"Friendly Fire" is a song by American

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Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

. 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)'' and features vocals from Chester Bennington that were recorded before his death in 2017. It appears as the 20th and final track on the album itself.

Background

In June 2020,

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 Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

, and musician Jon Green, 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. Shinoda and Delson did additional recording in December 2023 to finish the song for release, having been inspired to revisit the song while they were putting together the album.

Composition

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'' described "Friendly Fire" as " ittingright in" with the

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sound of ''One More Light''.

Release

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"; they also made a preview of the song available on their SoundCloud page the next day. "Friendly Fire" was then released digitally on February 23, 2024, as well as in CD single format in Germany. 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.

Music video

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. It was nominated for Best Alternative Video at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Track listing

Personnel

Linkin Park * Chester Bennington – vocals * Rob Bourdon – drums *

Brad Delson Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

– guitar * Phoenix – bass guitar * Joe Hahn – DJ * Mike Shinoda – vocals, keyboards, programming Additional musicians * Jon Green – additional guitar Technical * Brad Delson – producer * Mike Shinoda – producer, engineer * Corin Roddick – additional production, additional programming * Jon Green – additional production * Andrew Dawson – additional programming, co-producer * Alejandro Baima – assistant engineer * Warren Willis – assistant engineer * Jerry Johnson – drum technician * Ethan Mates – engineer * Josh Newell – engineer *

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– masterer * Manny Marroquin – mixer * Andrew Bolooki – vocal producer

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References

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