the skies turn dark and it begins to rain, and the band performs in the downpour until the end of the song, where the rain stops and the camera pans away from the tower, showing the wasteland where Shinoda had rapped in is now a lush Greenland. During the rain the statues on the tower begin to move.

The rest of the band (Delson, Farrell, Hahn & Bourdon) appear only during Chester's chorus and during the outro when the camera focus is near to the tower.

Some fansites of Linkin Park have claimed that Dave Farrell injured his foot during the making of the video when he jumped off one of the platforms, but still continued filming until the end. This fact has never been officially confirmed by the band or their record label.

The video was co-directed by Nathan "Karma" Cox and LP's turntablist Joe Hahn (who have also directed the videos for "Pts.Of.Athrty", "Papercut", "What I've Done", "Bleed It Out", and "Shadow of the Day"). The production design was by Patrick Tatopoulos who helped design and oversee the production of the non-CGI set. It won the "Best Rock Video" at the 2002 MTV Awards.

A strange-looking whale can be seen flying around the large statue during most of the video, specifically at the end of the video. The whale in the video was Joe Hahn's idea. He has been quoted as saying "It's not like I pulled it out of my ass; it made sense to me." The reasoning behind its inclusion is still unknown. Many fans of the Legend of Zelda video games have noted similarities between the whale in the video and the 'Wind Fish' character from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. However, there is no evidence to support the design of Linkin Park's whale was a tribute to the game, and appears to be coincidental.

Although there is a keyboard loop in this song, the video does not show Mike, who is a pianist in the group, or anyone else playing a keyboard in any scene of the video. However, Joe Hahn is shown using a MIDI pad to emulate the piano loop at the end. During the commentary of the video on Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, Nathan Cox jokingly said that Elton John was the one who was actually playing piano in the song.

The Making of the Video

On Linkin Park's Frat Party at the Pankake Festival DVD one of the special features is 'The Making of In the End'. It begins with footage of a bat hanging off the windscreen wipers of the band's tour bus, with band members, specifically Joe Hahn making reference to the bats from the In the End video.

Brad describes his custom headphones as his jack into the Matrix and why he needs to wear them on stage.

In this 'Making of', footage is shown of Chester miming to a sped up version of the track, an effect used so that when the film is slowed down, the track sounds normal as does the singer, but with an added dramatic effect.

Also shown is Mike Shinoda jokingly claiming that Angelina Jolie was doing his make-up, but "her agent would kill us if we showed her", and footage of "Crawling" being performed by Bryson Jones and the 'Sweethearts of the Rodeo All-Star Band', full audio of which is also available on the DVD.

Footage from this 'Making of' was used in the video for Points Of Authority, included in the same DVD.

Covers and parodies

• The song was parodied by Christian parody group ApologetiX, their version labeled as "Corinthians".
• An EMT remix of In The End has been found on the internet.
• The song was covered by italian group XP8 however, their version is much more electro-oriented than the original.
• The String Quartet Tribute included "In The End" in their tribute CD "In the Chamber... The String Quartet Tribute to Linkin Park."

Track listing

The single CD was released as a "Part 1" Single and a "Part 2" Single. They differed in tracks and cover color: the "Part 1" cover is red and the "Part 2" cover is yellow. The "Part 2" cover is shown on the right. A DVD version of "In the End" was also released which includes an audio version of "In the End", promo video of "Crawling" and four 30 seconds interviews.

Part 1 track listing

1. "In the End"
2. "Papercut" (Live at Docklands Arena, London)
3. "Points of Authority" (Live at Docklands Arena, London)

Part 1 bonus

1. "In the End" (CD-ROM music video)

Part 2 track listing

1. "In the End"
2. "A Place for My Head" (Live at Docklands Arena, London)
3. "Step Up" [1999 Demo]

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	15
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	4
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard iLike Profiles: Most Added	4
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	20
ARC Weekly Top 40	2
UK Singles Chart	8
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	4
Hot100Brasil	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	10
Dutch Top 40	2
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Swedish Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	13
French Singles Chart	40
Swiss Singles Chart	2
Lithuanian Singles Chart	1
United World Chart	1
Taiwan Top 10	1
Brazil Top 20	1
Top40-Charts.com Web Top 100	19
World Jazz Top 20 Singles	12
Ireland Top 20	20
Italy Top 20	10
Austria Top 40	18
Belgian Single Chart	12
Dutch Single Chart	11
Danish Single Chart	3