"Friendly Fire" | ||||
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Single by Linkin Park | ||||
from the album Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) | ||||
Released | February 23, 2024 | |||
Recorded | 2016, 2023 | |||
Genre | Electropop | |||
Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | Warner | |||
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"Friendly Fire" on YouTube |
"Friendly Fire" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Originally recorded during sessions for their seventh studio album, One More Light (2017), it was later officially released on February 23, 2024, as the lead single from the greatest hits album Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023). It appears as the 20th and final track on the album itself.
In June 2020, Linkin Park member and co-founder Mike Shinoda revealed the existence of a song that contained Chester Bennington's vocals made during the recording sessions for the band's seventh studio album, One More Light (2017). The song, titled "Friendly Fire", was composed by Shinoda, the band's guitarist Brad Delson, and musician Jon Green, [1] the latter who also served as co-writer of two other songs on the album, "Nobody Can Save Me" and " Battle Symphony". Shinoda, however, mentioned that it would be years before it would be released. [2]
Eli Enis of Revolver described "Friendly Fire" as "[fitting] right in" with the electropop sound of One More Light. [3]
On February 19, 2024, Linkin Park released a series of images and videos on their social media channels revealing a 30-second audio clip of "Friendly Fire"; [4] they also made a preview of the song available on their SoundCloud page the next day. [5] "Friendly Fire" was then released digitally on February 23, 2024, as well as in CD single format in Germany. [3] [6] The song is featured as the 20th and final track of Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023), a greatest hits album of the band's career that was released on April 12, 2024. [7]
The music video for the song was released simultaneously with the song itself. It is made up of footage of the band during the One More Light recording sessions, particularly Bennington singing his parts for the song, backstage footage, as well as live performance clips from the One More Light tour. [8]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Friendly Fire" | 2:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Friendly Fire" (A Capella) | 2:58 |
2. | "Friendly Fire" (Instrumental) | 2:56 |
Total length: | 5:54 |
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Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Australia Digital Tracks ( ARIA) [9] | 39 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [10] | 62 |
Canada Rock ( Billboard) [11] | 17 |
Czech Republic ( Rádio – Top 100) [12] | 34 |
Czech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) [13] | 43 |
France ( SNEP) [14] | 197 |
France Radio ( SNEP) [15] | 32 |
Germany ( Official German Charts) [16] | 40 |
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan) [17] | 16 |
New Zealand Hot Singles ( RMNZ) [18] | 11 |
Portugal ( AFP) [19] | 143 |
Slovakia ( Singles Digitál Top 100) [20] | 77 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 60 |
UK Singles Downloads ( OCC) [22] | 28 |
UK Singles Sales ( OCC) [23] | 31 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) [24] | 2 |
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) [25] | 22 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) [26] | 13 |
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard) [27] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | February 23, 2024 | Warner | [28] | |
Germany | CD single | [6] | ||
Italy | Radio airplay | [29] |