Last Resort (song)
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"Last Resort" is the debut single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's second album, Infest.
Music video and composition
In the music video, the band performs on a dance floor surrounded by fans. Throughout the video, the camera zooms in on a few of the fans near the stage and shows them in depression. This was primarily meant to show the secret lives that people had, and how people might not look depressed but still are. There are many posters for radio station 98 Rock. This is the rock station out of Sacramento, California that the band credits for jump starting their career. Inside the Infest album booklet are thanks to DJs of the radio station. On the MuchMusic version, the word "fuck" is completely removed with no replacement. On the MTV version, the words "cut", "bleeding", "die", "life" (from the line "If I took my life tonight?"), and "suicide" were also muted.
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Resort" (LP Version) | |
| 2. | "Legacy" (Clean Album Version) | |
| 3. | "Dead Cell" (Live) | |
| 4. | "Infest" (LP Version) |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Resort" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Broken Home" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Dead Cell" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Last Resort" (CD-ROM) |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Resort" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Last Resort" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Between Angels And Insects" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 4:21 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Resort" (Clean Version) | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Last Resort" (LP Version) | 3:19 |
Cover versions
The song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's medley "Angry White Boy Polka" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat; the word "fuck" is replaced by a slide-whistle. Richard Cheese also covered the song on his record Lounge Against the Machine. Lostprophets also incorporated the chorus into their live lounge version of the Rihanna song Rude Boy, at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Other uses
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On a 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live the song was featured in a Culp Family Musical Performances skit with the word "f**k" replaced with "fork".
Professional wrestler Nick Mondo used this as his theme in Combat Zone Wrestling until his retirement from wrestling in 2003.
Professional wrestler Bryan Danielson also used this as his theme in Pro Wrestling Noah during his stay there. He later changed his theme to "The Final Countdown" by Europe.
Professional wrestling manager Brett Adams (manager of the Minute Men and others) uses this as his entrance theme for his wrestlers in Victory Championship Wrestling.
The song has appeared in several movies, television shows, and video games, including the films The One, Training Day (2001) and Pay It Forward, an episode of Smallville, an episode of Cold Case and the video game, Rock Revolution.
"Last Resort" is a downloadable track for the Rock Band video game series although it is a different version than previously heard, it is rumored to be either a demo version to not feature their previous drummer for royalty distribution issues. It is also a featured track in iPhone/iPod Touch game Tap Tap Revenge 2, with a G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra theme. A New Wrestling Promation Fully Xtreme Masters is currently using this theme for its theme song.
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Rock Chart[1] | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 3 |
| U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] | 4 |
| U.S. Modern Rock Tracks[3] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 57 |
References
- ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 71, No. 19, September 11 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Chart Stats - Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ a b c "Artist Chart History - Papa Roach". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-01.