Where'd You Go (Fort Minor song)

"Where'd You Go"
Single by Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga
from the album The Rising Tied
B-side
ReleasedApril 14, 2006 (2006-04-14)
Genre
Length3:51
Label
Songwriter(s)Mike Shinoda
Producer(s)Mike Shinoda
Fort Minor singles chronology
"Believe Me"
(2005)
"Where'd You Go"
(2006)
"S.C.O.M. / Dolla / Get It / Spraypaint & Ink Pens"
(2006)
Mike Shinoda solo singles chronology
"Believe Me"
(2005)
"Where'd You Go"
(2006)
"S.C.O.M. / Dolla / Get It / Spraypaint & Ink Pens"
(2006)
Holly Brook singles chronology
"Where'd You Go"
(2006)
"Coming Home"
(2010)
Audio sample
Music video
"Where'd You Go" (Clean) on YouTube

"Where'd You Go" is a song by American hip hop ensemble Fort Minor, the side project of rock band Linkin Park's lead vocalist, Mike Shinoda. It is the fourth and final single from Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied, released on April 14, 2006. The song features Skylar Grey (who at the time went by her real name Holly Brook) and Jonah Matranga, lead singer of the rock group Far. "Where'd You Go" was written and produced by Shinoda. The song is about the consequences of putting one's career before one's family with the lyrics emanating from the perspective of the person left behind in long-distance relationships.

"Where'd You Go" received generally positive reviews from music critics, with most reviewers noting the song's simplicity, as well as praising Brook's vocals. "Where'd You Go" was Fort Minor's most commercially successful single, peaking within the top 10 of several international music charts. "Where'd You Go" also peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2009. A music video for the single was directed by Philip Andelman. The video featured three families, who, according to Shinoda, "share the same sense of loneliness as this song." "Where'd You Go" was included in the set list of numerous Fort Minor concerts.