Linkin Park Release ‘Never-Before-Heard’ 2003 Song ‘Lost’ Featuring the Late Chester Bennington
Linkin Park is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their second album Meteora by releasing a previously unreleased song called “Lost,” featuring the lead vocals of the late Chester Bennington.
“Finding this track was like finding a favorite photo you had forgotten you’d taken, like it was waiting for the right moment to reveal itself,” Mike Shinoda said of the track in a statement. For years, fans have been asking us to release something with Chester’s voice, and I’m thrilled we’ve been able to make that happen in such a special way. I think they’re going to be floored when they hear and see all the incredible unreleased songs and video footage in Meteora|20.”
The single is part of a larger 20th-anniversary special edition package that arrives on April 7, which also includes six additional unreleased songs, plus demos, b-sides, live shows, and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage on five LPs — Meteora, Live in Texas, and the previously unreleased Live in Nottingham 2003. It also includes a 40-page book, 36” x 24” poster, litho, sticker sheet, stencil, and hi-res download card.
The band first announced the single “Lost” last week, writing on Twitter, “‘Lost,’ a new, never-before-heard song from the Meteora archives. Cause when I’m alone, I’m lost in these memories, living behind my illusion.”
The rock band had previously shared a countdown to their website, which expired on Feb. 1, when it was replaced by a puzzle where fans could look for clues as the what’s to come. The lead-up, fans believe, will lead to the re-release of Meteora. “What’s this?” the band teased on Instagram.
Linkin Park has been known for revisiting their old music: in 2020, they reissued their debut album Hybrid Theory with unreleased songs, and last year dropped a deluxe version of 2007’s Minutes to Midnight. The group has been on hiatus since Bennington’s death in 2017.
There has been no indication that the group plans to reunite, but back in May, the group shared an Instagram post where they announced that the group “begin sharing a little more regularly” with fans.
“There’s no concrete plan, but that’s what we like about it,” the group wrote on Instagram, teasing a “Notes from the Band,” which would include “tiny snapshots into our daily misadventures.”
Linkin Park released their nu metal sophomore LP Meteora back in 2003, featuring songs like “Numb,” “Somewhere I Belong,” and “Faint.” The track “Session” was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.