Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The ban… Read Full Bio ↴Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members. Vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington are former members of the band. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements.

Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.

The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.

Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.

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Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)

Anything Anything
Linkin Park Lyrics

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Ok what is it tonight?
Please just tell me what the hell is wrong!
Do you wanna eat?
Do you wanna sleep?
Do you wanna drown?!
Just settle down,settle down,settle down!

Well I'll give you candy,

Give you diamonds,
Give you pills,
I´ll give you anything you want
hundred dollar bills

and I'll even let you watch the shows you wanna see
just marry me, marry me, marry me

I´m so sick of you tonight,
you never stay awake when I get home
Is Something wrong with me?
Somethings wrong with you?
I really wish I knew,wish I knew,wish I knew

Well I'll give you candy,
Give you diamonds,
Give you pills,
I´ll give you anything you want!
hundred dollar bills

and I'll even let you watch the shows you wanna see
because you married me, married me, married me!

When I was young i played a game,
that love and happiness were the same.
Now I´m older and I don´t play
and I found out the hardest way

I got wasted
She got mad
She called me names then she got her dad
He got crazy and I did too
Wondering what I did to you

Well I'll give you candy,
Give you diamonds,
Give you pills,
I´ll give you anything you want
hundred dollar bill

and I'll even let you watch the shows you wanna see

I'll do anything, anything, anything,
anything, anything, anything, anything, anything...

Overall Meaning

"Anything Anything" by Linkin Park is a song about a dysfunctional relationship, where the singer is trying to make his partner happy by offering her everything but she is still dissatisfied. The song starts with the singer asking his partner what's wrong, and he is willing to do anything to make her happy; he offers her candy, diamonds, pills, and money but nothing seems to work. He even offers to let her watch her favorite shows, but she still seems unhappy. It seems that the singer is getting tired of trying to please her, and he questions if there is something wrong with him, or if there is something wrong with her.

The second half of the song talks about the singer's past experiences with relationships. When he was young, he thought love and happiness were the same things, but as he grew older, he realized that love isn't always enough to keep a relationship happy. He had a bad experience with a past relationship where he got wasted, and his girlfriend got angry and called her dad, who then got violent. The singer wonders what he did wrong to cause her to react in that way. The song ends with the singer willing to do anything to make his partner happy, even if it means giving her his all.

Line by Line Meaning

Ok what is it tonight?
I am asking you what is bothering you tonight

Please just tell me what the hell is wrong!
I am pleading with you to let me know what is bothering you

Do you wanna eat?
Would you like to have something to eat?

Do you wanna sleep?
Do you want to go to bed and rest?

Do you wanna drown?!
Do you want to drown your sorrows in alcohol or some other substance?

Just settle down,settle down,settle down!
Please calm down, relax and settle down

Well I'll give you candy, Give you diamonds, Give you pills, I´ll give you anything you want hundred dollar bills
I am willing to give you anything you want, no matter how expensive or harmful

and I'll even let you watch the shows you wanna see just marry me, marry me, marry me
If you marry me, I will let you have complete control over what shows we watch together

I´m so sick of you tonight, you never stay awake when I get home Is Something wrong with me? Somethings wrong with you? I really wish I knew,wish I knew,wish I knew
I am tired of you always sleeping when I get home. I don't know if something is wrong with you or me, and I wish I did

When I was young i played a game, that love and happiness were the same. Now I´m older and I don´t play and I found out the hardest way
When I was young, I thought love and happiness were synonymous. Now that I am older I know that love is not always happy

I got wasted She got mad She called me names then she got her dad He got crazy and I did too Wondering what I did to you
I got drunk and she got angry, and we both lost control. Now I am wondering what I did to make her so angry

Well I'll give you candy, Give you diamonds, Give you pills, I´ll give you anything you want! hundred dollar bills
Once again, I am willing to give you anything you want, regardless of the cost or consequences

and I'll even let you watch the shows you wanna see because you married me, married me, married me!
I am willing to let you have complete control over what shows we watch because you are my spouse

I'll do anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything...
I am so desperate to please you that I will do absolutely anything you ask of me

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