Fighting Myself
{{short description|2023 single by Linkin Park}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Fighting Myself
| cover =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = Linkin Park
| album = Meteora20
| released = {{start date|2023|3|24}}
| recorded = 2002
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 3:21
| label = Warner
| writer =
| producer =
- Linkin Park
- Don Gilmore
| prev_title = Lost
| prev_year = 2023
| next_title = Friendly Fire
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|iKBCVZqqooY|"Fighting Myself"}}
}}
}}
"Fighting Myself" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Originally recorded during sessions for their second studio album, Meteora (2003), it was later officially released on March 24, 2023, as the second single from the album's 20th-anniversary reissue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-previously-unreleased-linkin-park-track-fighting-myself-3419557|title=Listen to previously unreleased Linkin Park track 'Fighting Myself'|website=NME|last=Singh|first=Surej|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/linkin-park-unreleased-meteora-track-fighting-myself-1234703366/|title=Linkin Park Take On Their Demons in Unreleased 'Meteora' Era Track 'Fighting Myself'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Blistien|first=Jon|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
Background
Originally written and recorded during the recording cycle for their second studio album Meteora in 2002, the band decided to shelve "Fighting Myself" and later released it as part of the 20th anniversary reissue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-definitive-linkin-park-track-fighting-myself|title=Listen to "definitive Linkin Park track" Fighting Myself|website=Kerrang!|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}} Speaking about the song, Mike Shinoda recalled only remembering an instrumental version existing, before discovering the vocals between him and Chester Bennington when looking through old recordings from Meteora for a potential re-release after someone in management sent him an old vocal file for the song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/listen-to-linkin-parks-previously-unreleased-meteora-era-banger-fighting-myself|title=Listen to Linkin Park's previously unreleased Meteora-era banger, Fighting Myself|website=Louder Sound|last=Scarlett|first=Liz|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}} On February 15, "Fighting Myself" was unofficially revealed and played for the first time during a Mike Shinoda interview with Howard Stern on The Howard Stern Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2023/02/15/mike-shinoda-shares-unreleased-linkin-park-tracks-memories-of-chester-bennington-and-a-story-about-pranking-metallica/|title=MIKE SHINODA SHARES UNRELEASED LINKIN PARK TRACKS, MEMORIES OF CHESTER BENNINGTON, AND A STORY ABOUT PRANKING METALLICA|publisher=Howard Stern.com|date=February 15, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
Composition
"Fighting Myself" has been described as a nu metal song.{{Cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/new-music/linkin-park-streams-nu-metal-meteora-b-side-fighting-myself|title=LINKIN PARK Streams Nü-Metal Meteora B-Side "Fighting Myself"|website=Metal Injection|last=Kennelty|first=Greg|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}} It has also been noted to be similar to "Papercut" from the band's debut album Hybrid Theory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altwire.net/2023/04/01/linkin-park-meteora-demos/|title=REVIEW: EXPLORING LINKIN PARK'S METEORA20 LOST DEMOS|publisher=AltWire|last=Oswald|first=Derek|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
Personnel
Linkin Park
- Chester Bennington – lead vocals
- Mike Shinoda – rapping
- Brad Delson – guitars
- Joe Hahn – turntables, samples
- Rob Bourdon – drums
- Dave Farrell – bass guitar
Charts
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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Fighting Myself" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Germany Rock Airplay (GfK){{cite web|url=https://radio-no9.de/chartshow/index.php?selected=years&year=2023|title=Radio No9 Charts [Year 2023]|publisher=Radio-No9|access-date=January 6, 2024}}
| 86 |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard){{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/hot-hard-rock-songs/|title=Year-End Charts: Hot Hard Rock Songs (2023)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 24, 2023}}
| 13 |
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