"Points of Authority" is a song by American rock bandLinkin Park. It is the fourth track on their first studio album,Hybrid Theory. The song was released in 2001 as a promo release. A CD single for the song was set to be released in the UK in September 2001, but instead, "Papercut" was released as the third single from the album. It was later planned as the fifth official single from the album, planned for a January 2002 release but was cancelled for unknown reasons. In its place, the song's remix version was released.Mike Shinoda's verses originally had different lyrics, andChester Bennington's parts became no different from theHybrid Theory version.[citation needed]
The song's remix "Pts.OF.Athrty" was released as the only single taken from remix albumReanimation (2002) while another remix, bythe Crystal Method, was released onLP Underground 2.0. The song is one from the seven Linkin Park's songs that appeared in the mash-up EPCollision Course with American rapperJay-Z. If the Linkin Park package is downloaded onDJ Hero 2, then players (as DJs) can play with a scratched version of "Pts.OF.Athrty". The song was used in the 2000Adam Sandler filmLittle Nicky.
An alternative video was also released as hidden content in the DVDFrat Party at the Pankake Festival. It was similar to the live version release of "Crawling", recorded at the Dragon Festival in San Bernardino, California on February 3, 2001.
"Pts.OF.Athrty" is aremix of "Points of Authority" that was released as a single from their remix album,Reanimation. The single features remixes of theHybrid Theory tracks "Points of Authority", "High Voltage" and "By Myself".
There is also an alternate version of Jay Gordon's remix, which surfaced on a Jay Gordon remix page in 2008.[6]
This remix of "Points of Authority" is renowned for its video, a completelyCGI battle between robots, ruled by the heads of Linkin Park members, and an alien race. The heads of all six Linkin Park members are kept in a digital lab equipped with computers and advanced equipment which can be seen extracting something from the heads asChester Bennington andMike Shinoda sing. According to directorJoe Hahn, the band members' heads are powering the world. At the very end of the video, the commander of the alien race tries to battle the blue tentacles that were released by the members' heads, but gets his gun ripped out of his hand, and is enveloped by them.
Hahn explained that the events of the video took place after the end of the human race and all that's left are the heads of the six Linkin Park members. The video is also said to have been inspired by the dream sequences in the 2001 filmFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The music video was aired onCartoon Network'sToonami block as a commercial break (around the year 2002). There is also a video for "Points of Authority" fromHybrid Theory which contains footage of the band playing live. It is featured on the DVDFrat Party at the Pankake Festival.
Another video features the live performance of "Points of Authority" from Linkin Park's live albumLive in Texas. TheLive in Texas version is available oniTunes, along with "Lying from You". The "Points of Authority" video was not officially uploaded on YouTube by Linkin Park orWarner Records. It is available exclusively on Linkinpark.com.[7] The "Pts.OF.Athrty" music video is available on both Linkin Park and Warner Records YouTube channels.[8][9]
