Points of Authority

Not to be confused with Pts.OF.Athrty.

"Points of Authority"
Promotional single by Linkin Park from the album Hybrid Theory
Released	October 24, 2000 (Album release) 2001 (Promo release)^[1]
Format	CD
Genre	Nu metal^[2]
Length	3:22
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Linkin Park
Producer(s)	Don Gilmore

"Points of Authority" is a song by Linkin Park as the fourth track taken from their first studio album, Hybrid Theory. The song was originally titled as "Vertical Limit" with Mike Shinoda's verses having different lyrics. Chester Bennington's parts became no different from the Hybrid Theory version. The song was released in 2001 as a promo release.

The song's remix "Pts.OF.Athrty" was released as the only single taken from remix album Reanimation (2002) while another remix, by The Crystal Method, was released on LP Underground 2.0. The song is one from the seven Linkin Park's songs that appeared in the mash-up EP Collision Course with American rapper Jay-Z. If the Linkin Park package is downloaded on DJ Hero 2, then players (as DJs) can play with a scratched version of "Pts.OF.Athrty".

Live info

Between 2007 and 2009, it was performed at the beginning and the end with an intro/outro rap from another song; for example, "Petrified" and "Dolla" by Fort Minor; "It's Goin' Down" by The X-Ecutioners; and "Reading My Eyes", "High Voltage" and "Dedicated" by Linkin Park. One example appears on the band's DVD Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, as Shinoda performs "Petrified" in the beginning, and "There They Go" at the end.

Music video

The music video was directed by Nathan "Karma" Cox, and it was released in the DVD Frat Party at the Pankake Festival. It shows live presentations by Linkin Park during their tour in 2001.

Track listing

EU Promo CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Points of Authority"	3:22

In other media

A demo of the song, entitled "Oh No", appears on LP Underground X: Demos.
A demo of the song with slightly altered lyrics appears on LP Underground 12.0.

References

↑ "Linkin Park - Points of Authority (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ Chesler, Josh (May 18, 2015). "10 Nu-metal Songs That Actually Don't Suck". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Linkin Park songs

Hybrid Theory	"One Step Closer" "Crawling" "Papercut" "In the End" "Points of Authority" "Runaway" "A Place for My Head"

Meteora	"Somewhere I Belong" "Faint" "Numb" "Breaking the Habit" "From the Inside" "Lying from You"

Minutes to Midnight	"Given Up" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day" "What I've Done" "No More Sorrow"

A Thousand Suns	"Burning in the Skies" "Waiting for the End" "Blackout" "Wretches and Kings" "Iridescent" "The Catalyst"

Living Things	"Lost in the Echo" "In My Remains" "Burn It Down" "Lies Greed Misery" "I'll Be Gone" "Castle of Glass" "Powerless"

The Hunting Party	"Keys to the Kingdom" "All for Nothing" "Guilty All the Same" "Wastelands" "Until It's Gone" "Rebellion" "Final Masquerade"

Collaborations	"Numb/Encore" "We Made It" "A Light That Never Comes" "Darker Than Blood"

Other songs	"Pts.OF.Athrty" "New Divide" "Not Alone" "Rolling in the Deep" "White Noise"

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