One More Light (song)

"One More Light"
Song by Linkin Park
from the album One More Light
Released May 19, 2017
Recorded 2016
Length 4:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"One More Light" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the ninth and title track from their seventh studio album, One More Light. The song was co-written with Eg White about a friend of the band's who died after a fight with cancer. This is the first title track by the band for an album.

Background

In late 2016, Shinoda revealed that he had worked with British songwriter Eg White on a song.[1][2] In an interview leading up to the reveal of the album's lead single, "Heavy", Shinoda revealed that White had worked with him on the song "One More Light" while Brad Delson attended the funeral of one of the band's friends.[3][4] When asked what he wanted to write about by White, Shinoda said that the only thing he could think about was the friend who had passed. He revealed that, in spite of the horrible inevitability of loss, the song is about letting people know that you care.[5][3]

Later on the band revealed the friend was Amy Zaret,[6] a 25-year veteran of Warner Bros. Records who died in October 2015 following a cancer diagnosis.[7] Mike said, "We had a friend who worked for the record label for a long time and came up with us from years and years ago. She started out in radio promo and was basically driving us to the local radio stations in the U.S. Midwest, eventually getting promoted and promoted. At some point last year, I suddenly heard that she'd got cancer - and then all of a sudden she had died. We knew we absolutely had to write about what happened. It's a sad song, but the pay-off is that when something dramatic and painful like that happens, the most important thing to do is to connect with the people you love and remind them you care about them."[8]

The band surprised some of the people who worked at Warner with the song, and people reacted very emotionally to it, with some weeping, giving hugs, and telling stories.[5] They played the song on the TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! and dedicated it to their late friend Chris Cornell who had died a day before.[9] After lead singer Chester Bennington's suicide on July 20th, 2017, some fans of the band noted that the lyrics could be applied to his death as well.

Personnel

Linkin Park

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 85
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 35
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 91
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[13] 24
France (SNEP)[14] 111
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 51
Hungary (Single Top 40)[16] 31
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[17] 40
Italy (FIMI)[18] 79
Portugal (AFP)[19] 61
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[20] 49
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[21] 37
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 48
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[23] 4
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[24] 10

References

  1. ↑ Eighth Studio Update, November 14, 2016
  2. ↑ Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Talks Pop Co-Writes Radio.com
  3. 1 2 102.1 the Edge - FB LIVE - LINKIN PARK, March 17, 2017
  4. ↑ Linkin Park im Interview: War es das letzte Album? - YouTube, April 12, 2017
  5. 1 2 Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda | Full Interview, February 16, 2017
  6. ↑ Linkin Park Races Go-Karts & Breaks Down The Making Of 'One More Light' | IRL - YouTube, May 24, 2017
  7. ↑ Amy Zaret, Warner Bros. Records Veteran, Dies | Billboard, October 14, 2015
  8. ↑ Kerrang! Magazine Interview with Linkin Park | LP Association Forums, March 01, 2017
  9. ↑ Linkin Park Dedicate 'One More Light' to Chris Cornell on 'Kimmel' Fuse
  10. ↑ "ARIA Chart Watch #431". auspOp. July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Linkin Park – One More Light" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Linkin Park – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Linkin Park. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201730 into search. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 30, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Linkin Park – One More Light". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 30" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Linkin Park – One More Light". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2017-07-28". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  21. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201730 into search. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Linkin Park – One More Light". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Linkin Park – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Linkin Park. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Linkin Park – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Linkin Park. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
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