Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album Meteora
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)[1][2]
Recorded2002
Genre
Length3:06
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Linkin Park
Producer(s)
  • Don Gilmore
  • Linkin Park
Linkin Park singles chronology
"Faint"
(2003) 		"Numb"
(2003) 		"From the Inside"
(2004)
Audio sample
Music video
"Numb" on YouTube

"Numb" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, Meteora (2003), and is the closing track on the album. One of Linkin Park's most well-known and critically acclaimed songs, "Numb" topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks in 2003 and 2004.[8] The song also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was remixed as "Numb/Encore", a collaboration between the band and American rapper Jay-Z. It was a massive hit for both artists that was featured on the album Collision Course and earned them the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. "Numb" was ranked number 95 on Rhapsody's list of the "Top 100 Tracks of the Decade".[9]

On March 15, 2022, "Numb" became the second song by the band after "In the End" to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.[10][11]

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  9. ^ Top 100 Tracks of the Decade Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Schaffner, Lauryn (March 22, 2022). "Linkin Park's 'Numb' Has Reached One Billion Spotify Streams". Loudwire. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  11. ^ Rogers, Jack (March 22, 2022). "LINKIN PARK'S 'NUMB' HAS SURPASSED ONE BILLION STREAMS ON SPOTIFY". Rock Sound. Retrieved March 24, 2022.