Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of "Meteora" in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hop side project Fort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction than the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "What I've Done" was chosen as the album's
In the Midnight Hour final Hot 100 appearance. The English rock band Roxy Music remade "In the Midnight Hour" for their 1980 "Flesh and Blood" album with the track issued as a single in USA where it bubbled under the "Billboard" Hot 100 reaching #106: the track was also issued as a single in Portugal. American musician Roger had an R&B hit with his remake entitled "Midnight Hour (Part 1)" which reached number 34 R&B in 1984: the single was taken from the album "The Saga Continues..." "In the Midnight Hour" has also been recorded by Ace Cannon ("inst") (album "Memphis Golden Hits"/ 1967),