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What I've Done

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What I've Done is a Rap act. They run in the same orbit as New Divide, Breaking the Habit, Leave Out All the Rest, Shadow of the Day and My December, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lil Mama, Yellowcard, Marcy Playground, Timbaland and Evanescence, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around What I've Done and forward to Lil Mama. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"What I've Done" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the first single from their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007), and is the sixth track. The song was released as a digital download and radio single on April 2, 2007, and as a CD single on April 30. The live version of "What I've Done" from Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 52nd Grammy Awards, but did not win. It serves as the end credits track of the 2007 science fiction film Transformers, also appearing on its soundtrack. Being certified six times platinum by the RIAA, it is the band's most commercially successful single in terms of pure sales, and reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In January 2025, the song became the fourth by the band to surpass one billion streams on Spotify.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
What I've DoneLil MamaYellowcardMarcy PlaygroundTimbalandEvanescenceNew DivideBreaking the HabitLeave Out All the RestShadow of the DayMy December

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What I've Done connections

What I've Done shares an orbit with New Divide, Breaking the Habit, Leave Out All the Rest and Shadow of the Day, went on to shape Lil Mama, Yellowcard, Marcy Playground and Timbaland. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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