Last Resort (song)

Music "Last Resort" has been described as nu metal and rap metal. Bassist Tobin Esperance said: "I've written songs on piano – actually, 'Last Resort' with that whole little riff/melody thing, that's done on the piano. And then I just transferred it to the guitar." Shaddix said that "Last Resort" is about a roommate he had who tried to commit suicide. Shaddix then said: "We caught him and took him to the hospital and he went into a mental facility and then he came out the other side better. He actually found God through the process, which was kind of crazy. So he's on a whole different path of his life now, which is cool. I'm really proud of him for the changes he's made in his life." ==Commercial performance==

"Last Resort" achieved mainstream success, peaking at number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in August 2000 and number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. The popularity of "Last Resort" helped Papa Roach's album Infest get certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in December 2024. The song itself was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA on December 6, 2024. ==Music video==

The music video was directed by Marcos Siega. In the music video, the band performs on a floor surrounded by fans. Throughout the video, the camera zooms in on some fans near the stage and shows them in places that appear to be their rooms. The purpose was to show the people being taken from where they did not want to be to where they didfrom lonely despair to the rock show where they could have fun with their friends. There are many posters for radio station 98 Rock. This is the rock station out of Sacramento, California that the band credits for jump-starting their career. Inside the Infest album booklet are thanks to DJs of the radio station. About five hundred people, including local fans, came to the shooting of the music video for "Last Resort". ==Legacy and impact==

According to Screen Rant, "Last Resort" helped bring the nu metal genre to a wider audience. The song has since become a popular internet meme. American screenwriter Justin Halpern wrote: "It's the perfect joke, that song. The punchline hits the moment you press play. It's a comedy writer's dream." Among the first of these memes was the altered lyric, "Cut my life into pizza / This is my plastic fork." In 2018, the band ran a line of T-shirts bearing reference to this meme, accompanied by an image of a pizza. One year earlier in 2017, Spin wrote: "The major reason why 'Last Resort' endures is that the members of Papa Roach perfectly capture what it’s like to be at a breaking point. They’re fed up with feeling miserable; tired of hating themselves; wrecked with grief over losing parents; and literally crying out for help." In 2025, American actor John Stamos made headlines when he drummed along to the song without having ever heard it before in his life. That same year, Carrie Underwood joined the band onstage to perform the song during a performance in Las Vegas. In 2026, Metal Injection stated the opinion that it is difficult or impossible to find someone who has never heard the song. In 2026, the song was referenced as a parody featuring lyrics about the Iran War in Saturday Night Live’s March performance with Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth. ==Track listings==

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}} "Last Resort (Reloaded)" is a song by American rock band Papa Roach with American rapper and singer Jeris Johnson. This is a new version of the original song, it was released on January 27, 2021. The song shows a new sound, this time mixing hip-hop. Promotion and release In 2020, Jeris Johnson began to be known on TikTok and uploaded a 40-second video showing his version of the song "Last Resort" by Papa Roach, the video went viral and was seen by Papa Roach's vocalist, Jacoby Shaddix. At the end of 2020, Shaddix had announced that he wanted to re-record his hits with the band in different versions. Finally, the song with Jeris Johnson was released on January 27, 2021, the song on its debut received mixed reviews. Charts Certifications ==Falling in Reverse version==

}} "Last Resort (Reimagined)" is a song by American rock band Falling in Reverse. It was released on June 26, 2023, through Epitaph Records. It was released as a standalone single and was later included on their fifth studio album Popular Monster. This is a symphonic version of the original song Papa Roach, with the vocals being recorded by frontman Ronnie Radke, while the piano and other instruments were recorded by Sean Rooney. The music video shows Radke in an alternate world all alone, singing as buildings collapse. The song was also promoted by Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix. Charts ==References==