Last Resort (song)
| "Last Resort" | ||||
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| Single by Papa Roach | ||||
| from the album Infest | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2000 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, rap metal | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
| Writer(s) | Jacoby Shaddix, Tobin Esperance | |||
| Producer(s) | Jay Baumgardner | |||
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"Last Resort" is the debut single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's second album, Infest. The song was very popular and a huge success and shot the band into the mainstream. The song charted on many charts around the world and reached number 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks, number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Music video and composition
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega. In the music video, the band performs on a dance floor surrounded by fans. Throughout the video, the camera zooms in on a few of the fans near the stage and shows them in depression. Though it had apparently been claimed that this is meant to show how people might not look depressed but still are, the purpose was more so to show the people being taken from where they didn't want to be to where they did — from lonely despair to the rock show where they could have fun with their friends.[1] There are many posters for radio station 98 Rock. This is the rock station out of Sacramento, California that the band credits for jump starting their career. Inside the Infest album booklet are thanks to DJs of the radio station.
On the MuchMusic version, the word "fuck" is completely removed with no replacement. On the MTV and Vevo version, the words "cut", "bleeding", "die", "life" (from the line "If I took my life tonight?"), and "suicide" were also muted. After original airings of the video on television, some networks went so far as to additionally censor words such as "suffocation", and even the title of the song itself.
Though one of the guitar riffs that appears throughout the song sounds similar to one that appears in the song "Genghis Khan" by Iron Maiden from their 1981 album Killers,[2] the band have stated that they did not sample the song.[1]
Track listing
| CD Single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Last Resort" (LP Version) | |||||||||
| 2. | "Legacy" (Clean Album Version) | |||||||||
| 3. | "Dead Cell" (Live) | |||||||||
| 4. | "Infest" (LP Version) | |||||||||
| UK CD Single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Last Resort" | 3:20 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Broken Home" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:46 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Dead Cell" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:08 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Last Resort" (CD-ROM) | |||||||||
| Limited Edition UK Single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Last Resort" | 3:20 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Last Resort" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 3:22 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Between Angels And Insects" (Live Radio 1 Evening Session) | 4:21 | ||||||||
| Japanese Promo CD | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Last Resort" (Clean Version) | 3:19 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Last Resort" (LP Version) | 3:19 | ||||||||
Cover versions
The song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's medley "Angry White Boy Polka" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat; the word "fuck" is replaced by a slide-whistle. Richard Cheese also covered the song on his record Lounge Against the Machine. Lostprophets also incorporated the chorus into their live lounge version of the Rihanna song Rude Boy, at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
In popular culture
On a 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live the song was featured in a Culp Family Musical Performances skit with the word "fuck" replaced with "fork".
"Last Resort" was included in the soundtrack for the film Dracula 2000.
The song appeared in several movies, television shows, and video games, including the films The One, Training Day (2001) and Pay It Forward, an episode of Smallville, an episode of Cold Case and the video game, Rock Revolution.
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Cain Velasquez used this song as his entrance theme for his fight against Jesse Fujarczyk at the MMA event Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello.
"Last Resort" is a downloadable track for the Rock Band video game series although it is a different version than previously heard, it is rumored to be either a demo version to not feature their previous drummer for royalty distribution issues. It is also a featured track in iPhone/iPod Touch game Tap Tap Revenge 2, with a G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra theme.
"Last Resort" was parodied in the Metalocalypse episode "Dethsiduals". A song similar to Last Resort is played by the rap-rock band Get Thee Hence (voiced by Ace Frehley and members of Mastodon) in a parody of the rap-rock/nu metal scene of the late 90s/early 00s. The band is signed to MurderTooth Records (as the first act signed by William Murderface and Toki Wartooth) but are viciously attacked by Dethklok fans while opening for them at the end of the episode.
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 86 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] | 7 |
| Canada Rock (RPM)[5] | 15 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts)[6] | 4 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 13 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] | 32 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 25 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[9] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 57 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks[10] | 4 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks[10] | 1 |
| Preceded by "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single August 5, 2000 August 19, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers "Minority" by Green Day |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Loudwire: Papa Roach Play 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?'". Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ↑ "Sample note on WhoSampled.com". Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Papa Roach – Last Resort" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ↑ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 71, No. 19, September 11, 2000". RPM. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Papa Roach > Last Resort – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Papa Roach search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Papa Roach – Last Resort". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Chart Stats - Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Artist Chart History - Papa Roach". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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