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This song is about the cutting and suicidal thoughts of one of the band’s friends.

Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” held its ground on the Billboard Hot 100 for three straight months, making it one of the most famous rock songs released that year. With a slower tempo drum beat contrasted with a quick, driving melody, the instrumental composition almost sounds like a hip-hop song.

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What did Papa Roach say about "Last Resort"?
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Tobin Esperance went into detail regarding the influences that inspired this hit in 2011:

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…I was playing something on piano and Jacoby came in and started scatting over it. And we just did our typical mixing of a funky kind of hip-hop groove with a punk rock chorus. We did it over and over again, and Jacoby put his lyrics to it, and the song just morphed into what it is now. No one ever thought it was going to be a huge, huge hit, but I guess you never expect anything, really, when you’re first starting out.

Jacoby Shaddix talked about the original inspiration for the song’s lyrics:

I was just putting it out on the table, you know, this is what this guy went through, and this is how he felt. It has a positive edge to it, as far as like, ‘Don’t succumb to it. Keep yourself afloat. With these problems in your life, find a friend you can confide in.’

He also told SongMeanings

That song was a cry for help. That song was about one of my best friends, and then 12-13 years later, that song was about me. I found myself in that place, where I was like, “I can’t go on this way. I can’t do it anymore.”

It’s awesome when your cry for help gets answered. My band has had my back over these years, and my friends and my family. That song is timeless and it connects with who we are today and what we do today in a major way.

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Bass Guitar
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Mixed At
Phonographic Copyright ℗
Recorded At
NRG Studios
Released on
March 7, 2000
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