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''We got together to work on it and connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn’t revealed themselves during the recording of One More Light. I can’t wait for people to hear it. It’s such a beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking, hopeful story and it really resonates with me today.”''<ref>[https://warnermusic.co.nz/news/linkin-park-delight-fans-with-announce-of-career-spanning-album-papercuts-singles-collection-2000-2023 LINKIN PARK DELIGHT FANS WITH ANNOUNCE OF CAREER-SPANNING ALBUM PAPERCUTS (SINGLES COLLECTION 2000-2023) / News / Warner Music New Zealand], February 23, 2024</ref>
''We got together to work on it and connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn’t revealed themselves during the recording of One More Light. I can’t wait for people to hear it. It’s such a beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking, hopeful story and it really resonates with me today.”''<ref>[https://warnermusic.co.nz/news/linkin-park-delight-fans-with-announce-of-career-spanning-album-papercuts-singles-collection-2000-2023 LINKIN PARK DELIGHT FANS WITH ANNOUNCE OF CAREER-SPANNING ALBUM PAPERCUTS (SINGLES COLLECTION 2000-2023) / News / Warner Music New Zealand], February 23, 2024</ref>


A behind the scenes video was released showing the band working on the song at Larrabee Studios in April 2016 and Mike and Brad finishing the song at Mike's house in December 2023. Brad said, ''"We started working on 'Friendly Fire' with out good friend Jon Green. It was always one of our favorite songs from the One More Light sessions. Something about it wasn't quite right. So as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside. When we started talking about putting together a greatest hits collection, some of the folks on our team resent us the song. I was actually blown away by the power of the song, the storytelling, power of the vocal. And I actually felt like it was closer than maybe we realized at the time."'' While working on the song, he explained to Mike, ''"What I'm feeling is that our post chorus which is the 'fire.' That's a post chorus, however that almost feels like a chorus because it's like the clearest kind of release. And it doesn't happen a lot. So I know it's how we make this song flow more clearly and also really to celebrate that part."'' He finished his commentary by saying, ''"I went to Mike's house to work on it together and just connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn't revealed themselves during the One More Light writing sessions and it pretty quick stride. We completed what is now the finished product. It just raised its hand at the right time like a little magic trick and privilege of being able to finish it. It's certainly about conflict and despair and it's just as much about hope and love. It's such a beautiful compelling and hopeful song."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svK32TbS3g4 BEHIND THE SONG: FRIENDLY FIRE - Linkin Park - YouTube], March 29, 2024</ref>
A behind the scenes video was released on March 29, 2024 showing the band working on the song at Larrabee Studios in April 2016 and Mike and Brad finishing the song at Mike's house in December 2023. Brad said, ''"We started working on 'Friendly Fire' with our good friend Jon Green. It was always one of our favorite songs from the One More Light sessions. Something about it wasn't quite right. So as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside. When we started talking about putting together a greatest hits collection, some of the folks on our team resent us the song. I was actually blown away by the power of the song, the storytelling, power of the vocal. And I actually felt like it was closer than maybe we realized at the time."'' While working on the song, he explained to Mike, ''"What I'm feeling is that our post-chorus which is the 'fire.' That's a post-chorus, however that almost feels like a chorus because it's like the clearest kind of release. And it doesn't happen a lot. So I know it's how we make this song flow more clearly and also really to celebrate that part."'' He finished his commentary by saying, ''"I went to Mike's house to work on it together and just connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn't revealed themselves during the One More Light writing sessions and it pretty quick stride. We completed what is now the finished product. It just raised its hand at the right time like a little magic trick and privilege of being able to finish it. It's certainly about conflict and despair and it's just as much about hope and love. It's such a beautiful compelling and hopeful song."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svK32TbS3g4 BEHIND THE SONG: FRIENDLY FIRE - Linkin Park - YouTube], March 29, 2024</ref>


==Tracklist==
==Tracklist==
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He also pinned a message to the chat which read: ''"“Friendly Fire” is an amazing song! I am really happy with the way the video turned out and I hope the video does this song justice… thanks everyone for being here for the premiere… Enjoy! -Mark"''
He also pinned a message to the chat which read: ''"“Friendly Fire” is an amazing song! I am really happy with the way the video turned out and I hope the video does this song justice… thanks everyone for being here for the premiere… Enjoy! -Mark"''


The music video consists of studio footage from the ''[[One More Light]]'' sessions and various live performances dating from 2015 and 2017. The video contains shots from the [[Chinese Tour 2015|The Hunting Party Chinese Tour 2015]] on [https://lplive.net/shows/2015/20150717 July 17] and [https://lplive.net/shows/2015/20150722 July 22].
The music video consists of studio footage from the ''[[One More Light]]'' sessions and various live performances dating from 2015 and 2017. The video contains shots from the [[Chinese Tour 2015|The Hunting Party Chinese Tour 2015]] on [https://lplive.net/shows/2015/20150717 July 17] and [https://lplive.net/shows/2015/20150722 July 22] and the [[One More Light European Tour 2017]] on [https://lplive.net/shows/2017/20170703 July 3].


{{hidden begin|title=Video Credits<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMluqSGag5E Friendly Fire [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park - YouTube], February 22, 2024</ref>}}
{{hidden begin|title=Video Credits<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMluqSGag5E Friendly Fire [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park - YouTube], February 22, 2024</ref>}}
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==Live==
"Friendly Fire" got its live debut at the first full show of the ''[[From Zero]]'' World Tour in [[Live:20240911|Los Angeles]], coming after the new arrangement of "[[My December]]". The song was dropped from the set in [[Live:20241108|Dallas]], with its slot getting replaced by "[[Over Each Other]]", though the song came back to replace "My December" at the band's [[Live:20241116|second night in Sao Paulo]].


==Promotion==
==Promotion==
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File:Friendly Fire EMP Bundle.jpg|EMP exclusive bundle
File:Friendly Fire EMP Bundle.jpg|EMP exclusive bundle
File:Friendly Fire EMP Bundle 2.jpg|EMP exclusive bundle
File:Friendly Fire EMP Bundle 2.jpg|EMP exclusive bundle
File:Single-Friendly Fire - QWERTY Vinyl.png|Friendly Fire / QWERTY LPU vinyl
File:Single-Friendly Fire - QWERTY Discord Yellow 10-inch.jpg|Friendly Fire / QWERTY Discord vinyl<ref>[https://linkinpark.warnerartists.net/gb/linkin-park/limited-edition-friendly-fire-qwerty-10-yellow-transparent-vinyl-lp/0054391280763.html LIMITED EDITION FRIENDLY FIRE / QWERTY 10” YELLOW TRANSPARENT VINYL LP | Linkin Park Official Store]</ref>
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File:Friendly Fire Reveal.jpg|"Friendly Fire" reveal
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File:Friendly Fire Video Premiere.jpg|"Friendly Fire" music video premiere

Latest revision as of 19:13, 19 November 2024

"Friendly Fire"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023
Working title:Friendly Fire
Recorded:2016-2023
Released:February 23, 2024
Format:Digital
Length:2:56
Writer:Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Jon Green
Producer:Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Andrew Dawson, Andrew Bolooki, Jon Green, Corin Roddick
Label:Warner Records
Linkin Park singles chronology
Lost
(2023)		 Friendly Fire
(2024)		 QWERTY
(2024)
Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023 tracklist
  1. Crawling
  2. Faint
  3. Numb/Encore
  4. Papercut
  5. Breaking The Habit
  6. In The End
  7. Bleed It Out
  8. Somewhere I Belong
  9. Waiting For The End
  10. Castle Of Glass
  11. One More Light
  12. Burn It Down
  13. What I've Done
  14. QWERTY
  15. One Step Closer
  16. New Divide
  17. Leave Out All The Rest
  18. Lost
  19. Numb
  20. Friendly Fire

"Friendly Fire" is a song originally written for Linkin Park's 2017 studio album One More Light by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Jon Green. It was released as the lead single of Linkin Park's career-spanning compilation Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023 on February 23, 2024. The compilation itself was released on April 12, 2024 in digital, CD and vinyl formats. "Friendly Fire" is among the last songs Linkin Park recorded with vocalist Chester Bennington, who passed away in July 2017.

Background

"Friendly Fire" was a song that was written for One More Light by Mike, Brad, and Jon Green. The title was first seen on a song board in a picture Joe Hahn posted on September 6, 2016 alongside songs that made the album. [1]

Jon Green is the singer of the English band The Bonfires. Both bands were at the Larrabee Studios in November 2015 and Jon proceeded to work with Linkin Park throughout 2016. While two songs with Jon made One More Light, "Nobody Can Save Me" and "Battle Symphony", Linkin Park worked with Jon on at least two more songs - "Friendly Fire", released in 2024, and "Tidal Wave", which is unreleased. Mike Shinoda went on to say Jon Green related really well with Chester.[2]

When the album was released in May 2017, Jon wrote on Instagram, "Still assuming they meant to hit up the other Jon Green, who by the way is total quality. Total honour to have a couple of tunes on this record & to have got in the room with such a genuine & brilliant bunch of guys. Congrats @linkinpark all their team and all involved."[3]

In a December 2016 issue of the Kerrang! magazine, Mike Shinoda announced Linkin Park had collaborated with Canadian musician Corin Roddick from Purity Ring,[4] but when questioned about the collaboration, Roddick said it "does not exist".[5] However, he is credited for additional production and additional programming on "Friendly Fire".

Following the release of One More Light, Mike said he would try to get demos and studio content that didn't make the album out to fans because there is some cool stuff.[6] Brad Delson added, "There's definitely a few gems that we've got in our back pocket. But I would say the vast majority of those songs fortunately will never see the light of day. They were just a part of the journey; the ones that were the most satisfying and exciting were the ones we ultimately focused on and finished and make up the album."[7]

In a stream on June 17, 2020, Mike confirmed "Friendly Fire" was completely finished and had vocals from Chester on it. "There was a song, a One More Light song, that we mixed. We mixed more than the finished album and we mixed a couple other songs just to see if one of them would make the cut or if we would use it for a b-side. And it was Friendly Fire. A Jon Green co-write. I wrote that with Jon, I think it was me, Jon, and Brad mostly. I still love that song." He went on to say that the song wouldn't be coming out soon, but would likely be released. This was the first public mention of Jon collaborating on the track.[8]

When asked a few days later about more unreleased One More Light songs, Mike said, "Every album we've got so many songs that we make and you know, they're not... some of them are just in really like, half cooked, half baked conditions. So I mean, I think fans tend to be very overly optimistic about those types of things. In their imagination, there's some gem that's the best Linkin Park song that's sitting on a hard drive somewhere. I promise you that's not the case. The best stuff is always the stuff we put on the record. There are some songs where we were like, "oh this is really good", but it's not better than the record. Some of it is like, a verse and chorus copied twice and that's the second verse as well... it's like half done, it's not done."[9]

"Friendly Fire" was finally released in 2024 as part of the greatest hits album Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023. Upon release, Brad Delson said:

“‘Friendly Fire’ was always one of our favorite songs from the One More Light sessions. Something about it wasn’t quite right so as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside for later. When we started looking for an unreleased track to include on our greatest hits collection, I was blown away by the power of the song, the power of the storytelling, the power of the vocal, the sonic landscape and I actually thought that it was closer than maybe we had realized at the time.

We got together to work on it and connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn’t revealed themselves during the recording of One More Light. I can’t wait for people to hear it. It’s such a beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking, hopeful story and it really resonates with me today.”[10]

A behind the scenes video was released on March 29, 2024 showing the band working on the song at Larrabee Studios in April 2016 and Mike and Brad finishing the song at Mike's house in December 2023. Brad said, "We started working on 'Friendly Fire' with our good friend Jon Green. It was always one of our favorite songs from the One More Light sessions. Something about it wasn't quite right. So as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside. When we started talking about putting together a greatest hits collection, some of the folks on our team resent us the song. I was actually blown away by the power of the song, the storytelling, power of the vocal. And I actually felt like it was closer than maybe we realized at the time." While working on the song, he explained to Mike, "What I'm feeling is that our post-chorus which is the 'fire.' That's a post-chorus, however that almost feels like a chorus because it's like the clearest kind of release. And it doesn't happen a lot. So I know it's how we make this song flow more clearly and also really to celebrate that part." He finished his commentary by saying, "I went to Mike's house to work on it together and just connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn't revealed themselves during the One More Light writing sessions and it pretty quick stride. We completed what is now the finished product. It just raised its hand at the right time like a little magic trick and privilege of being able to finish it. It's certainly about conflict and despair and it's just as much about hope and love. It's such a beautiful compelling and hopeful song."[11]

Tracklist

Digital Single

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Friendly Fire Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Jon Green 2:56

A Capella + Instrumental

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Friendly Fire (A Capella) Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Jon Green 2:58
2 Friendly Fire (Instrumental) Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Jon Green 2:56

LPU Vinyl

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Friendly Fire Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Jon Green 2:56
2 QWERTY Linkin Park 3:21

Music Video

The official music video for "Friendly Fire" was directed by Mark Fiore and premiered on February 22, 2024 at 9pm PT, coinciding with the radio premiere of the song.[12][13] Fiore joined the YouTube Live Chat room at 8:30 pm PT to talk about the video.[14] He said: "some great footage o Chester in this video. it will make you feel happy hardest part about the video was making it worthy of the song guys the song is so good. you are gonna be so happy to have a another new LP song this TOP 5 for sure I remember connecting deeply with this song while filming the band in the studio years ago, so it was really special for me when I got asked to create this video. this is what MS said to me about the song.... "The song is about looking into the distant past with a loved one, and realizing that sometimes best intentions can still cause hurt.""

He also pinned a message to the chat which read: "“Friendly Fire” is an amazing song! I am really happy with the way the video turned out and I hope the video does this song justice… thanks everyone for being here for the premiere… Enjoy! -Mark"

The music video consists of studio footage from the One More Light sessions and various live performances dating from 2015 and 2017. The video contains shots from the The Hunting Party Chinese Tour 2015 on July 17 and July 22 and the One More Light European Tour 2017 on July 3.

Video Credits[15]

Directed and Edited by: Mark Fiore
Produced by: Amigo and Company
Executive Produced by: Devin Sarno and Linkin Park
Colorist: Loren White

Versions

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

Studio

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
Friendly Fire Friendly Fire

Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023

Friendly Fire / QWERTY

2:56 2016-2023 February 23, 2024
Friendly Fire (Instrumental) Friendly Fire: A Cappella + Instrumental 2:56 2016-2023 March 29, 2024
  • Official instrumental version.
Friendly Fire (A Capella) Friendly Fire: A Cappella + Instrumental 2:58 2016-2023 March 29, 2024
  • Official acapella version.

Live

"Friendly Fire" got its live debut at the first full show of the From Zero World Tour in Los Angeles, coming after the new arrangement of "My December". The song was dropped from the set in Dallas, with its slot getting replaced by "Over Each Other", though the song came back to replace "My December" at the band's second night in Sao Paulo.

Promotion

The song had its world premiere on KROQ on February 22, 2024 at 9pm PT.[13]

A physical single CD was released to promote "Friendly Fire", making it Linkin Park's first single to receive a CD release since "Heavy" in 2017. EMP Germany sold an exclusive bundle which paired the CD with a Papercuts Bucket Hat.[16]

Personnel

Linkin Park

  • Chester Bennington - Vocals
  • Rob Bourdon - Drums
  • Brad Delson - Guitar
  • Joseph Hahn - Programming
  • Phoenix - Bass
  • Mike Shinoda - Keyboards, Programming, Vocals

Additional Musicians

  • Additional Guitar: Jon Green
  • Additional Programming: Andrew Dawson
  • Additional Programming: Corin Roddick

Production

  • Writer: Mike Shinoda
  • Writer: Brad Delson
  • Writer: Jon Green
  • Producer: Brad Delson
  • Co-Producer: Andrew Dawson
  • Vocal Producer: Andrew Bolooki
  • Additional Production: Jon Green
  • Additional Production: Corin Roddick
  • Engineer, Producer: Mike Shinoda
  • Engineer: Josh Newell
  • Engineer: Ethan Mates
  • Assistant Engineer: Alejandro Baima
  • Assistant Engineer: Warren Willis
  • Drum Technician: Jerry Johnson
  • Mixer: Manny Marroquin
  • Masterer: Brian "Big Bass" Gardner

Lyrics

Album Version

Tell me the words I've forgotten
What we were fightin' for
Starin' right into the darkness
Through an empty open door

Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far

We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black (black)
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting for?

I was supposed to protect you
No matter what's to come
Somehow forgot when they told me
"We hurt thе ones we love"

Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far
  
We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting
 
It's just friendly fire, fire
Fire, fire
 
We're strangers in between the darkness
Diving underneath
I'll find you out in the horizon
We'll never be enemies
 
Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far
  
We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting
 
It's just friendly fire, fire
Fire, fire
Fire, fire
Fire, fire

Gallery

  • Single artwork

    Single artwork

  • EMP exclusive bundle

    EMP exclusive bundle

  • EMP exclusive bundle

    EMP exclusive bundle

  • Friendly Fire / QWERTY LPU vinyl

    Friendly Fire / QWERTY LPU vinyl

  • Friendly Fire / QWERTY Discord vinyl[17]

    Friendly Fire / QWERTY Discord vinyl[17]

  • "Friendly Fire" reveal

    "Friendly Fire" reveal

  • "Friendly Fire" music video premiere

    "Friendly Fire" music video premiere

  • Song board with "Friendly Fire"

    Song board with "Friendly Fire"

  • Jon Green in Linkin Park's studio. Photo by Joe Hahn

    Jon Green in Linkin Park's studio. Photo by Joe Hahn

  • Linkin Park in the studio with Justin Parker and Jon Green

    Linkin Park in the studio with Justin Parker and Jon Green

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Linkin Park - Timeline | Facebook, September 09, 2016
  2. ↑ Linkin Park - Timeline, November 14, 2016
  3. ↑ Jon Green (@thebonfires) on Instagram: “Still assuming they meant to hit up the other Jon Green, who by the way is total quality. Total…”, May 19, 2017
  4. ↑ Mike Shinoda fala um pouco mais sobre o novo álbum a Revista Kerrang. | Road To Revolution Brasil, December 29, 2016
  5. ↑ Corin Roddick on Twitter: "@LinkinJoze does not exist" ., May 21, 2017
  6. ↑ Mike Shinoda live on Facebook (02.04.17) - YouTube, April 02, 2017
  7. ↑ Linkin Park's Brad Delson Talks Polarizing New Album's No. 1 Debut | Billboard, June 12, 2017
  8. ↑ Drawing today-fan requests and maybe a new profile pic? - YouTube, June 17, 2020
  9. ↑ LPLive: Mike Q&A Summary 6/23/2020, June 23, 2020
  10. ↑ LINKIN PARK DELIGHT FANS WITH ANNOUNCE OF CAREER-SPANNING ALBUM PAPERCUTS (SINGLES COLLECTION 2000-2023) / News / Warner Music New Zealand, February 23, 2024
  11. ↑ BEHIND THE SONG: FRIENDLY FIRE - Linkin Park - YouTube, March 29, 2024
  12. ↑ LINKIN PARK on X: "”Friendly Fire" Video Premiere - FEB. 22, @ 9 pm PT - https://t.co/Td4yYPE3c6 #FriendlyFireLP #Papercuts https://t.co/p4Br1MIkyW" / X, February 22, 2024
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The World Famous KROQ on X: "Listen to the KROQ World Premiere of @linkinpark’s #FriendlyFireLP TOMORROW at 9pm PT! Tune in or stream us live at https://t.co/wePduV5rjg or the @Audacy app" / X, February 21, 2024
  14. ↑ LINKIN PARK on X: "Join Video Director and Editor Mark Fiore in the YouTube Live Chat room at 8:30 pm PT and stick around for the world premiere of ”Friendly Fire" at 9 pm PT: https://t.co/Td4yYPE3c6 #FriendlyFireLP #Papercuts https://t.co/QVj3D4szh5" / X, February 23, 2024
  15. ↑ Friendly Fire [Official Music Video - Linkin Park - YouTube], February 22, 2024
  16. ↑ Friendly fire | Linkin Park CD | EMP
  17. ↑ LIMITED EDITION FRIENDLY FIRE / QWERTY 10” YELLOW TRANSPARENT VINYL LP | Linkin Park Official Store
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