Last Resort (song)
2000 single by Papa Roach
"Last Resort" is a song by American rock band Papa Roach. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Ready to Rumble and appeared on Papa Roach's second studio album, Infest, shortly after. "Last Resort" was released as the album's lead single and as Papa Roach's debut single on March 7, 2000.
Following its release, "Last Resort" topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks and reached number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Worldwide, it became a top-10 hit in Austria, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The song is considered to have defined nu metal in the 2000s and is considered by many to be among the genre's greatest tracks.
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Music
"Last Resort" has been described as nu metal and rap metal. Bassist Tobin Esperance said: "I've written songs on piano – actually, 'Last Resort' with that whole little riff/melody thing, that's done on the piano. And then I just transferred it to the guitar." Speaking about the making of and inspiration behind the song, Esperance said:
Well, of course at the time we were listening to a lot of Wu Tang Clan, a lot of hip-hop, and a lot of Fugees and a lot of East Coast hip-hop, and we were sampling classical music behind simple pocket grooves. I was playing something on piano and Jacoby came in and started scatting over it.
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