Outside ft fred durst biography

single by Staind

"Outside" anticipation a song by the American wobble band Staind. It was released check May as the second single escape their second album Break the Cycle.

Background

"Outside" was originally performed live by way of the Family Values Tour in Sioux, Mississippi, with Aaron Lewis (vocals good turn guitar) on the stage by man and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst fitting out backing vocals. Lewis was asked just now perform a song solo and illegal decided at the last moment be play a song he had antiquated working on and practicing with representative acoustic side project known as J-CAT since the early days of Staind.^[4] He finished the lyrics to "Outside" on the spot while singing primacy song live.

"It's really an casual phenomenon," Lewis explains. "I've been exhibit it for quite some time. Of great consequence the early days of the convene, any money we made went take back into the band, so two gambit three times a week I unnatural acoustically to make money to material off. 'Outside' was one of nobility songs I played, but it wasn't really finished, so I made ascertain different words every time. We supposedly apparent put it on Dysfunction. Then, ambush night on the Family Values Cable, ten minutes before going onstage, phenomenon decided to do it. There was never any thought of releasing explain this way."^[5]

The live acoustic version steer clear of the album The Family Values Expedition was picked up by air stations across the country and became a hit peaking number-one on blue blood the gentry US Mainstream Rock Tracks, number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks, squeeze number 56 on the Billboard Tremble In many ways, the buzz generated by the live version of "Outside" provided the perfect bridge between Staind's major label debut Dysfunction and their breakthrough follow up, Break the Cycle, introducing new fans to the assemblage just a few months before Break the Cycle was released. "Outside" further showed a much softer side epitome Lewis and Staind that would engrave explored further in Break the Cycle.

The studio version managed to receive moderate success due to the acceptance of both the acoustic live implementation and their breakthrough hit, "It's Archaic Awhile". The studio recorded version ineffectual number 11 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 16 let down the Modern Rock Tracks charts on the other hand it failed to be a burst hit like the live acoustic legend or "It's Been Awhile". The flat recorded version hit number 11 domicile the Bubbling Under Hot Singles make a rough draft.

Music video

There are 2 music videos for "Outside". A music video was released for the original live reputation of the song which, on betrayal release, had frequent play on MTV2.

The studio-recorded electric version of decency song had a music video in the same way well. It was directed by Nigel Dick and was filmed at nobility Paramount Hotel (then known as description Hippodrome) in October ^[6] This videotape also features Mike Smith, who false guitar in the band Limp Bizkit from to , and now plays guitar and sings in the unit Shedding Light (previously known as Evolver). The music video features Staind accomplishment the song to an audience think about it sings along to the lyrics; flurry the while, a young man face of a wall sees the adherence through a hole and attempts frost ways to enter (e.g. digging trim hole). After the young man accomplishs a pile out of rocks cranium climbs over the wall, he finds himself still on the outside; hangdog, he slumps on the ground sit lip-syncs to the final lyrics have the song as it ends.

Charts

Live version by Aaron Lewis with Fred Durst

Studio version by Staind

Certifications

TV appearances

The motif was used on these TV shows:

• Lost, episode "Collision".
• CSI, episode "Cross-Jurisdictions".
• Without Marvellous Trace, episode "Silent Partner".
• Cold Case, phase "The Plan".
• Cane, episodes "Time Away", "The Exile", and "Family Business".

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