"Breaking the Habit" is a drum and bass influenced song by the nu metal band Linkin Park, from their 2003 album Meteora. It was released as a single in 2004. It became the fifth consecutive single from Meteora to reach #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, a feat unmatched by any other artist in the history of that chart.
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"Breaking The Habit" is one of the few Linkin Park songs which doesn't feature either Mike Shinoda's rapping nor Brad Delson's heavy guitar riffs.
A common misconception about this song is that it was written about lead singer Chester Bennington, when in fact, band member Mike Shinoda had been working on the song since 1997, when Mark Wakefield was still the band's lead vocalist. The reason for this misconception is largely due to Bennington's history of sexual abuse and drug use. However, the song is mostly ambiguous and not based on any specific "habit."
Music video
Its music video, co-directed by Joe Hahn and Kazuto Nakazawa, uses an anime-style animation.
The video was shot of the band performing the song and was later rotoscoped. The animation style is tied closely to Kid's Story from The Animatrix (2003) and the animated segment from Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003). This video won the 2004 MTV VMA Viewer's Choice Award.
The video itself was created by renowned anime studio GONZO.
Track listing
- "Breaking the Habit"
- "Crawling" (Live)
Bonus
- "Breaking the Habit" 03:15 (CD-ROM Music Video)
Trivia
- Chester's face can be seen 29 times before the final scene of the entire band playing.
- The song has appeared on Linkin Park Underground 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 live, all of which start with a piano introduction.
External links
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