The popularity of "Last Resort" helped Papa Roach's album Infest get certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in July 2001. "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. No one ever thought it was going to be a huge, huge hit, but I guess you never expect anything, really, when you're first starting out. We did it over and over again, and Jacoby put his lyrics to it, and the song just morphed into what it is now. Jacoby said, "That's a cool riff, keep playing that noodle" – we called it a noodle. And that song just came together like that. And we just did our typical mixing of a funky kind of hip-hop groove with a punk rock chorus. I was playing something on piano and Jacoby came in and started scatting over it. Well, of course at the time we were listening to a lot of Wu Tang Clan, a lot of hip-hop, and a lot of Fugees and a lot of East Coast hip-hop, and we were sampling classical music behind simple pocket grooves. And then I just transferred it to the guitar." Speaking about the making of and inspiration behind the song, Esperance said: 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. Although the song does not feature piano, the song was composed with piano. Both The Fugees and Wu-Tang Clan influenced the song.
"Last Resort" is influenced by hip hop music. I'm really proud of him for the changes he's made in his life." So he's on a whole different path of his life now, which is cool. He actually found God through the process, which was kind of crazy. 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. '" Shaddix said that "Last Resort" is about a roommate he had who tried to commit suicide. I found myself in that place, where I was like, 'I can't go on this way. He also said "That song was about one of my best friends, and then 12–13 years later, that song was about me. Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix described the song as a "cry for help". For the kids who had also gone through those kinds of feelings, those kinds of emotions, the lyrics really helped connect with that song. And there was that suicide element to it, just like growing up and the struggles of life and questioning whether or not you want to keep going on, and I think a lot of people connected with that. Because originally the song was about a friend of ours that we grew up with, and he was going through a rough time in his life. I think the lyrics had a lot to do with it. In an interview with Songfacts, Papa Roach member Tobin Esperance spoke about the song and its lyrics, saying: It also topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks and became a top-10 hit in Austria, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.ĭescribed as nu metal, rap metal, alternative metal and hard rock the song "Last Resort" is about suicide. "Last Resort" was released as the album's lead single on March 7, 2000, and reached number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Ready to Rumble and appeared on Papa Roach's second studio album, Infest, shortly after. " Last Resort" is the debut single by American rock band Papa Roach.
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