Background
"Foreword" was recorded at Mike Shinoda's house, after the rest of Meteora was finished and served as an intro for the album.
In March 2003, Mike did a track-by-track of Meteora for ShoutWeb. About "Foreword", he said, ""Foreword" is just an intro. If you know what Foley work is, it's my first attempt at Foley work. Basically, it's noises I made in the studio breaking things. We have this CD player and CD burner attached to my computer, which basically just ate shit during the writing process. It gave Chester and I such a hard time! Burning CDs which should have taken a minute were taking 20 minutes, 30 minutes, to an hour. I just got so frustrated with the thing, I put it to the side knowing that I was going to beat it with a baseball bat and that's what I did. I smashed it with a baseball bat on metal table."
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Studio
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Foreword | Meteora | 0:13 | 2002 | March 25, 2003 |
Live
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Don't Stay | LP Underground 3.0 | 3:11 | August 02, 2003 | November 17, 2003 |
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Don't Stay | LP Underground 3.0 | 3:12 | August 11, 2003 | November 17, 2003 |
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Don't Stay | Live In Texas | August 02, 2003 | November 18, 2003 |
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Don't Stay (Live In Shanghai, 2007) | Meteora - Live Around The World | 3:16 | November 18, 2007 | June 5, 2012 |
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Live
"Foreword" has only been performed as an intro to "Don't Stay". Almost every performance of "Don't Stay" in the Meteora and Minutes To Midnight eras featured the song as an intro for "Don't Stay", the exception being the second half of 2004, where the "Gacela Intro" was added to as the intro for "Don't Stay", replacing "Foreword".
Personnel
Linkin Park
- Chester Bennington: vocals
- Rob Bourdon: drums, backing vocals
- Brad Delson: guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Joseph Hahn: records, sampling, backing vocals
- Mike Shinoda: emcee, vocals, beats, sampling
- Phoenix: bass
Production
- Don Gilmore: producer
- Andy Wallace: mixer