Bring Me To Life - Muziek
Bring Me To Life by Evanescence
Evanescence
Biografie van de kunstenaar Evanescence
Evanescence Is A Grammy-Winning Band Founded In Little Rock Arkansas United States In 1995 By Singer/pianist Amy Lee And Guitarist Ben Moody Who Left In 2003 . After Recording Private Albums The Band Signed To Wind-Up Records And Released Their First Full-Length Album Fallen In 2003 Which Sold More Than 15 Million Copies Worldwide And Helped The Band Win Two Grammy Awards. A Year Later They Released Their First Live Album Anywhere But Home Which Sold More Than One Million Copies Worldwide. In 2006 They Then Released Their Second Studio Album The Open Door Which Sold More Than Five Million Copies. They Released Their Third And Latest Studio Album Evanescence In 2011. The Band Currently Consists Of Amy Lee Lead Vocals Piano Keyboards Terry Balsamo Guitars And Tim McCord Bass . Former Members Include David Hodges Piano Keyboards Backing Vocals Left In 2002 Ben Moody Guitars Left In 2003 William Boyd Bass Left In 2006 John LeCompt Guitars Backing Vocals Fired In 2007 And Rocky Gray Drums Left In 2007 . Session Members Include Troy McLawhorn Guitars And Will Hunt Drums Both Are From Dark New Day They Were "borrowed" To Replace LeCompt And Gray During 2007 Tours. Amy Lee And Ben Moody Met In 1994 At A Youth Camp In Little Rock Where Moody Heard Lee Playing I'd Do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That By Meat Loaf On The Piano. Their First Songs Were Solitude And Give Unto Me Written By Lee And Understanding And My Immortal Written By Moody. Two Of Lee And Moody's Songs Found Playtime On Local Radio Stations Raising Local Awareness Of The Group And Demand For A Show. The Band Eventually Appeared Live And Became One Of The Most Popular Acts In The Area. After Experimenting With Band Names Such As Childish Intentions And Stricken They Decided On Evanescence Which Means "disappearance" Or "fading Away" From The Word Evanesce Which Means "to Disappear" . Lee Has Stated She Loves The Name Because "it Is Mysterious And Dark And Places A Picture In The Listeners' Mind.". Their First Full-Length Demo CD Origin Released In 2000 Is Relatively Unknown. The Band Also Released Two EPs. First The Self-Titled Evanescence EP 1998 Of Which About 100 Copies Were Made And Second The Sound Asleep EP Also Known As The Whisper EP 1999 Limited To 50 Copies. Origin And The EPs Contain Demo Versions Of Some Of The Songs On Their Debut Album Fallen. For Example The Recording Of My Immortal Found On Fallen Can Also Be Found On Origin Minus A Handful Of Additional String Accompaniments. Only 2 500 Copies Of This Record Were Produced In Response Lee And Moody Encouraged Fans To Download The Band's Older Songs From The Internet. In Several Interviews Amy Has Said That 'Origin' Was Not An Album It Was Merely Meant To Be A Demo. While Appearing To Be An Official CD It Was Never Meant To Be Officially Released. According To Amy Lee "Origin Is Not An Album. Should I Say That Clearer? 'Origin' Is Not An Album. We Recorded Its Demos We Recorded It A Long Time Ago In Ben's Apartment Or In My Parent's Attic With An 8-Track Recorder That Cost $300. It Sounds Like Crap. Don't Feel Bad That You Don't Have It Just Download It. It Looks Kind Of Like An Album Because We Had An Artist Make Us This Cool Album Cover Because We Were Shopping It To Record Labels. We Put Everything We Had On There And Some Songs That Are On There Are On 'Fallen' Just Done Right". The Video Of This Interview Can Be Seen Here. The Band Sent 'Origin' To Several Record Labels And Eventually Wind-Up Records Signed Them. The Band Then Recorded A Large Collection Of Demos Throughout 2001 And 2002. Afterwards The Band Began Work On Their Second Full-Length Album. However After The Album Had Been Finished Hodges Left The Band In December Of 2002. The Album Entitled 'Fallen' Was Then Released In March 2003. It Brought The Band International Fame Selling 14 Millions Of Copies Worldwide. 'Fallen' Has Since Gone 6 Times Platinum In The United States And Has Sold More Than 15 Million Copies Altogether Worldwide. However Shortly After Moody Left The Band On October 22 Of 2003 Due To Internal Struggles With The Band Members. He Was Then Replaced By Guitarist Terry Balsamo From The Band Cold. Before Moody's Departure Gray LeCompt And Boyd Had Been Session Members But Afterwards They Became Full-Time Members. At The 2004 Grammy Awards Evanescence Won Best New Artist And Best Hard Rock Performance For Their Single Bring Me To Life Known Worldwide From The Daredevil Soundtrack. That Same Year The Band Released A Live CD/DVD Entitled 'Anywhere But Home' Which Also Sold 1 Million Of Copies Worldwide And Has Since Gone Platinum In The United States. Afterwards The Band Began Work On Their Next Release. Many Things Set The Release Back Including The Health Problems Of Terry. He Was Unfortunately Affected By A Stroke But Is Recovering Successfully. Amy Also Fired Their Old Manager Which They Had Relations With During 'Fallen' And Brought Him To Court. In 2006 They Finished Recording Their Second Album Titled 'The Open Door' As Well As Shooting A Video For The Single Call Me When You're Sober. On July 13th 2006 Lee Announced Through Evanescence's Online Message Board That Bassist Boyd Has Decided To Leave The Band In Order To Make Time For His Personal Life And Family. Tim McCord Was Announced As Will Boyd's Replacement In August 2006. 'The Open Door' Debuted At Number 1 In Australia United States Greece Germany And Switzerland. It Sold Over 1 Million Copies Worldwide Within The First Week Of Its Release. The Second Single Of 'The Open Door' Was Lithium. A Video Was Shot For The Single - Directed By Paul Fedor Who Has Worked With Marilyn Manson Seether And Deftones . It Took 2 Days To Film October 31 And November 1 2006. The Third Single Off 'The Open Door' Was Sweet Sacrifice. The Label Wind-Up Had Originally Chosen All That I'm Living For To Be The Third Single But Was Met With Opposition From The Fans. The Video Was Shot On March 9th And 10th 2007. Directed By Paul Brown. On May 4 2007 John LeCompt Announced That He Had Been Fired From Evanescence And Also Stated That Drummer Rocky Gray Had Decided To Quit As Well. Both Musicians Posted On Their Personal MySpace Pages To Confirm The News Report However Neither Elaborated About The Circumstances Surrounding Their Departures And No Official Statement Has Yet Been Released By The Band Or Label. On His MySpace Blog LeCompt Stated That Lee Called His Cellphone To Fire Him And That No Warning Had Previously Been Given Nor Were Any Negotiations Made Available. No Replacements Have Been Named As Of Yet But Evanescence Says They Will Continue Touring And Producing Music. Lee Revealed During The Taping Of MuchMusic's January 9 2007 Episode Of Live @ Much That She Had Become Engaged The Previous Evening. She Later Confirmed On EvThreads.Com That She Was Proposed To By Josh Hartzler A 29-Year-Old Therapist And Long Time Friend. She Noted In An Interview That The Songs Good Enough And Bring Me To Life Were Inspired By Him. The Couple Were Married On May 6 2007 And Honeymooned Near The Bahamas. She Has Posted On EvThreads That She Is "now Officially Mrs. Amy Hartzler." Recently Lee And Evanescence With Temporary Members Headlined A One Off Show In Sao Paulo Brazil For A Music Festival. A Couple Of Weeks Before Lee Posted On Her Twitter That The Band Need To Practice And Was Going To Play A Secret Show In NYC's The Palace. Lee Confirmed That A Third Album Was On The Way And Was Set To Release Late 2010. A Short Video Surfaced On One Members Twitter Account Showing The Band Practicing And Recording. On 22 January 2010 Amy Posted On Her Twitter That The B-Side Together Again Would Be A Gift To All Who Donate Just The Minimum Amount To The Relief Effort Over In Haiti. In A MTV Interview Amy Lee Announced That The New Album Would Be Named 'Evanescence'. This Was Released October 11th 2011. It Is The First Of Their Albums To Have A Deluxe Version With 4 Extra Songs And An Accompanying DVD. Lost Whispers Is A Compilation Album And Was Released On December 9 2016 By The Bicycle Music Company. The Album Is A Career-Spanning Collection Of B-Sides And Two New Recordings "Lost Whispers" The Intro From The Band's 2009 Tour And A New Version Of "Even In Death" Originally On Their 2000 Demo Album Origin. Their Fourth Studio Album Synthesis Was Released In November 2017. The Album Debuted At Number 8 On The Billboard 200 And Has Reached Number 23 In The UK 5 In Germany And 6 In Australia. Discography
1998 Evanescence EP
1999 Sound Asleep EP
2000 Origin
2003 Mystary EP And Fallen First Official Studio Album 2004 Anywhere But Home
2006 The Open Door
2011 Evanescence
2016 Lost Whispers
2017 Synthesis
2021 The Bitter Truth Official Site Www.Evanescence.Com
Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Bring Me to Life
Evanescence - Fallen
"Bring Me To Life" Is A Song By American Rock Band Evanescence. It Was Released On April 22 2003 As The First Single From Their Debut Studio Album Fallen And As The Lead Single For The Film Daredevil. It Was Written By Amy Lee And Ben Moody. It Features Guest Vocals From Paul McCoy Of 12 Stones. It Is The Band's Most Successful Single And Has Peaked Within The Charts Of More Than 15 Countries Internationally And Won Best Hard Rock Performance At The 46th Grammy Awards. It Was Released On April 22 2003 As The First Single From Their Debut Album Fallen. The Album's Opening Track "Going Under" Was Initially Planned To Be The First Single However The Release Of The Daredevil Soundtrack Impacted The Decision To Release It As The Album's Second Single. The Single Includes "Farther Away" As A B-Side And Refers To It As The Album Version However The Track Order Of Fallen Was Not Finalized At The Time Of Its Release And The Track Was Eventually Dropped From The Album. The First Pressing Of The Australian Single Contained The Track "Missing" As A B-Side But Was Mysteriously Dropped From Later Pressings And Was Eventually Released As A Bonus Track On The Band's First Live Album Anywhere But Home. Earlier Versions Of "Bring Me To Life" Were Recorded And Released As Demos Before Fallen's Release Both Containing A Considerably Different Sound Featuring More Industrial Pieces Of Music And The Absence Of Paul McCoy's Guest Vocals. An Acoustic Version Was Recorded And Released On The Bring Me To Life DVD. Several Other Versions Of The Track Have Been Released Such As Remixes Acoustic And Altered Versions. The Live Version Featured On The Anywhere But Home DVD Contains A Piano And Vocal Solo Before The Intro Of The Song And Features John LeCompt Performing Paul McCoy's Guest Vocals. "Bring Me To Life" Charted #73 On Billboard's 'Best Of The 2000s Rock Songs' Chart And Is The Only Song By A Female-Led Band To Be On The Chart. Lead Vocalist Amy Lee Has Stated That The Song Has Several Meanings The First Being About An Incident That Took Place At A Restaurant. "I Was Inspired To Write It When Someone Said Something To Me — I Didn’t Know Him And I Thought He Might Be Clairvoyant " Says Lee From A Tour Stop In Tulsa To The Boston Phoenix. "I Was In A Relationship And I Was Completely Unhappy. But I Was Hiding It. I Was Being Completely Abused And I Was Trying To Cover It Up I Wouldn’t Even Admit It To Myself. So Then I Had Spoken Maybe 10 Or 15 Words To This Guy Who Was A Friend Of A Friend. We Were Waiting For Everyone Else To Show Up And We Went Into A Restaurant And Got A Table. And He Looked At Me And Said ‘Are You Happy?’ And I Felt My Heart Leap And I Was Like He Totally Knows What I’m Thinking. And I Lied I Said I Was Fine. Anyway He’s Not Really Clairvoyant. But He Is A Sociology Major." Lee Stated The Previous In A VH1 Interview When Asked About The Meaning. "Open-Mindedness. It's About Waking Up To All The Things You've Been Missing For So Long. One Day Someone Said Something That Made My Heart Race For A Second And I Realized That For Months I'd Been Numb Just Going Through The Motions Of Life." During An Interview Titled 'Amy Lee Back In Black ' Lee Claimed That She Wrote "Bring Me To Life" About Her Long Time Friend Josh Hartzler Whom She Married On May 6 2007. A Music Video For The Song Was Directed By Philip Stolzl And Filmed In January 2003. Lead Vocalist Amy Lee Is In A Nightgown And Barefooted And Asleep In A Bed Within A Building Dreaming Of Falling Through The Air Below A Skyscraper. As The Chorus Begins The Band And Paul McCoy Are Performing In Another Room In The Building As Lee Awakens Making Her Way To The Window. Lee Climbs Out Of The Window Of Her Room And Begins To Scale And Climb The Building Until She Reaches The Window Of The Room Where The Band Is Performing. During The Bridge McCoy Notices Lee And Opens The Window Which Accidentally Causes Her To Lose Her Balance And Grabs The Ledge For Safety. Throughout The Bridge And Chorus McCoy Unsuccessfully Attempts To Reach For Lee And She Falls Off The Building. However She Is Shown Asleep Within Her Bed Again As If The Music Video Were A Dream. "Bring Me To Life" Has Peaked Within The Top 10 Of More Than 15 Countries Worldwide And Within The Top 20 Of Several Other Countries Thus Making It The Band's Most Successful Single To Date And Considerably The Reason Behind The Band's Sudden Success. It Was Certified Platinum Status In 2003 Selling More Than 1 Million Copies In The United States. It Managed To Top The Billboard Alternative Songs Chart And Pop 100 And Remain On The Charts For Several More Weeks And Peaked At #5 On The Billboard Hot 100. It Also Peaked At #4 On The Adult Pop Songs Chart. The Song Initially Peaked Within The Christian Rock Charts As Well Partially Because Of The Lyrics Being Interpreted As A Call For New Life In Jesus Christ By Several Listeners. The Song Was Internationally Successful As Well Topping The Charts Of Australia Belgian Italy And The United Kingdom And Peaking Within The Top 5 Of Austria Canada France Ireland Germany New Zealand Norway Netherlands And Sweden. It Charted Within The Top 20 Of Every Other Countries Of Its Release. John Tesh Released An Instrumental Version Of The Song On The 2007 Album "A Passionate Life". Welsh Classical Singer Katherine Jenkins Released A Cover Of The Song On Her Album Believe.
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Biography - Evanescence
Evanescence Is A Grammy-Winning Band Founded In Little Rock Arkansas United States In 1995 By Singer/pianist Amy Lee And Guitarist Ben Moody Who Left In 2003 . After Recording Private Albums The Band Signed To Wind-Up Records And Released Their First Full-Length Album Fallen In 2003 Which Sold More Than 15 Million Copies Worldwide And Helped The Band Win Two Grammy Awards. A Year Later They Released Their First Live Album Anywhere But Home Which Sold More Than One Million Copies Worldwide. In 2006 They Then Released Their Second Studio Album The Open Door Which Sold More Than Five Million Copies. They Released Their Third And Latest Studio Album Evanescence In 2011. The Band Currently Consists Of Amy Lee Lead Vocals Piano Keyboards Terry Balsamo Guitars And Tim McCord Bass . Former Members Include David Hodges Piano Keyboards Backing Vocals Left In 2002 Ben Moody Guitars Left In 2003 William Boyd Bass Left In 2006 John LeCompt Guitars Backing Vocals Fired In 2007 And Rocky Gray Drums Left In 2007 . Session Members Include Troy McLawhorn Guitars And Will Hunt Drums Both Are From Dark New Day They Were "borrowed" To Replace LeCompt And Gray During 2007 Tours. Amy Lee And Ben Moody Met In 1994 At A Youth Camp In Little Rock Where Moody Heard Lee Playing I'd Do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That By Meat Loaf On The Piano. Their First Songs Were Solitude And Give Unto Me Written By Lee And Understanding And My Immortal Written By Moody. Two Of Lee And Moody's Songs Found Playtime On Local Radio Stations Raising Local Awareness Of The Group And Demand For A Show. The Band Eventually Appeared Live And Became One Of The Most Popular Acts In The Area. After Experimenting With Band Names Such As Childish Intentions And Stricken They Decided On Evanescence Which Means "disappearance" Or "fading Away" From The Word Evanesce Which Means "to Disappear" . Lee Has Stated She Loves The Name Because "it Is Mysterious And Dark And Places A Picture In The Listeners' Mind.". Their First Full-Length Demo CD Origin Released In 2000 Is Relatively Unknown. The Band Also Released Two EPs. First The Self-Titled Evanescence EP 1998 Of Which About 100 Copies Were Made And Second The Sound Asleep EP Also Known As The Whisper EP 1999 Limited To 50 Copies. Origin And The EPs Contain Demo Versions Of Some Of The Songs On Their Debut Album Fallen. For Example The Recording Of My Immortal Found On Fallen Can Also Be Found On Origin Minus A Handful Of Additional String Accompaniments. Only 2 500 Copies Of This Record Were Produced In Response Lee And Moody Encouraged Fans To Download The Band's Older Songs From The Internet. In Several Interviews Amy Has Said That 'Origin' Was Not An Album It Was Merely Meant To Be A Demo. While Appearing To Be An Official CD It Was Never Meant To Be Officially Released. According To Amy Lee "Origin Is Not An Album. Should I Say That Clearer? 'Origin' Is Not An Album. We Recorded Its Demos We Recorded It A Long Time Ago In Ben's Apartment Or In My Parent's Attic With An 8-Track Recorder That Cost $300. It Sounds Like Crap. Don't Feel Bad That You Don't Have It Just Download It. It Looks Kind Of Like An Album Because We Had An Artist Make Us This Cool Album Cover Because We Were Shopping It To Record Labels. We Put Everything We Had On There And Some Songs That Are On There Are On 'Fallen' Just Done Right". The Video Of This Interview Can Be Seen Here. The Band Sent 'Origin' To Several Record Labels And Eventually Wind-Up Records Signed Them. The Band Then Recorded A Large Collection Of Demos Throughout 2001 And 2002. Afterwards The Band Began Work On Their Second Full-Length Album. However After The Album Had Been Finished Hodges Left The Band In December Of 2002. The Album Entitled 'Fallen' Was Then Released In March 2003. It Brought The Band International Fame Selling 14 Millions Of Copies Worldwide. 'Fallen' Has Since Gone 6 Times Platinum In The United States And Has Sold More Than 15 Million Copies Altogether Worldwide. However Shortly After Moody Left The Band On October 22 Of 2003 Due To Internal Struggles With The Band Members. He Was Then Replaced By Guitarist Terry Balsamo From The Band Cold. Before Moody's Departure Gray LeCompt And Boyd Had Been Session Members But Afterwards They Became Full-Time Members. At The 2004 Grammy Awards Evanescence Won Best New Artist And Best Hard Rock Performance For Their Single Bring Me To Life Known Worldwide From The Daredevil Soundtrack. That Same Year The Band Released A Live CD/DVD Entitled 'Anywhere But Home' Which Also Sold 1 Million Of Copies Worldwide And Has Since Gone Platinum In The United States. Afterwards The Band Began Work On Their Next Release. Many Things Set The Release Back Including The Health Problems Of Terry. He Was Unfortunately Affected By A Stroke But Is Recovering Successfully. Amy Also Fired Their Old Manager Which They Had Relations With During 'Fallen' And Brought Him To Court. In 2006 They Finished Recording Their Second Album Titled 'The Open Door' As Well As Shooting A Video For The Single Call Me When You're Sober. On July 13th 2006 Lee Announced Through Evanescence's Online Message Board That Bassist Boyd Has Decided To Leave The Band In Order To Make Time For His Personal Life And Family. Tim McCord Was Announced As Will Boyd's Replacement In August 2006. 'The Open Door' Debuted At Number 1 In Australia United States Greece Germany And Switzerland. It Sold Over 1 Million Copies Worldwide Within The First Week Of Its Release. The Second Single Of 'The Open Door' Was Lithium. A Video Was Shot For The Single - Directed By Paul Fedor Who Has Worked With Marilyn Manson Seether And Deftones . It Took 2 Days To Film October 31 And November 1 2006. The Third Single Off 'The Open Door' Was Sweet Sacrifice. The Label Wind-Up Had Originally Chosen All That I'm Living For To Be The Third Single But Was Met With Opposition From The Fans. The Video Was Shot On March 9th And 10th 2007. Directed By Paul Brown. On May 4 2007 John LeCompt Announced That He Had Been Fired From Evanescence And Also Stated That Drummer Rocky Gray Had Decided To Quit As Well. Both Musicians Posted On Their Personal MySpace Pages To Confirm The News Report However Neither Elaborated About The Circumstances Surrounding Their Departures And No Official Statement Has Yet Been Released By The Band Or Label. On His MySpace Blog LeCompt Stated That Lee Called His Cellphone To Fire Him And That No Warning Had Previously Been Given Nor Were Any Negotiations Made Available. No Replacements Have Been Named As Of Yet But Evanescence Says They Will Continue Touring And Producing Music. Lee Revealed During The Taping Of MuchMusic's January 9 2007 Episode Of Live @ Much That She Had Become Engaged The Previous Evening. She Later Confirmed On EvThreads.Com That She Was Proposed To By Josh Hartzler A 29-Year-Old Therapist And Long Time Friend. She Noted In An Interview That The Songs Good Enough And Bring Me To Life Were Inspired By Him. The Couple Were Married On May 6 2007 And Honeymooned Near The Bahamas. She Has Posted On EvThreads That She Is "now Officially Mrs. Amy Hartzler." Recently Lee And Evanescence With Temporary Members Headlined A One Off Show In Sao Paulo Brazil For A Music Festival. A Couple Of Weeks Before Lee Posted On Her Twitter That The Band Need To Practice And Was Going To Play A Secret Show In NYC's The Palace. Lee Confirmed That A Third Album Was On The Way And Was Set To Release Late 2010. A Short Video Surfaced On One Members Twitter Account Showing The Band Practicing And Recording. On 22 January 2010 Amy Posted On Her Twitter That The B-Side Together Again Would Be A Gift To All Who Donate Just The Minimum Amount To The Relief Effort Over In Haiti. In A MTV Interview Amy Lee Announced That The New Album Would Be Named 'Evanescence'. This Was Released October 11th 2011. It Is The First Of Their Albums To Have A Deluxe Version With 4 Extra Songs And An Accompanying DVD. Lost Whispers Is A Compilation Album And Was Released On December 9 2016 By The Bicycle Music Company. The Album Is A Career-Spanning Collection Of B-Sides And Two New Recordings "Lost Whispers" The Intro From The Band's 2009 Tour And A New Version Of "Even In Death" Originally On Their 2000 Demo Album Origin. Their Fourth Studio Album Synthesis Was Released In November 2017. The Album Debuted At Number 8 On The Billboard 200 And Has Reached Number 23 In The UK 5 In Germany And 6 In Australia. Discography
1998 Evanescence EP
1999 Sound Asleep EP
2000 Origin
2003 Mystary EP And Fallen First Official Studio Album 2004 Anywhere But Home
2006 The Open Door
2011 Evanescence
2016 Lost Whispers
2017 Synthesis
2021 The Bitter Truth Official Site Www.Evanescence.Com read less
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1998 Evanescence EP
1999 Sound Asleep EP
2000 Origin
2003 Mystary EP And Fallen First Official Studio Album 2004 Anywhere But Home
2006 The Open Door
2011 Evanescence
2016 Lost Whispers
2017 Synthesis
2021 The Bitter Truth Official Site Www.Evanescence.Com read less
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"Bring Me to Life" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It was released on April 22, 2003, as the first single from their debut studio album, Fallen, and as the lead single for the film Daredevil. It was written by Amy Lee and Ben Moody. It features guest vocals from Paul McCoy of 12 Stones. It is the band's most successful single, and has peaked within the charts of more than 15 countries internationally, and won Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.
It was released on April 22, 2003, as the first single from their debut album, Fallen. The album's opening track, "Going Under", was initially planned to be the first single, however, the release of the Daredevil soundtrack impacted the decision to release it as the album's second single. The single includes "Farther Away" as a B-side and refers to it as the album version, however, the track order of Fallen was not finalized at the time of its release, and the track was eventually dropped from the album. The first pressing of the Australian single contained the track "Missing" as a B-side, but was mysteriously dropped from later pressings, and was eventually released as a bonus track on the band's first live album, Anywhere But Home.
Earlier versions of "Bring Me to Life" were recorded and released as demos before Fallen's release, both containing a considerably different sound, featuring more industrial pieces of music and the absence of Paul McCoy's guest vocals. An acoustic version was recorded and released on the Bring Me To Life DVD. Several other versions of the track have been released, such as remixes, acoustic, and altered versions. The live version featured on the Anywhere But Home DVD contains a piano and vocal solo before the intro of the song, and features John LeCompt performing Paul McCoy's guest vocals.
"Bring Me To Life" charted #73 on Billboard's 'Best of the 2000s Rock Songs' Chart, and is the only song by a female-led band to be on the chart.
Lead vocalist, Amy Lee, has stated that the song has several meanings, the first being about an incident that took place at a restaurant. "I was inspired to write it when someone said something to me — I didn’t know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant," says Lee from a tour stop in Tulsa to The Boston Phoenix. "I was in a relationship and I was completely unhappy. But I was hiding it. I was being completely abused and I was trying to cover it up; I wouldn’t even admit it to myself. So then I had spoken maybe 10 or 15 words to this guy, who was a friend of a friend. We were waiting for everyone else to show up, and we went into a restaurant and got a table. And he looked at me and said, ‘Are you happy?’ And I felt my heart leap, and I was like, he totally knows what I’m thinking. And I lied, I said I was fine. Anyway, he’s not really clairvoyant. But he is a sociology major." Lee stated the previous in a VH1 interview when asked about the meaning. "Open-mindedness. It's about waking up to all the things you've been missing for so long. One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months I'd been numb, just going through the motions of life."
During an interview titled 'Amy Lee: Back In Black,' Lee claimed that she wrote "Bring Me to Life" about her long time friend, Josh Hartzler, whom she married on May 6, 2007.
A music video for the song was directed by Philip Stolzl and filmed in January 2003.
Lead vocalist Amy Lee is in a nightgown and barefooted, and asleep in a bed within a building, dreaming of falling through the air below a skyscraper. As the chorus begins, the band and Paul McCoy are performing in another room in the building as Lee awakens, making her way to the window. Lee climbs out of the window of her room and begins to scale and climb the building until she reaches the window of the room where the band is performing. During the bridge, McCoy notices Lee and opens the window, which accidentally causes her to lose her balance, and grabs the ledge for safety. Throughout the bridge and chorus, McCoy unsuccessfully attempts to reach for Lee, and she falls off the building. However, she is shown asleep within her bed again, as if the music video were a dream.
"Bring Me to Life" has peaked within the top 10 of more than 15 countries worldwide, and within the top 20 of several other countries, thus making it the band's most successful single to date and considerably the reason behind the band's sudden success. It was certified Platinum status in 2003, selling more than 1 million copies in the United States. It managed to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and Pop 100 and remain on the charts for several more weeks, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at #4 on the Adult Pop Songs chart. The song initially peaked within the Christian rock charts as well, partially because of the lyrics being interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ by several listeners. The song was internationally successful as well, topping the charts of Australia, Belgian, Italy and the United Kingdom, and peaking within the top 5 of Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden. It charted within the top 20 of every other countries of its release.
John Tesh released an instrumental version of the song on the 2007 album "A Passionate Life". Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins released a cover of the song on her album Believe. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.