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"Numb/Encore" is a song by American rapper
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and
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from their EP '' Collision Course'' (2004). It was released as a single on December 13, 2004, by
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, and
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. The song is a mash-up that fuses rock and hip hop, combining lyrics from " Numb" by Linkin Park and "
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" by Jay-Z, both released in 2003. The only single released from the album, the track went on to reach number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''
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'' also placed the single at number 93 on their ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2005 chart. Outside the United States, the single peaked at number 14 in the
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, number five in
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and spent three weeks at number one in
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.


Background

Before
Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田 賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocali ...
formed
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in 1996, he was an experimental musician who enjoyed combining songs by
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with tracks recorded by
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,
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, and others. A couple of years later, Jay-Z had a similar idea after hearing similar mash-ups by
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and Cheap Cologne. He contacted Shinoda's new band, Linkin Park, and suggested that they work on some material together. Linkin Park's first two albums – '' Hybrid Theory'' and '' Meteora'' – had both been worldwide successes and Jay-Z felt he could work with the band. Shinoda produced three mash-ups based on Jay-Z's '' The Black Album'' before responding by email. Shinoda and Jay-Z continued to correspond by email but eventually met in person to discuss plans. Initially the idea was to create several mash-ups for a new show premiering on
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called ''MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups'' in 2004. However, instead of simply reconfiguring the tracks, the two artists decided to enter the studio and re-record the raps on top of Shinoda's songs. Some of the musical elements were also altered to create an alternative sound. Both Linkin Park and Jay-Z found the session so rewarding that they believed the international audience deserved to hear the results. The songs were performed at
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in
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in July 2004. "Numb/Encore" was released as a single in November that year. The song – one of six collaborations on the album – combined the Jay-Z song "
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" (taken from his 2003 album ''The Black Album'') and the Linkin Park song " Numb" (taken from their 2003 album ''Meteora''). The released version also contained background vocals from
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that were recorded for the original release.


Commercial performance

In the
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, "Numb/Encore" peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where "Numb" had charted higher at number 11. However, "Numb/Encore" didn't manage to have much airplay on
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stations, barely hitting the chart at number 40. As of June 2014, the song has sold 2.078 million copies in the US. In the
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, "Numb/Encore" achieved the record for the longest stay in the top 20 without ever reaching the top 10. Despite only peaking at number 14 – the same peak that "Numb" had achieved 15 months earlier – the song has managed to spend 45The
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states that the single has spent 45 weeks in the top 75.
weeks in the top 100, 13 of them in the top 20. It has since sold over 600,000 copies and been certified Platinum. The former record has been beaten by Jason Mraz's " I'm Yours", which spent 60 weeks in the top 100.


Music video

The official music video was directed by Kimo Proudfoot. It features a mix of Linkin Park and Jay-Z's performance of the song at The Roxy and behind the scenes footage, which was in black and white. The performance and most of the scenes can be found on the ''Collision Course'' DVD. However, the music video is not entirely available on the DVD.


Accolades

"Numb/Encore" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the
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. The show featured a performance of the song, during which
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made a surprise appearance and came onto the stage to perform a duet with Chester Bennington of
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' song " Yesterday". "Yesterday" replaced "Numb" after the first rap verse of the mash-up.


In popular culture

The track was featured at the beginning of the 2006 film adaptation of ''
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''.


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References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Numb Encore 2004 songs 2004 singles Jay-Z songs Linkin Park songs European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Mashup songs Songs written by Jay-Z Songs written by Mike Shinoda Warner Records singles Def Jam Recordings singles Roc-A-Fella Records singles Alternative hip hop songs Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration