• Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Darren Farrell, & Joseph Hahn share writing credits on the song. Rick Rubin & Mike Shinoda produced the track for the album 'Minutes to Midnight'
• The single was released on October 16th, 2007, was certified platinum by the RIAA, and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart & #6 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• The music video has a similar plot to the film 'Children of Men' and was directed by Joe Hahn. The video was filmed in Los Angeles, California at 20th Century Fox Studios. The video won a 2008 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.
• The song was played during NBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
• The doomsday clock in the music video reads 11:55 pm, the song is 4 minutes long, so the world will end at 11:59 (a minute to midnight). Which refers to the 'Minutes to Midnight' album title.