One More Light (Lied)

"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. 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. 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.

Later on revealed the friend was Amy Zaret, a 25-year veteran of Warner Bros. Records who died in October 2015 following a cancer diagnosis. 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."

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. 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. The song has since taken on even deeper meaning after the death of frontman Chester Bennington on July 20, 2017.

Personnel

Linkin Park

• Chester Bennington – vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums
• Brad Delson – guitar
• Joseph Hahn – programming
• Phoenix – Bass
• Mike Shinoda – keyboards, programming, vocals

Additional musicians

• Guitar and piano by Eg White

Production

• Written by Mike Shinoda and Francis White
• Produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson
• Vocal production by Emily Wright
• Music performed by Linkin Park
• Vocals by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda
• Chester's vocals recorded at The Pool Recording Studio, London, UK
• Mike's vocals recorded at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, CA
• Music recorded at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA and Sphere Studios, North Hollywood, CA
• Engineered by Ethan Mates, Mike Shinoda and Josh Newell
• Assistant engineer: Alejandro Baima
• Studio B assistant engineer: Warren Willis
• Studio drum tech: Jerry Johnson
• Mixed by Manny Marooquin at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA
• Mix engineer: Chris Galland assisted by Jeff Jackson and Robin Florent

Charts

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Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	85
France (SNEP)	111
Italy (FIMI)	79
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)	42

External links

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