Digital Cover 2005 Music video on ' Numb/Encore' is a song by American rapper and band from their album (2004). It was released as a single on December 13, 2004, by,,, and. The song is a mash-up combining lyrics from Linkin Park's 2003 single ' and ' by Jay Z.

The only single released from the album, the track went on to reach number 20 on the. Also placed the single at number 93 on their chart. Outside the United States, the single peaked at number 14 in the, number five in and and spent three weeks at number one in. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Before formed in 1996, he was an experimental musician who enjoyed combining songs by with tracks recorded by and amongst others. A couple of years later, Jay-Z had a similar idea after hearing similar mash-ups by and Cheap Cologne.

Aug 20, 2017 Jay-Z live at V Festival 2017. Jay-Z and Linkin Park will, of course, be forever intertwined because of their collaborative 2004 Collision Course mash-up EP. Spyro Year Of The Dragon Greatest Hits Isotopes.

He contacted Shinoda's new band, Linkin Park, and suggested that they work on some material together. Linkin Park's first two albums – and – had both been worldwide successes and Jay-Z felt he could work with the band. Shinoda produced three mash-ups based on Jay-Z's before responding by email. Shinoda and Jay-Z continued to correspond by email but eventually met in person to discuss plans.

Initially the idea was to create several mash-ups for a new show premiering on called MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups in 2004. However, instead of simply reconfiguring the tracks, the two artists decided to enter the studio and re-record the raps on top of Shinoda's songs. Some of the musical elements were also altered to create an alternative sound. Both Linkin Park and Jay-Z found the session so rewarding that they believed the international audience deserved to hear the results. The songs were performed at in in July 2004. 'Numb/Encore' was released as a single in November that year.

The song – one of six collaborations on the album – combined the Jay-Z song ' (taken from his 2003 album ) and the Linkin Park song ' (taken from their 2003 album ). The released version also contained background vocals from that were recorded for the original release. Chart performance [ ] In the, 'Numb/Encore' peaked at number 20 on the, where 'Numb' had charted higher at number 11. However, 'Numb/Encore' didn't manage to have much airplay on stations, barely hitting the chart at number 40. As of June 2014, the song has sold 2.078 million copies in the US. In the, 'Numb/Encore' achieved the record for the longest stay in the top 20 without ever reaching the top 10. Despite only peaking at number 14 – the same peak that 'Numb' had achieved 15 months earlier – the song has managed to spend 45 weeks in the top 100, 13 of them in the top 20.

It has since cleared 600,000 copies and been certified Platinum. The former record has been beaten by 's ', which spent 60 weeks in the top 100. Music video [ ] The official music video was directed. It features a mix of Linkin Park and Jay-Z's performance of the song at The Roxy and behind the scenes footage, which was in black and white. The performance and most of the scenes can be found on the Collision Course DVD. However, the music video is not entirely available on the DVD. Accolades [ ] 'Numb/Encore' won at the.

The show featured a performance of the song, during which made a surprise appearance and came onto the stage to perform a duet with of ' song '. 'Yesterday' replaced 'Numb' after the first rap verse of the mash-up.

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