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Linkin Park | Artist Essentials
First released: 2003 (year verified)
Original 2003 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Notice how the compact keyboard motif leaves room for the refrain to become much broader.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2003 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 2003 and belongs to the original Meteora program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 2003 studio recording
Credit: Linkin Park
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Meteora
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Meteora - original program separated from anniversary archives
The official label identifies the original March 2003 album and original track program separately from Live in Texas, other live shows, demos and later archival releases. Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Numb and Breaking the Habit belong to the original studio program. A session year on a newly released archive track would not establish its public release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The actual annual and focused entries identify the original 2003 band hit. The original Meteora program is separated from concert recordings and the Jay-Z collaboration.
Meteora - original program separated from anniversary archives
The official label identifies the original March 2003 album and original track program separately from Live in Texas, other live shows, demos and later archival releases. Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Numb and Breaking the Habit belong to the original studio program. A session year on a newly released archive track would not establish its public release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Other catalog appearances
About Linkin Park
Linkin Park developed under the earlier names Xero and Hybrid Theory before releasing the album Hybrid Theory in 2000. The lineup associated with that debut included Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington, whose performances helped establish songs such as One Step Closer, Crawling and In the End. Later projects ranged from Meteora to A Thousand Suns and One More Light. After Bennington's death in 2017 and an extended pause, the band returned with From Zero, introducing Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain in a new recording phase.
Artist background sources
Linkin Park: official band biography
Supports early names, 2000 debut era, named catalog and historically dated From Zero return; lineup descriptions are scoped to eras and no current membership list is asserted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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