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Linkin Park emerged from Agoura Hills, California, after Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon began building a band around heavy guitars, hip-hop rhythm, electronic sound design, and emotionally direct songwriting. The group first worked under the names Xero and Hybrid Theory before Chester Bennington joined in 1999 and helped define the vocal contrast that would become one of the most recognizable sounds in modern rock.
Hybrid Theory, released in October 2000, transformed Linkin Park from a new Warner Bros. signing into an international phenomenon. “One Step Closer,” “Crawling,” “Papercut,” and “In the End” combined the precision of Shinoda’s rapping and production with Bennington’s melodic power and explosive intensity. The album became one of the defining rock releases of its era and earned the band its first Grammy Award through “Crawling.”
The band followed with Meteora in 2003. “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint,” “Numb,” “Breaking the Habit,” and “From the Inside” sharpened the emotional and musical ideas of the debut while introducing broader arrangements, stronger electronic detail, and more cinematic songwriting. The album’s twentieth-anniversary edition later opened the band’s archives, bringing songs including “Lost,” “Fighting Myself,” “More the Victim,” “Massive,” and “Healing Foot” into the official catalog.
Linkin Park resisted repeating the same formula. Minutes to Midnight expanded the group’s sound through “What I’ve Done,” “Bleed It Out,” “Shadow of the Day,” and “The Little Things Give You Away.” The conceptual A Thousand Suns followed with “The Catalyst,” “Waiting for the End,” “Blackout,” and “Iridescent,” while Living Things joined electronic production to the urgency of “Burn It Down,” “Lost in the Echo,” “Castle of Glass,” and “Powerless.”
The Hunting Party pushed back toward aggressive guitars and live-band intensity in 2014. Three years later, One More Light explored pop structure, grief, family, and vulnerability through “Heavy,” “Talking to Myself,” “Battle Symphony,” and its title track. Chester Bennington’s death in July 2017 brought the band’s public activity to a halt and led to the tribute concert Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington.
During the years that followed, Linkin Park revisited its history through anniversary editions and archival releases. The twentieth-anniversary editions of Hybrid Theory and Meteora gathered B-sides, demos, live recordings, and previously unheard material. The 2024 collection Papercuts brought together defining singles while introducing “Friendly Fire,” a completed recording from the One More Light sessions.
A new chapter began in September 2024 when Linkin Park returned with vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain alongside Shinoda, Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, and Joe Hahn. From Zero arrived that November with “The Emptiness Machine,” “Heavy Is the Crown,” “Over Each Other,” “Two Faced,” “Casualty,” and “Good Things Go,” connecting the band’s established musical identity to a different chemistry and renewed creative momentum.
From Zero (Deluxe Edition) followed in May 2025. The expanded release added “Up From the Bottom,” “Unshatter,” and “Let You Fade,” along with live performances recorded during the band’s return to the stage. The new material extended an era built around the same willingness to combine styles, change direction, and confront emotional tension that had shaped Linkin Park from the beginning.
Linkin Park’s impact has also extended beyond its recordings. The band founded Music for Relief after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and used its platform to support disaster response and environmental work. That humanitarian commitment, together with the honesty of the music and the close relationship between the band and its listeners, became a central part of Linkin Park’s identity.
Complete List of Linkin Park Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “A Light That Never Comes” – with Steve Aoki – Recharged (2013)
- “A Line in the Sand” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “A Place for My Head” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “A6 (Meteora|20 Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Across the Line” – Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Edition) (2007)
- “All for Nothing” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “And One” – Hybrid Theory EP (1999); Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Attached (2003 Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Battle Symphony” – One More Light (2017)
- “Blackbirds” – A Thousand Suns (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
- “Blackout” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “Bleed It Out” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Blue” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Breaking the Habit” – Meteora (2003)
- “Broken Foot (Meteora Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Burn It Down” – Living Things (2012)
- “Burn It Down (live at Home Depot Center)” – The Hunting Party (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Burning in the Skies” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “By Myself” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Carousel” – Hybrid Theory EP (1999); Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Castle of Glass” – Living Things (2012)
- “Casualty” – From Zero (2024)
- “Casualty (Live)” – From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Could Have Been” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Crawling” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Cuidado (Lying from You Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Cumulus (2002 Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Cure for the Itch” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Cut the Bridge” – From Zero (2024)
- “Dedicated” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Dialate” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Don’t Stay” – Meteora (2003)
- “Drawbar” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Drawing (Breaking the Habit Demo 2002)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Easier to Run” – Meteora (2003)
- “Empty Spaces” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
F–J
- “Faint” – Meteora (2003)
- “Faint (Meteora|20 Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Fallout” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “Fighting Myself” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Figure.09” – Meteora (2003)
- “Final Masquerade” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Foreword” – Meteora (2003)
- “Forgotten” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Friendly Fire” – Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024)
- “From the Inside” – Meteora (2003)
- “From Zero (Intro)” – From Zero (2024)
- “Given Up” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Good Goodbye” – One More Light (2017)
- “Good Things Go” – From Zero (2024)
- “Guilty All the Same” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Halfway Right” – One More Light (2017)
- “Halo (Unreleased Demo 2002)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Hands Held High” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Healing Foot” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Heavy” – One More Light (2017)
- “Heavy Is the Crown” – From Zero (2024)
- “Heavy Is the Crown (Live from London, England on September 24, 2024)” – From Zero (Expanded Edition) (2024)
- “High Voltage” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “High Voltage (live)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Hit the Floor” – Meteora (2003)
- “Husky (Hit the Floor Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “I’ll Be Gone” – Living Things (2012)
- “IGYEIH” – From Zero (2024)
- “In Between” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “In My Remains” – Living Things (2012)
- “In Pieces” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “In the End” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Interrogation (Easier to Run Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Invisible” – One More Light (2017)
- “Iridescent” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “Jornada del Muerto” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
K–O
- “Keys to the Kingdom” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Leave Out All the Rest” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Let You Fade” – From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Lies Greed Misery” – Living Things (2012)
- “Lost” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Lost in the Echo” – Living Things (2012)
- “Lost in the Echo (live at Home Depot Center)” – The Hunting Party (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Lying from You” – Meteora (2003)
- “Mark the Graves” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Massive” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “More the Victim” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “My December” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “New Divide” – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen soundtrack (2009)
- “No More Sorrow” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “No Roads Left” – Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Edition) (2007)
- “Nobody Can Save Me” – One More Light (2017)
- “Nobody’s Listening” – Meteora (2003)
- “Not Alone” – Download to Donate for Haiti (2010)
- “Numb” – Meteora (2003)
- “Numb (live at Home Depot Center)” – The Hunting Party (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Numb/Encore” – Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024)
- “Ominous (Meteora Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “One More Light” – One More Light (2017)
- “One Step Closer” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Over Each Other” – From Zero (2024)
- “Over Each Other (Live from Paris, France on November 3, 2024)” – From Zero (Expanded Edition) (2024)
- “Overflow” – From Zero (2024)
P–T
- “Papercut” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Papercut (live at Docklands Arena, London)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Papercut (live at Milton Keynes)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Papercut (recorded live at BBC1)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Part of Me” – Hybrid Theory EP (1999); Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Pepper (Meteora Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Pictureboard” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Plaster 2 (Figure.09 Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Points of Authority” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Points of Authority (Crystal Method remix)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Points of Authority (live at Docklands Arena, London)” – Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (2000)
- “Powerless” – Living Things (2012)
- “Pretty Birdy (Somewhere I Belong 2002 Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Program (Meteora Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Pushing Me Away” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “QWERTY” – Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024)
- “Reading My Eyes” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Rebellion” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Resolution” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Rhinocerous (2002 Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Roads Untraveled” – Living Things (2012)
- “Robot Boy” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “Runaway” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “Session” – Meteora (2003)
- “Shadow of the Day” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Sharp Edges” – One More Light (2017)
- “She Couldn’t” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Shifter (From the Inside Demo)” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “Skin to Bone” – Living Things (2012)
- “Slip” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “So Far Away” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Sold My Soul to Yo Mama” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Somewhere I Belong” – Meteora (2003)
- “Sorry for Now” – One More Light (2017)
- “Soundtrack (Meteora Demo)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Stained” – From Zero (2024)
- “Standing in the Middle” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Step Up” – Hybrid Theory EP (1999); Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Stick N Move” – Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “Talking to Myself” – One More Light (2017)
- “Technique (Short)” – Hybrid Theory EP (1999); Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
- “The Catalyst” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “The Catalyst (NoBraiN remix)” – A Thousand Suns (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
- “The Emptiness Machine” – From Zero (2024)
- “The Emptiness Machine (Live from Burbank, California on September 5, 2024)” – From Zero (Expanded Edition) (2024)
- “The Little Things Give You Away” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “The Messenger” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “The Radiance” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “The Requiem” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “The Summoning” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Things in My Jeep” – The Lonely Island featuring Linkin Park – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
- “Tinfoil” – Living Things (2012)
- “Two Faced” – From Zero (2024)
- “Two Faced (Live)” – From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
U–Z
- “Unfortunate (Unreleased Demo 2002)” – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
- “Unshatter” – From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Until It Breaks” – Living Things (2012)
- “Until It’s Gone” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Up From the Bottom” – From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Valentine’s Day” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “Victimized” – Living Things (2012)
- “Waiting for the End” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “Wake” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “War” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “Wastelands” – The Hunting Party (2014)
- “We Made It” – Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park – non-album single (2008)
- “Wesside” – Lost Demos (2023)
- “What I’ve Done” – Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- “What I’ve Done (live)” – Living Things (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
- “When They Come for Me” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “White Noise” – Mall soundtrack (2014)
- “Wisdom, Justice, and Love” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
- “With You” – Hybrid Theory (2000)
- “With You (live at Home Depot Center)” – The Hunting Party (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Wretches and Kings” – A Thousand Suns (2010)
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Linkin Park Albums, EPs, and Major Releases
Hybrid Theory EP (1999)
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Reanimation (2002)
Meteora (2003)
Collision Course (2004)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
Recharged (2013)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
Lost Demos (2023)
Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024)
From Zero (2024)
From Zero (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
Updated August 1, 2026.
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