"Crawl Back In" is a song by American rock band

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, which consists of

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lead singer

Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of the bands Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, a ...

, as well as the band members of

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. It is the first single and the second track from their debut studio album, ''

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''. It was released through

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on August 18, 2009. An official music video for the single was released on September 8, 2009, directed by P.R. Brown.

Background

The song talks about Bennington's past problems with alcohol addiction, similar to many of the lyrical themes on Linkin Park's debut album ''

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''. Bennington has stated in an interview with

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that "It's a song about questioning your authenticity. I do that every once in a while; I wonder how many of my own thoughts are really my own, and how much influence do the people around me have on the person I am." MTV's James Montgomery described the song as "plenty dark" but "not pitch-black", as well as saying "Lyrically, the song details Bennington's slow climb back into the light — a climb that started with some serious self-discovery." The song was rumored to be on the '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''

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, which also features Linkin Park's "

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". Bennington later confirmed the rumor, however Bennington said he decided not to include it. The song was used as the theme song for

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PPV. The song was recorded live during Linkin Park's encore at the

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2009 in

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and released free via e-mail for those who had previously downloaded the Sonisphere EP, which featured other artists who performed at the festival:

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and

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Music video

A music video was filmed for "Crawl Back In", along with a video for "Let Down". Both videos were directed by P.R. Brown. The video was premiered on the band's MySpace on September 8, 2009 and October 16, 2009 in

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. It was filmed in

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Natural Park. The video shows the band playing the song on a rocky area where huge broken statues of people are buried. Every member of the band is seen individually while Chester is singing the song. The statues refer to the people which Chester fears of becoming, which basically is the theme of the song. In the end of the video, Chester is seen standing inside a small triangle shape hole which also is the logo of Dead By Sunrise.

Track listing

Live tracks recorded at

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on July 30, 2009.

Charts

References

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