Numb/Encore

"Numb/Encore"
"Numb/Encore"
Single by Jay-Z and Linkin Park
from the EP Collision Course
B-side	"Numb/Encore" (Instrumental)
Released	December 13, 2004
Recorded	July 2004
Genre	Alternative rock; rap rock; hip hop;
Length	3:25
Label	Roc-A-Fella; Def Jam; Warner Bros.; Machine Shop;
Songwriter(s)	Shawn Carter; Brad Delson; Chester Bennington; Dave Farrell; Joe Hahn; Kanye West; Mike Shinoda; Rob Bourdon;
Producer(s)	Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park singles chronology
Jay-Z singles chronology
Alternative cover
	Digital cover
Music video
	"Numb/Encore" on YouTube

"Numb/Encore" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z and rock band Linkin Park from their EP Collision Course (2004). It was released as a single on December 13, 2004, by Warner Bros., Machine Shop, Def Jam, and Roc-A-Fella Records. The song is a mash-up that fuses rock and hip hop, combining lyrics from "Numb" by Linkin Park and "Encore" 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. Billboard 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 United Kingdom, number five in France and the Netherlands and spent three weeks at number one in Ireland.

In June 2024, "Numb/Encore" became the third song by both artists to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.^[1]