Released July 31, 2000 Recorded 1999 Label Interscope | Format CD Genre Nu metal
rap metal | |
Writer(s) Fred Durst, Lalo Schifrin | ||
"Take a Look Around" is a song by the American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. It is the tenth track on their third album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and was released as the lead single from the album in July 2000.
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The main riff of the song is derived from the original Mission: Impossible theme composed by Lalo Schifrin and appears on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Mission: Impossible II. An instrumental version of "Take a Look Around" was released as a promo and later included as a B-Side on some versions of the "Rollin'" single.
Track listing
UK CD 1
- Take a Look Around
- Faith (George Michael cover)
- Break Stuff
UK CD 2
- Take a Look Around
- N2 Gether Now (Live)
- Nookie (Live)
- N2 Gether Now (Video)
Music video
The video for the song features the band working undercover at a coffee shop in order to retrieve a disc from a group of secret agents. But just as they are about to succeed, they are ordered to abort the mission, as the secret agents turn out to be decoys. The boys are soon kicked out, and the phone that Fred Durst uses at the beginning blows up right at the end. There are also scenes of the band performing in front of the coffee shop as well as brief shots from Mission: Impossible II. At the beginning of the video, the song "Break Stuff" can be heard in the car that the band arrives in.
The video was rarely shown in the States. Fred Durst has stated that he dislikes the video - despite the fact that he directed it - and the band decided to release the video only in various markets outside the U.S., particularly Europe. It is not available on either the DVD of Mission Impossible 2, or the band's DVD compilation Greatest Videoz.