Bleed It Out is a song by Linkin Park, released as the second single from their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The single was released on August 17, 2007.
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 also #83 on MTV Asia‘s list of Top 100 Hits of 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.
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. The Warner Records version censors “fuck” and “noose”.
Tracklist:
- Bleed It Out
- Given Up (Third Encore Session)
Linkin Park
Chester Bennington: lead vocals
Rob Bourdon: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Brad Delson: lead guitar
Dave “Phoenix” Farrell: bass guitar
Joe Hahn: turntables, sampling, programming
Mike Shinoda: rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, production
Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017).
