<Li> On July 22, 2017, Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn, along with a group of friends, covered the song for Flynn's 50th birthday concert in honor of Chester Bennington, who had committed suicide just two days before . </Li> <P> "In the End" received positive reviews by contemporary rock music critics . VH1 ranked it number 84 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the' 00s . The song was also ranked number two by Loudwire on its list of "Top 21st century Hard Rock songs". At Stylus magazine, it was highlighted as a "nu metal classic". At Kerrang!, it was included as part of "The Ultimate Nu Metal Mixtape". NME, however, was more critical of the song, calling it "...another slab of gormless MTV rap rock from the bottom of the food chain ." </P> <P> In 2015, the song was named as the best rock song in Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list followed by the band's 2014 single "Final Masquerade". </P> <P> "In the End" is Linkin Park's highest charting single in the US, debuting at number 78 and peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 2002 and being kept off the top spot by "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule . It stayed on the chart a total of 38 weeks . It reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting in December 2001, becoming their first hit on this chart . It has spent 44 weeks there, becoming their longest running on that chart and it also hit number three on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart spending 29 weeks on the chart, their second longest after "One Step Closer" at 39 weeks . It also reached number one on the Pop Songs chart for five weeks also and it stayed on the chart for 27 weeks . "In the End" was the seventh best performing single on the Billboard Hot 100 during 2002, and was the second best performing rock song and alternative song of the decade on the Alternative Songs chart and the Rock Songs chart only behind Trapt's "Headstrong" and Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" respectively . As of June 2014, the single has sold 2,555,000 copies in the United States . </P>

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