Limp Bizkit Cover
| "Faith" | ||||
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| Single by Limp Bizkit | ||||
| from the album Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | May 1997 at Indigo Ranch Studio in Malibu, California | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, alternative rock, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 2:26 | |||
| Label | Flip/Interscope/MCA | |||
| Producer | Fred Durst Ross Robinson DJ Lethal |
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Limp Bizkit covered the song "Faith" in their live performances, using the cover to attract attention to the band. Word of mouth attendance and energetic live performances in which guitarist Wes Borland appeared in bizarre costumes increased the band's cult following. Audiences, in particular, were attracted to Borland's guitar playing and appearance.
Despite the success of the song in Limp Bizkit's live performances, producer Ross Robinson was opposed to recording the cover for their debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Yall$, and tried to persuade the band not to play it on the album. However, the final recording, which incorporated heavier guitar playing and drumming, as well as DJ scratching, impressed Robinson.
Peter Berg directed a music video featuring a bizarre wedding monologue for the song in promotion for its appearance in his film Very Bad Things, but Fred Durst was unsatisfied with it and directed a second video which paid tribute to tourmates like Primus, Deftones and Mötley Crüe, who appeared in the video. Borland stated in an interview that George Michael, the writer of the song, hated the cover and "hates us for doing it".
Read more about this topic: Faith (George Michael Song)
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