Bleed It Out
{{Short description|2007 single by Linkin Park}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Bleed It Out
| cover = Bleed_It_Out_single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Linkin Park
| album = Minutes to Midnight
| B-side = {{hlist|"What I've Done" {{small|(Distorted Remix)}}|"Given Up" {{small|(Third Encore Session)}}}}
| format =
| recorded = 2007
| studio =The Mansion, Los Angeles
| genre =Rap rock{{cite magazine |url=http://www.spin.com/2011/01/linkin-park-mix-ambient-rage-tour-opener/ |title=Linkin Park Mix Ambient with Rage in Tour Opener |magazine=SPIN |author=Arielle Castillo |date=January 21, 2011 |quote=...explosive rap-rock anthem...}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/best-linkin-park-songs/|title=Best Linkin Park Songs: 20 Classics That Launched a Nu-Metal Revolution|publisher=Dig!|last=Edwards|first=Luke|date=March 20, 2022|access-date=March 20, 2022|archive-date=2022-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417221439/https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/best-linkin-park-songs/|url-status=live}}
| length = 2:44
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Linkin Park
| producer = {{hlist|Rick Rubin|Mike Shinoda}}
| prev_title = What I've Done
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Shadow of the Day
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Bleed_It_Out_-_Linkin_Park.ogg
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|OnuuYcqhzCE|"Bleed It Out"}}
{{YouTube|wsqKH_VIrng|"Bleed It Out (Live at Milton Keynes)"}}}}
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"Bleed It Out" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was released as the second single from their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The single was released on August 17, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.linkinpark.com/page/bleed-it-out|title=LinkinPark.com – Bleed It Out|access-date=December 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606053013/http://www.linkinpark.com/page/bleed-it-out|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}
On July 30, 2007, the music video was shown on MTV Germany and MTV Asia and has premiered in Canada through the Muchmusic Countdown and their MuchAxs video streaming website. This song was #44 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.No byline (December 11, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215233626/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/11 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"]. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 21, 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090401061144/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/11 Wayback Machine archive] This song was also #83 on MTV Asia{{'}}s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html "Top 100 Hits List"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222125424/http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html |date=December 22, 2007 }}. Retrieved December 27, 2007
The song is featured in the closing video package in Game 3 of the 2007 World Series, and in the main setlist for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
"Bleed It Out" was first performed live during the show at Webster Hall in New York City on May 11, 2007. Other notable live performances of the song include when it was performed in Tokyo on July 7, 2007, and broadcast as part of Live Earth, The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, as well as when it was performed on the May 12, 2007, episode of Saturday Night Live.[http://snlarc.jt.org/detail.php?i=2007051214 SNL Archives | Detail] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011142217/http://snlarc.jt.org/detail.php?i=2007051214 |date=October 11, 2007 }}. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Joe Hahn and premiered on July 31, 2007, on MTV Germany. The music video was premiered in the United States on August 6, 2007, all day long on MTV2's "Unleashed". It also had a premiere on TRL the same day as MTV2's "Unleashed". It debuted at number 27 on the Muchmusic Countdown on August 3. Although "Leave Out All The Rest" (the track before it) features footsteps and an opening door that segues into "Bleed It Out", it was omitted for the music video. The video was filmed and then reversed (in what appears to be one continuous shot), although green screens were used to make it look like the band was still playing regularly. The video features a reversed bar fight, and at the end of the video, it is revealed that a person vomited on another person's shoe, which started the massive fight.
The video was named Muchmusic's #1 Rock video of 2007 during their annual Holiday Wrap specialty program series. Also, at the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards, "Bleed It Out" won for Best International Video – Group.
Warner Bros. Records released a live video of "Bleed it Out" exclusively on their YouTube channel. The live video was shot in Japan on July 7, 2007, when Linkin Park was performing during the Live Earth concert.{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqKH_VIrng&ob=av2e | title = Bleed It Out (Live at Milton Keynes) Amended Version on YouTube| website = YouTube| date = November 20, 2008}} From Linkin Park's YouTube Channel
Commercial performance
The song ranked in music charts even before its official release. The song peaked at #52 on the Billboard US Hot 100 and #54 on the Billboard Pop 100. Although the song is the band's first charting single on Modern Rock Tracks to not reach the #1 spot since "Pts.Of.Athrty" in 2002 stalled at #29, it did however hold the #2 spot on the chart for nine consecutive weeks then got replaced by Three Days Grace's Never Too Late at the #2 spot, being held off from the #1 spot by Foo Fighters' "The Pretender". It also reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #29. It made the top thirty in Australia, Canada, Poland and Israel. To date, it has been less successful than its predecessor "What I've Done" that debuted at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the following single "Shadow of the Day" where both singles charted higher. However, it has peaked higher than "What I've Done" in the New Zealand Singles Chart (#7) and Belgian Singles Chart (#22). Additionally, it was more successful on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and the Modern Rock Tracks chart than the other singles from Minutes to Midnight staying at 36 weeks on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it their third most successful single behind "In The End" (44 weeks) and "Faint" (37 weeks) on the rock charts.
As of June 2014, "Bleed It Out" has sold over 1,920,000 copies in the US, making it the band's 7th highest selling single of all time in the US.{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6128793/ask-billboard-with-nico-vinz-norway-continues-us-chart-invasion?page=0%2C2 | title = Ask Billboard: With Nico & Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion | author =Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media| date = June 24, 2014}}
Track listings
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Linkin Park
|headline = CD
|title1 = Bleed It Out
|length1 = 2:44
|title2 = Given Up
|note2 = Third Encore Session
|length2 = 3:08
}}
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Linkin Park
|headline = Australian Maxi single • iTunes EP
|title1 = Bleed It Out
|length1 = 2:44
|title2 = What I've Done
|note2 = Distorted Remix
|length2 = 3:47
|title3 = Given Up
|note3 = Third Encore Session
|length3 = 3:08
}}
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Linkin Park
|headline = 7" picture disc
|title1 = Bleed It Out
|length1 = 2:44
|title2 = What I've Done
|note2 = Distorted Remix
|length2 = 3:47
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2007–08)
!scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{singlechart|Australia|24|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Austria|43|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Flanders Tip|22|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|7|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Canada|22|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Canada Rock (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/car/|title=Linkin Park Chart History (Canada Rock)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622161702/https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/car/|archive-date=June 22, 2023}}
| 3 |
| {{singlechart|Czech Republic|5|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|year=2007|week=47|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Germany|40|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|songid=315010|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Ireland3|43|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=3 August 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2007/week-37|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 37, 2007|lang=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 26, 2023}}
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| {{singlechart|Dutch100|79|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|New Zealand|7|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Portugal (AFP){{Cite web|url=https://acharts.co/portugal_singles_top_50/2007/40|title=PORTUGAL SINGLES TOP 50|publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|date=September 30, 2007|access-date=May 12, 2022}}
| 5 |
| {{singlechart|Scotland|20|date=2007-08-26|rowheader=true|access-date=September 9, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Slovakia|68|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|year=2007|week=42|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Sweden|14|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Switzerland|42|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|29|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=September 3, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|UKrock|1|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|date=20070826|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|52|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| US Pop 100 (Billboard)[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=linkin park|chart=Pop 100}} Billboard Pop 100]
| 54 |
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
!scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{singlechart|Hungarysingle|35|year=2017|week=30|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}} |
| {{singlechart|Portugal|87|artist=Linkin Park|song=Bleed It Out|rowheader=true|access-date=August 4, 2017}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrocksongs|16|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2008)
!scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/alternative-songs/|title=Year-End Charts: Alternative Airplay Songs (2008)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2025}}
| 13 |
| scope="row"| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/mainstream-rock-songs-artists/|title=Year-End Charts: Mainstream Rock Airplay Songs (2008)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2025}}
| 15 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Linkin Park|title=Bleed It Out|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|id=13749|access-date=April 12, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Linkin Park|title=Bleed It Out|relyear=2007|certyear=2019|id=6511|access-date=September 22, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Linkin Park|access-date=December 28, 2024|title=Bleed It Out|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|type=single|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Gold|artist=Linkin Park|access-date=September 2, 2024|title=Bleed It Out|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|artist=Linkin Park|access-date=May 24, 2024|title=Bleed It Out|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|id=14619-2062-1|salesamount=638,000|salesref={{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C_8IWFfN8-4/?hl=en|title=They just scored their highest Singles Chart peak EVER with #TheEmptinessMachine, but what are @linkinpark’s all-time biggest songs in the UK?|publisher=Instagram|author=Official Charts Company|date=September 15, 2024|access-date=September 15, 2024}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|artist=Linkin Park|access-date=May 12, 2022|title=Bleed It Out|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2022}}
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References
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