Template:Infobox song "Victimzed" is the seventh track off of Linkin Park's fifth studio album, Living Things.
Background
Chester Bennington cited "Victimized" as a prime example of what the band wants to do, stating "In a way, Victimized is also an insane song. It starts with what sounds like folk... then rapidly dips into Hip-Hop, Punk Rock, Death Metal and back to Folk music. It’s just crazy, in a way there’s no real meaning to it. One of the things I like about our new album is that we included a song like this. It’s because of these things that I love our band so much. We have so many different faces... you can’t really pin us to one location, and that’s exactly what we’ve been aiming for."[1]
Mike Shinoda mentioned how a lot of the sounds on the track were influenced by very heavy punk bands, stating "I remember talking about that with Brad, like the punk rock songs that we used to listen to in high school. Like, what we're talking about? We're talking about like everything from D.R.I. to like... Pennywise and stuff like that. Like, there's a lot of songs in those genres that are super short and we had this short idea and we were just like "ok". Our first instinct was, you know, "how we fill out this song to make it longer?" and then we thought "wait a minute, why would... we don't have to do that, we don't have to make it longer, let's just make it what it is.""[2]
When talking about the perfect guitar sound for a Linkin Park song, Brad Delson said, "Whether Mike's doing a guitar part or I am, we always want to do what's best for the song. A lot of times it's finding that interplay between an actual guitar and a sound that we've handcrafted, whether it's a sampled sound or an electronic sound. If you listen to Victimized, there's that [Electro-Harmonix] HOG octave-oscillating sound. There's also guitar-sample sounds that were made on machines that weren't physically played, but you don't know what's what. Even when I was at the mix with [mixer] Manny [Marroquin], you're not sure some of the time – 'Oh, maybe that's a distorted bass' or 'Maybe that's a guitar sample.' "[3]
Shinoda has stated that "Victimized" acts a precursor of sorts to the band's sixth album, The Hunting Party.[4]
Remix
"Victimized" received one official remix, done by band member Mike Shinoda. The remix was released on the band's second remix album, Recharged. Joe Hahn has stated that Mike's remix is one of his favorites on the album, and Shinoda has said that he was heavily inspired by techno music he listened to in college, stating "VICTIMIZED was a pretty simple approach—it’s based on the jungle and gabber techno I listened to when I was in college. A good friend of mine was a DJ who introduced me to those artists, and I wanted to do a modern take on that style with the VICTIMIZED remix."[5][6]
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Studio
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victimized | Living Things | 1:46 | 2012 | June 20, 2012 | |
| Victimized (Instrumental) | Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) | 1:48 | 2012 | September 11, 2012 |
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| Victimized (Acapella) | Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) | 1:14 | 2012 | September 11, 2012 |
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Remix
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victimized (M. Shinoda Remix) | Recharged | 3:00 | 2012 | October 24, 2013 |
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Live
While "Victimized" has never been played live by itself, it was played as a mashup with "QWERTY". This mashup debuted at the private production rehearsal at Bristow. "Victimized" was played after "New Divide" in Set A and Set B at first. As the tour went on, Set B was reorganized a lot, and "Victimized" was moved to after "When They Come For Me" at Alpharetta, after "With You" at Tinley Park, and finally after "In My Remains" at Woodlands. Set C had "Victimized" after "Given Up". 2013 kept the sets relatively similar, except "Victimized" was dropped from Set B to fit time constraints, as well as festival Set A at Osaka.
"Victimized" wasn't played after the Living Things touring cycle ended, but part of the remix was played during "Joe Solo Medley" starting at KFMA Day 2014 and through the rest of The Hunting Party touring cycle.
Variations
Last Updated: December 25, 2015
| Type | Description | First Played | Last Played |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mashup | w/ QWERTY | August 10, 2012 | August 19, 2013 |
Personnel
Lyrics
[Indonesian speaker]
No regret for the confidence betrayed
No more hiding in shadow
'Cause I won't wait for the debt to be repaid
Time has come for you
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot I'll give 'em
As the siren climbs higher on this violent rhythm
For you snakes in the grass / supplying the venom
I ain't scared of your teeth / I admire what's in 'em
You been waiting in the shadows there, thinking you're hidden
But the truth is you don't have the stomach to get 'em
Go on already, hit 'em / yeah you gotta be kidding
Wanna talk about a victim / I'mma put you there with 'em
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
NO
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot I'll give 'em
As the siren climbs higher on this violent rhythm
For you snakes in the grass / supplying the venom
I ain't scared of your teeth / I admire what's in 'em
You been waiting in the shadows there, thinking you're hidden
But the truth is you don't have the stomach to get 'em
Go on already, hit 'em / yeah you gotta be kidding
Wanna talk about a victim / I'mma put you there with 'em
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot I'll give 'em
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot I'll give 'em
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot I'll give 'em
They're acting like they want a riot / it's a riot, riot, riot, riot
No
No
No regret for the confidence betrayed
No more hiding in shadow
'Cause I won't wait for the debt to be repaid
Time has come for you
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
External Links
References
- ↑ ABCDane.net, June 2012
- ↑ Purebreak Musique Mag, June 15, 2012
- ↑ Musicradar, July 2012
- ↑ Reddit, August 2015
- ↑ Rolling Stone, October 2013
- ↑ WhiteRaverRafting, November 2013