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Chester Bennington described the song as epic, but delicate in an interview with MTV, where he stated "''It’s an epic song, but it’s also kind of delicate in a lot of ways. There’s a great guitar riff that comes in acoustically, and the words really say a lot. And I think that they’ll touch people in a way Linkin Park haven’t touched people before. And there’s a breakdown that’s my favorite moment on the record. It’s beautiful and timeless-sounding, with this great synth sound … and Brad [Delson] breaks into this beautiful solo and it just builds and builds and builds until it breaks down into this a cappella section. It’s a huge explosion of sound, over six minutes long, and it’s truly, completely amazing. And I can’t wait for people to hear it.''"<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/1553982/linkin-park-finish-apocalyptic-album-revive-projekt-revolution-tour/ MTV], March 2007</ref> In an interview with Kerrang!, Brad Delson said "''This is our favourite song on the record. It’s the biggest statement that we’ve ever made. Nothing could go after it as everything would get eclipsed by it. The thing that really makes it is the guitar solo.''" Mike Shinoda backed up that final idea when he said "''Brad has always avoided solos because he doesn’t like to show off. But when he played that solo, though, it was one of the most emotional moments we’ve recorded. It says what the lyrics are saying without any words.''"<ref>[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JJ79/media/Untitled-3-1.jpg.html Kerrang!], April 2007</ref>
Chester Bennington described the song as epic, but delicate in an interview with MTV, where he stated "''It’s an epic song, but it’s also kind of delicate in a lot of ways. There’s a great guitar riff that comes in acoustically, and the words really say a lot. And I think that they’ll touch people in a way Linkin Park haven’t touched people before. And there’s a breakdown that’s my favorite moment on the record. It’s beautiful and timeless-sounding, with this great synth sound … and Brad [Delson] breaks into this beautiful solo and it just builds and builds and builds until it breaks down into this a cappella section. It’s a huge explosion of sound, over six minutes long, and it’s truly, completely amazing. And I can’t wait for people to hear it.''"<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/1553982/linkin-park-finish-apocalyptic-album-revive-projekt-revolution-tour/ MTV], March 2007</ref> In an interview with Kerrang!, Brad Delson said "''This is our favourite song on the record. It’s the biggest statement that we’ve ever made. Nothing could go after it as everything would get eclipsed by it. The thing that really makes it is the guitar solo.''" Mike Shinoda backed up that final idea when he said "''Brad has always avoided solos because he doesn’t like to show off. But when he played that solo, though, it was one of the most emotional moments we’ve recorded. It says what the lyrics are saying without any words.''"<ref>[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JJ79/media/Untitled-3-1.jpg.html Kerrang!], April 2007</ref>
In the album listening party with Stryker, Rob said, ''"Actually on this song, I was actually in my little practice studio and I was just inspired by this drum fill I was doing. I just turned over to my ProTools rig and titled it "Drum Idea" and just started recording that snare build that you hear in the breakdown in the song. And then came up with the pattern after that. And then I wrote some piano and string stuff and passed it off to Mike, and he threw an acoustic guitar. And that song just got passed around on a hard drive to all of us and everyone added their ideas to it. It was one of the first songs we started and by the end of the process, it was a completely different animal. The last thing we did was, we wanted to place the original drums I came up with in my drum studio, and after spending about ten days working on doing the new drums, Rick listened to them... A/B'd them and actually decided that he liked the ones from my drum studio better."''
Mike added, ''"And keep in mind too, at this point in the stage in that song's lifetime, we're talking about six months or longer from the time Rob originally did it to the ones that we were calling the final drums. We were listening, "oh yeah, it's the nicest kit, it's the nicest recording" and all that, and then he told Rob he liked the other one."''


Bennington, in a later interview with MTV, talked about the inspiration for the lyrics, stating "''We were writing these harmonies before we went down to New Orleans on the first anniversary of the [Katrina] disaster. And when we were down there, we were talking to these people who lived in the Ninth Ward. One of the lines, about ’water gray, coming through the windows,’ was taken from what one older gentleman told me. The feeling I got down there was not a good one. For my whole life, I was spoon-fed what a great country this is, and I just didn’t get that feeling from that trip. I didn’t understand how we could spend $120 billion a year on killing people in other countries, but we only allocated $1 billion to rebuilding lives here. It really bothered me. … I felt sick about it. So I wrote the lyrics. Mike and I had a discussion, and he said, ’Why don’t you go write about Katrina?’ So I did … and I put it to the melody we had been working on, and it just fit perfectly.''"<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/1558873/linkin-parks-minutes-to-midnight-preview-nu-metallers-grow-up/ MTV], May 2007</ref>
Bennington, in a later interview with MTV, talked about the inspiration for the lyrics, stating "''We were writing these harmonies before we went down to New Orleans on the first anniversary of the [Katrina] disaster. And when we were down there, we were talking to these people who lived in the Ninth Ward. One of the lines, about ’water gray, coming through the windows,’ was taken from what one older gentleman told me. The feeling I got down there was not a good one. For my whole life, I was spoon-fed what a great country this is, and I just didn’t get that feeling from that trip. I didn’t understand how we could spend $120 billion a year on killing people in other countries, but we only allocated $1 billion to rebuilding lives here. It really bothered me. … I felt sick about it. So I wrote the lyrics. Mike and I had a discussion, and he said, ’Why don’t you go write about Katrina?’ So I did … and I put it to the melody we had been working on, and it just fit perfectly.''"<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/1558873/linkin-parks-minutes-to-midnight-preview-nu-metallers-grow-up/ MTV], May 2007</ref>
==Versions==
==Versions==
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

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Template:Infobox song "The Little Things Give You Away" is the twelfth and final track off on Linkin Park's third studio album, Minutes To Midnight.

Background

The limited edition booklet for Minutes To Midnight revealed that Rob Bourdon actually came up with the initial idea for the song. "Many songs on previous LP albums began from demos by Mike and Brad. In the making of Minutes To Midnight, the band experimented with their writing process in an attempt to break comfortable patterns. This album saw all members of the band generating demos, or “seeds.” The seed for “Little Things” was from Rob Bourdon, based around the drum pattern heard in the bridge. The working title was “Drum Song.” Later, the vocals were finished after the band visited New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina."

Chester Bennington described the song as epic, but delicate in an interview with MTV, where he stated "It’s an epic song, but it’s also kind of delicate in a lot of ways. There’s a great guitar riff that comes in acoustically, and the words really say a lot. And I think that they’ll touch people in a way Linkin Park haven’t touched people before. And there’s a breakdown that’s my favorite moment on the record. It’s beautiful and timeless-sounding, with this great synth sound … and Brad [Delson] breaks into this beautiful solo and it just builds and builds and builds until it breaks down into this a cappella section. It’s a huge explosion of sound, over six minutes long, and it’s truly, completely amazing. And I can’t wait for people to hear it."[1] In an interview with Kerrang!, Brad Delson said "This is our favourite song on the record. It’s the biggest statement that we’ve ever made. Nothing could go after it as everything would get eclipsed by it. The thing that really makes it is the guitar solo." Mike Shinoda backed up that final idea when he said "Brad has always avoided solos because he doesn’t like to show off. But when he played that solo, though, it was one of the most emotional moments we’ve recorded. It says what the lyrics are saying without any words."[2]

In the album listening party with Stryker, Rob said, "Actually on this song, I was actually in my little practice studio and I was just inspired by this drum fill I was doing. I just turned over to my ProTools rig and titled it "Drum Idea" and just started recording that snare build that you hear in the breakdown in the song. And then came up with the pattern after that. And then I wrote some piano and string stuff and passed it off to Mike, and he threw an acoustic guitar. And that song just got passed around on a hard drive to all of us and everyone added their ideas to it. It was one of the first songs we started and by the end of the process, it was a completely different animal. The last thing we did was, we wanted to place the original drums I came up with in my drum studio, and after spending about ten days working on doing the new drums, Rick listened to them... A/B'd them and actually decided that he liked the ones from my drum studio better."

Mike added, "And keep in mind too, at this point in the stage in that song's lifetime, we're talking about six months or longer from the time Rob originally did it to the ones that we were calling the final drums. We were listening, "oh yeah, it's the nicest kit, it's the nicest recording" and all that, and then he told Rob he liked the other one."

Bennington, in a later interview with MTV, talked about the inspiration for the lyrics, stating "We were writing these harmonies before we went down to New Orleans on the first anniversary of the [Katrina] disaster. And when we were down there, we were talking to these people who lived in the Ninth Ward. One of the lines, about ’water gray, coming through the windows,’ was taken from what one older gentleman told me. The feeling I got down there was not a good one. For my whole life, I was spoon-fed what a great country this is, and I just didn’t get that feeling from that trip. I didn’t understand how we could spend $120 billion a year on killing people in other countries, but we only allocated $1 billion to rebuilding lives here. It really bothered me. … I felt sick about it. So I wrote the lyrics. Mike and I had a discussion, and he said, ’Why don’t you go write about Katrina?’ So I did … and I put it to the melody we had been working on, and it just fit perfectly."[3]

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Studio

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
The Little Things Give You Away Minutes To Midnight 6:21 2006-2007 May 14, 2007
Drum Song ("Little Things Give You Away" Demo 2006) LP Underground 9.0: Demos 4:50 2006 November 23, 2009
  • Demo version.
  • Mike on vocals.
  • Different lyrics.
  • No guitar solo.
  • Includes scat lyrics.
The Little Things Give You Away Minutes To Midnight Instrumentals 6:28 2006-2007
  • The CD dates from May 24, 2007.
  • Official instrumental version.

Live

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
The Little Things Give You Away LP Underground 7.0 7:21 August 07, 2007 December 5, 2007
  • Recorded live at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on August 7, 2007.
The Little Things Give You Away Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes 7:19 June 29, 2008 November 21, 2008
  • Filmed at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes June 29, 2008.
The Little Things Give You Away (Live From Shanghai, 2007) Minutes To Midnight - Live Around The World 7:43 November 18, 2007 June 12, 2012

Live

"The Little Things Give You Away" was a staple in the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle setlists. It debuted as the first song of the encore on the Minutes To Midnight European Tour. When the band began rotating setlists on Projekt Revolution 2007, the song was performed with a new keyboard intro at the end of the main set in Set A and Set B, and as the encore opener in Set C. The song saw less exposure in 2008, where it was only featured mid-set in Set S on the Minutes To Midnight European Tour. In the summer setlists, the song was only featured mid-set in Set X.

The song has not been performed in its entirety since the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle, but was partially performed acoustically at the 2nd LPU Summit in Homebush, New South Wales on the A Thousand Suns touring cycle in 2010.

Variations

Last Updated: December 25, 2015

Type Description First Played Last Played
Intro Keyboard Intro w/ Vocals July 25, 2007 November 24, 2007
Intro Keyboard Intro July 27, 2007 August 23, 2008
Alternative Acoustic (Mike and Chester) December 15, 2010 December 15, 2010
Alternative Shortened (Until Bridge) December 15, 2010 December 15, 2010

Personnel

  • Chester Bennington
  • Mike Shinoda
  • Brad Delson
  • Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
  • Joseph Hahn
  • Rob Bourdon

Orchestra

  • Arrangements: David Campbell, Mike Shinoda, and Brad Delson
  • Conducting: David Campbell
  • Violin: Charlie Bisharat, Mario DeLeon, Armen Garabedian, Julian Hallmark, Gerry Hilera, Songa Lee-Kitto, Natalie Leggett, Josefina Vergara, and Sara Parkins
  • Viola: Matt Funes and Andrew Picken
  • Cello: Larry Corbett and Suzie Katayama
  • Bass: Oscar Hidalgo

Production

  • Produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda
  • Engineers: Dana Neilsen, Andrew Schelps, and Ethan Mates
  • Engineer Assisting: Phillip Broussard, Jr.
  • Mixing: Neal Avron
  • Mixing Assisting: Nicolas Fournier and George Gumbs
  • Mastering: Dave Collins

Lyrics

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Water gray
Through the windows
Up the stairs
Chilling rain
Like an ocean
Everywhere

Don't wanna reach for me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet / Underwater
I do

Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares

Don't wanna reach for me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
But now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking

All you've ever wanted (All you wanted)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Uh uh)
And six feet / Underwater (Six feet underwater)
I do (I do)

All you've ever wanted (All you wanted)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Uh uh)
And six feet underground now I (Six feet underground now I)
Now I do (Now I do)

Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh (repeat a lot)
 
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
 
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted
Little things give you away
Was someone to truly look up to you

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Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
The little things give you away
The little things give you away
The little things give you away

Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
Do na na
Do na na na
Do na na
You don't believe in me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
Don't even care what you're breaking
If I'm not mistaken
The little things give you away
 
The little things give you away
The little things give you away

You don't believe in me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
Don't even care what you're breaking
And I'm not mistaken
The little things give you away
 
Oh oh (repeat a lot)
 
The little things give you away
The little things give you away
The little things give you away

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Gallery

External Links

References

  1. MTV, March 2007
  2. Kerrang!, April 2007
  3. MTV, May 2007