Crawling (song)
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"Crawling" | ||
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Single by Linkin Park | ||
from the album Hybrid Theory | ||
Released | April 2001 | |
Format | CD | |
Recorded | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
Genre | Nu metal | |
Length | 3 min 29 s | |
Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |
Chart positions | ||
Linkin Park singles chronology | ||
"One Step Closer" (2001) |
"Crawling" (2001) |
"In the End" (2001) |
"Crawling" is a Grammy Award-winning song by the nu metal/rapcore band Linkin Park. It is the fifth track from their 2000 debut album Hybrid Theory.
It was released in 2001 as their second single.
It won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, in 2002.
A demo version of the song recorded during the production of Hybrid Theory features an interlude of Mike rapping before the last chorus.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Crawling" (Album Version)
- "Papercut" (Live at the BBC)
[edit] Music video
The video was directed by The Brothers Strause. It portrays a young woman's inner conflict dealing with an abusive relationship. The woman closes off to the rest of the world, represented with the special effects of crystals forming around her. By the end, the crystals recede, symbolizing her success in fighting the relationship.This video was supposed to have a "darker" ending to it when the first synopsis was written, but Warner Brothers rejected the idea, and the final ending was written in its place. [original research?]
[edit] Bonus
- "Behind The Scenes Bonus Footage" (CD-ROM video)
[edit] Trivia
- After the ice melts in the video, two of Linkin Park's four Hybrid Theory-era symbols can be seen on the platform.
- The song was featured in Cartoon Network's advertisement for the anime series Gundam Wing on Toonami.
- The bonus feature on the CD is the same footage that is a hidden Easter egg on "Frat Party at the Pankake Festival".
- The lyrics might also signify an effect of crystal meth in which the user has the sensation of bugs crawling in their skin which very much resembles what Chester sings during the chorus.
- This was Phoenix's first video with the band.
- The song has also become quite popular with Naruto AMV makers who use it in conjunction with the character Shino Aburame a ninja with bugs inside of his skin.
- The girl in the video is Katelyn Rosaasen.
- The lyrics also describe somebody who goes through panic attacks, in which the victim, during the panic attacks, can not control whats going on, and in a way loses his/her grip on reality.