"Final Masquerade" | ||||
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Single by Linkin Park | ||||
from the album The Hunting Party | ||||
Released | June 10, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
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Length | 3:37 | |||
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"Final Masquerade" on YouTube |
"Final Masquerade" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was originally recorded by the band for their sixth studio album, The Hunting Party , where it appears as the eleventh track on the album and serves as the fifth and final single. [2] The song premiered on MTV on June 8, 2014. [3] The song was produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, and co-produced by Emile Haynie.
An acoustic version of the song was released for digital download on February 19, 2015. [4]
"Final Masquerade" has been described as an alternative rock and a hard rock song. [5] [6] In an article from Metal Hammer , it was explained as "more like A Thousand Suns than Hybrid Theory , which Linkin Park gives at their most controlled, meditative, a slowly unfurling, mid-paced anthem built around simmering keyboards, unfussy, low-tempo beats and palm-muted guitar. The song features one of Chester Bennington's finest vocal performances on the album." [7] [8]
MTV described the song as "a sharp, edgy, lushly harmonic heavy-hitter that falls perfectly in line with Linkin Park’s lengthy string of hulking, hooky hits." [3] In an interview with MTV, Shinoda explained:
"I made some ‘alternative pop’ demos that sounded like they would fit in with what radio is currently playing. But then I came across a blog piece entitled ‘Rock Sucks Right Now And It’s Really Depressing,” he said. “It got me thinking. I ended up writing a response to it, and realized that what I had been working on wasn't really what I wanted to be making." [3]
The official music video for the song, directed by Mark Pellington, was released on July 29, 2014 for premiere on MTV. [9] [10] [11] [12] A lyric video for the song was released earlier, as it debuted through Linkin Park's official Facebook page and in digital download format on June 10, 2014.
As of November 2023, the music video for "Final Masquerade" has over 126 million views on YouTube. [13]
In the track-by-track review by Billboard , the song is given a positive response and explained as, "Synths and palm-muted guitars carry the mid-tempo verses into a head-nodding hard rock chorus. With that, another love affair ends in epic fashion, and there's even a big stadium sing-along." [6]
The song was voted as the second-best rock song on Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list. The song was placed after another Linkin Park song, "In the End". [14]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Final Masquerade" | Linkin Park | 3:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Final Masquerade" | Linkin Park | 3:37 | |
2. | "Until It's Gone" (Live) | Linkin Park | 3:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Final Masquerade" (Acoustic) | Linkin Park | 3:50 |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | 43 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [16] | 65 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [17] | 44 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [18] | 46 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [19] | 85 |
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [20] | 74 |
Denmark (Tracklisten) [21] | 34 |
France (SNEP) [22] | 45 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [23] | 70 |
Hungary (Single Top 40) [24] | 5 |
Italy (FIMI) [25] | 34 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [26] | 30 |
Portugal (AFP) [27] | 22 |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [28] | 35 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] | 64 |
UK Singles (OCC) [30] | 106 |
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [31] | 2 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [32] | 15 |
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [33] | 47 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [34] | 18 |
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [35] | 30 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [36] | 32 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [37] | 35 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Worldwide | June 10, 2014 | Digital download | [38] | |
India | Warner Bros. | [39] | ||
Italy | August 1, 2014 | Contemporary hit radio | Warner Bros. | [40] |
Germany | September 20, 2014 | CD | [41] | |
United States | November 11, 2014 | Modern rock radio |
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Worldwide | February 21, 2015 | Promotional single | [43] |
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