| "Burning in the Skies" | ||||||||
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| Single by Linkin Park | ||||||||
| from the album A Thousand Suns | ||||||||
| B-side | "Blackout" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York - February 4, 2011) "When They Come for Me" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York) |
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| Released | March 21, 2011 | |||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||||||
| Recorded | 2008–2010 | |||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||||||
| Length | 4:13 (Album version) 4:01 (UK edit) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Linkin Park | |||||||
| Producer | Rick Rubin, Mike Shinoda | |||||||
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"Burning in the Skies" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was announced as the band's third single from their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns on the 20th of January 2011, and it was released on March 21.[1] A music video for the single was directed by Joe Hahn, Linkin Park's turntablist. It was released in the United States to the Nielsen BDS adult contemporary indicator chart by February 2011, although it was clarified by vocalist Mike Shinoda that it is an international-only single,[2] hence not charting in any Billboard charts.
"Burning in the Skies" (along with five other songs from A Thousand Suns) is featured in the "Linkin Park Track Pack" as downloadable content for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The track pack was released on October 19, 2010.
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Filming for the music video occurred from January 17 through 19, 2011, with Joe Hahn and lead vocalist Mike Shinoda tweeting about filming the video.[3][4]
The international music video was directed by Joe Hahn. The video premiered on kerrang.com on February 22.[5] The video was also uploaded on YouTube by Linkin Park on their official YouTube channel linkinparktv. The entire video is in slow motion. It shows the final activities of random people before being caught in a blast radius of what seems to be a nuclear explosion in downtown Los Angeles. The explosion happens when the guitar solo starts. Then the band members are seen in darkness with effects similar to the ones used in the "Waiting for the End" music video, although they do not sing or perform their instruments in accordance to the song.
The behind-the-scenes video for "Burning in the Skies" was released on 29 March 2011.[6]
The song made its debut full live performance at their Melbourne, Australia show on 13 December 2010 during their A Thousand Suns World Tour as the chorus had been sung by Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington after the bridge of "Bleed It Out" in several shows of the tour.
Jean Dean Wells of AOL Radio praised the song, saying that the band "delivered an upbeat track that could play just as easily on any pop radio station."[7]
Since Shinoda confirmed that it is an international-only single,[2] the single did not chart in any Billboard charts. The single received moderate success in the charts where it charted.
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[8] | 35 |
| German Singles Chart[9] | 43 |
| German Airplay Chart[10] | 26 |
| Portuguese National Top 50[8] | 35 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[8] | 41 |
Digital single
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Burning in the Skies" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Blackout" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York[11]) | 4:36 |
| 3. | "When They Come For Me" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York[11]) | 5:21 |
CD single
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Burning in the Skies" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Blackout" (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York[11]) | 4:36 |
Promotional UK CD single
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Burning in the Skies" (Edit) | 4:01 |
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