"Numb" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their second studio album,Meteora (2003),and is the closing track on the album . One of Linkin Park's most well-known and critically acclaimed songs,"Numb" topped the US BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks in 2003 and 2004.[9] The song also spent three weeks atop the BillboardMainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was remixed as "Numb/Encore",a collaboration between the band and American rapper Jay-Z. It was a massive hit for both artists that was featured on the album Collision Course and earned them the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. "Numb" was ranked number 95 on Rhapsody's list of the "Top 100 Tracks of the Decade".[10]
On March 15,2022,"Numb" became the second song by the band after "In the End" to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.[11][12]
The video's plot follows a day in the life of an outcast teenage girl,portrayed by Briana Evigan,interspersed with scenes of Linkin Park performing the song in a cathedral. The girl,an aspiring artist,is shunned and ridiculed by her mother,teachers,and peers. She is shown with self-inflicted cut marks on her arms that spell out "NUMB". At the song's climax,she throws paint at a canvas in anger,then runs into the cathedral that Linkin Park were performing the song in as if she heard them,only to find that they have disappeared.
In November 2018,"Numb" became Linkin Park's first music video to reach over one billion views on their YouTube channel as well as the first song released in the 2000's to do so.[16] In March 2023,the video was remastered in 4K resolution. In June 2023,"Numb" became the first song by the band to surpass two billion views,and currently holds the title of the most viewed rock video on YouTube.[17] As of September 2024,the music video for "Numb" has over 2.3 billion views and 13 million likes on the platform.[18]
Commercial performance
The track became one of Linkin Park's most critically acclaimed songs,as well as one of their most commercially successful. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 24,2004,spending 3 weeks on top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 12 weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Numb" was the 33rd best-performing single on the Billboard Hot 100 during 2004 and was listed at number 15 in the alternative songs decade-end chart. As of June 2014,the song had sold 2,036,000 copies in the US.[19]
The song was also successful in Oceania,peaking at number 10 in Australia and number 13 in New Zealand. "Numb" is Linlongest-running single in France,spending 23 weeks on the chart,peaking at number 19;it was also successful in Greece,topping the singles chart. However,it only ranked for one week in Italy and on the Belgian Singles Chart.[20]
The song re-entered the charts in July 2017 after the death of Chester Bennington,together with "In the End" and the band's new song "Heavy".
In late 2023,for the 35th anniversary of Modern Rock Tracks (since renamed Alternative Airplay),Billboard ranked "Numb" as the 59th-biggest hit in the chart's history.[21][22]
In 2017, an online meme mashing up "Numb" with the Seinfeld theme song was released.[23][24]
Finnish heavy metal soprano Tarja Turunen covered and recorded the song during a special performance for Wacken Open Air at the Wacken Church in 2016. The song was later released as the first single for her live album Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church in 2023.[25]
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In 2024, the song was added to the online video game Fortnite, through the Fortnite Festival game mode and as a purchasable jam track.[26]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 30. týden 2017 in the date selector. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 30. týden 2017 in the date selector. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
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