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Last Resort (song)
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| Single by Papa Roach from the album Infest |
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| Released | September 18, 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Nu metal | ||||
| Length | 3 min 19 sec | ||||
| Label | Dreamworks Records | ||||
| Producer | ??? | ||||
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"Last Resort" is the debut single from Papa Roach's first album, Infest (2000), and first released single in total. It peaked at #1 on Modern Rock Tracks and #3 in the UK.
- "Last Resort" (LP Version)
- "Legacy" (Clean Album Version)
- "Dead Cell" (Live)
- "Infest" (LP Version)
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- The song was featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's medley "Angry White Boy Polka" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat - however, the word "fuck" is censored with a squeaky sound effect, similar to what Al did with Nine Inch Nails' "Closer To God" in his medley "The Alternative Polka" on his album Bad Hair Day.
- On a 2000 episode of SNL the song was featured in a Culp Family Musical Performances skit with the word "fuck" replaced with "fork".
- Christian Parody band ApologetiX, released a parody of this song titled Life Restored. According to the band, they have modified the original song's "homicidal tendencies".
- Wrestler Sick Nick Mondo used this as his theme in CZW until his retirement from wrestling in 2003.
- Richard Cheese covered the song on his record Lounge Against the Machine.
- In the music video there are many posters for radio station 98 Rock. This is the rock station out of Sacramento, CA that Papa Roach credit for jump starting their career. Inside the "Infest" booklet are thanks to DJs of the radio station.
- Metallica's Kirk Hammett claims that the main riff of the song is a rip-off of the Iron Maiden song, Hallowed Be Thy Name[1].
- Also many Tourniquet fans believe the main riff is a rip-off from the song Ark of Suffering by Tourniquet, as the riff at 3.13 off the song comes close to the riff from Last Resort.
- The song was used in the 2001 drama, Pay It Forward.
| Preceded by "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single August 5, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Preceded by "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single August 19, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Minority" by Green Day |
| Papa Roach |
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| Jacoby Shaddix - Jerry Horton - Tobin Esperance - David Buckner |
| Discography |
| Albums/EPs: Potatoes for Christmas (1994) - Caca Bonita (1995) - Old Friends from Young Years (1997) - 5 Tracks Deep (1998) - Let 'Em Know (1999) - Infest (2000) - Lovehatetragedy (2002) - Getting Away with Murder (2004) - The Rolling Stone Live EP (2004) - The Paramour Sessions (2006) - Live Session EP (2007) |
| Singles: "Last Resort" - "Between Angels and Insects - "Broken Home" - "She Loves Me Not" - "Time and Time Again" - "Getting Away with Murder" - "Scars" - "Take Me" - "...To Be Loved" - "Forever" - "Time Is Running Out" |
| DVDs: "Papa Roach: Live & Murderous In Chicago" (2005) |
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