Wretches and Kings

15 tracks
"The Requiem" "The Radiance" "Burning in the Skies" "Empty Spaces" "When They Come for Me" "Robot Boy" "Jornada Del Muerto" "Waiting for the End" "Blackout" "Wretches and Kings" "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" "Iridescent" "Fallout" "The Catalyst" "The Messenger"

"Wretches and Kings" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the tenth track from their 2010 album, A Thousand Suns. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin.^[1] "Wretches and Kings" was used as a promotional single and was featured as a part of the "Linkin Park Track Pack" Downloadable Content for the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The song was also used for the backdrop for EA's opening sequence in MMA.

Promotion

"Wretches and Kings" features Mario Savio's "Bodies upon the gears" or the "Operation of the Machine" speech. The promotional single was first obtainable on the band's official website and was streamed on Noisecreep. The tempo of the song was set to 90 BPM. The song was also released for the albums like A Thousand Suns+ as the live version and It's The Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Volume 3: Fire Walk With Me^[2] as a remix.

Remixes

There were various remixes done by various artist. Los Angeles rap group Get Busy Committee remixed the track, which is produced by Scoop DeVille. The GBC remix appeared on Apathy's third It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! compilation installment It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Vol. 3: Fire Walk With Me, which was released on September 11, 2012, titling it as "Wretches [Remix]". HavocNdeeD made a remix for the song.

Remix Title	Artist	Album
Wretches and Kings Remix (Get Busy Committee remix)	Get Busy Committee, Apathy	"It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Vol. 3: Fire Walk With Me"
Wretches and Kings (HavocNdeeD Remix)	HavocNdeeD	"Non album Single"
Wretches and Kings (zwieR.Z. Remix)	zwieR.Z	"Non album Single"
Wretches and Kings (Xefuzion Remix)	"Xefuzion"	"Non album Single"

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	September 8, 2010	Digital download	Warner Bros. Records

References

↑ Wood, Mikael (July 9, 2010). "Linkin Park On New Album 'A Thousand Suns,' Tour". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
↑ "Bootleg Volume 3: Fire Walk With Me". UndergroundHipHop.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Linkin Park

Chester Bennington
Rob Bourdon
Brad Delson
Dave Farrell
Joe Hahn
Mike Shinoda

Mark Wakefield

Studio albums

Remix albums

Reanimation
Recharged

Live albums

Compilations

EPs

Video albums

Soundtracks

Tours

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"

Book Category

Book
Portal

Machine Shop Records

Machine Shop co.

Founder(s)

Releases

Studio albums	Suffer, Survive Instrumental Album: The Rising Tied The Rising Tied Like Blood Like Honey Minutes to Midnight In The Shadow of Gods A Thousand Suns Living Things IO Resurrection of the Wolf The Hunting Party

Remix albums	Recharged

Live albums	Live in Texas Sessions@AOL LP Underground 7.0 Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes A Thousand Suns+ Living Things + The Hunting Party: Live from Mexico

Compilations	Download to Donate for Haiti A Decade Underground Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief

Soundtracks	8-Bit Rebellion! Mall: Music from the Motion Picture

Video albums	Frat Party at the Pankake Festival The Making of Meteora Live in Texas Collision Course The Making of Minutes to Midnight Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes The Meeting of A Thousand Suns A Thousand Suns+ Inside Living Things Living Things + The Hunting Party (DVD)

Mixtapes	Fort Minor Sampler Mixtape Fort Minor: We Major Razor Tag

EPs	LP Underground 2.0 LP Underground 3.0 Collision Course LP Underground 4.0 LP Underground 5.0 Holly Brook EP Sony CONNECT Sets LP Underground 6.0 Fort Minor Militia EP Songs from the Underground

Demo album	LP Underground 9.0 Underground X: Demos LP Underground 11.0 LP Underground 12.0 LP Underground XIII LP Underground XIV LP Underground 15

Singles

Promotional singles

Other songs

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