Bring Me to Life

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"Bring Me to Life"
Single by Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy
from the album Fallen
B-side	"Farther Away", "Missing"
Released	April 22, 2003
Format	CD single, DVD single, digital download
Recorded	2002; Ocean Studios, Burbank, California
Genre	Alternative metal, rap rock,[1] nu metal[2]
Length	3:56
Label	Wind-up
Writer(s)	Amy Lee, Ben Moody, David Hodges
Producer	Dave Fortman
Certification	2× Platinum (ARIA) Platinum (RIAA)
Evanescence singles chronology "Bring Me to Life" (2003) "Going Under" (2003) Fallen track listing [show]11 tracks

"Bring Me to Life" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It was written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman. It also features guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones. Wind-up released "Bring Me to Life" in 2003 as the lead single from Evanescence's debut studio album, Fallen. The song delivers genres from alternative metal to rap rock and gothic metal among others.According to Lee, "Bring Me to Life" has several meanings and inspirations; its subjects are an incident in a restaurant, open-mindedness, and waking up to the things which are missing in the protagonist's life. Lee later revealed that the song was inspired by her long-time friend and husband Josh Hartzler. Critical response to the song was mostly positive, critics praising the melody of the song, Lee's vocals and their accompaniment by McCoy.Following the inclusion of "Bring Me to Life" on the Daredevil soundtrack, it has become a commercial and critical success topping the charts in Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy. It charted in the top ten in more than fifteen countries including the United States, Argentina, Germany and New Zealand. "Bring Me to Life" was certified Platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and twice Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The lyrics of the song have been interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ, which helped the song to chart on the Christian rockcharts.The band won in the category for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards where the song was also nominated for Best Rock Song. The accompanying music video was directed by Philipp Stölzl; it shows Lee singing and climbing on a skyscraper while having nightmares in her bedroom. "Bring Me to Life" was part of the set list during the Fallen and The Open Door Tour. Many artists recorded cover versions of the song, including the classical singer Katherine Jenkins and American pianist, John Tesh. The song was also used on several television shows.







Recording and composition              Critics noted that "Bring Me to Life" had a similar sound with songs by American rock band Linkin Park."Bring Me to Life" was written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges for their first studio album Fallen.^[11] Recording work for Fallen started at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California, where most of "Bring Me to Life" was recorded, prior to full album production.^[12] The song was mixed by Jay Baumgardner in his studio, NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, on an SSL 9000 J.^[12] A 22-piece string section was recorded in Seattle by Mark Curry.^[12] "Bring Me to Life" was mixed at the Newman Scoring Stage and Bolero Studios, both in Los Angeles.^[12] The orchestra parts were arranged by David Hodges and David Campbell.^[12] During an interview, Lee recalled that during the recording process of the song it was said to her that the song must have male vocals: "It was presented to me as, 'You're a girl singing in a rock band, there's nothing else like that out there, nobody's going to listen to you. You need a guy to come in and sing back-up for it to be successful.'"^[13]According to the sheet music published by Alfred Music Publishing on the website Musicnotes.com, "Bring Me to Life" is a rock,alternative metal, hard rock, chamber pop and gothic metal song set in a common time and performed in a moderate tempo of 95 beats per minute. It is written in the key of E minor and Lee's vocal range for the song runs from the note A₃ to D₅.^[14] In the song, Paul McCoy sings the lines "Wake me up/ I can't wake up/ Save me!"^[1] in a rap style.^[15] St. Petersburg Times' Brian Orloff called the song a "...boffo hit" in which Lee sang the lines "'Call my name and save me from the dark' over surging guitars."^[3] Ann Powers from theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote: "'Bring Me to Life,' with its lyrical drama and crunchy guitars, branded the band as overdone nu-metal."^[16] Kristi Turnquist of The Oregonian called the song a power ballad.^[17] Joe D'Angelo from MTV wrote that the "...toothy riffs" of songs like "Going Under" and "Bring Me to Life" might suggest that "...Nobody's Home" (2005) from Avril Lavigne's second studio albumUnder My Skin will sound like "an Evanescence song with Avril, not Amy Lee, on vocals."^[18]Rolling Stone's Kirk Miller wrote that: "...thanks to the song's digital beats, clean metal-guitar riffs, scattered piano lines and all-too-familiar mix of rapping and singing", "it was similar to Linkin Park's material.^[19] Nick Catucci of The Village Voice found "...piano tinkles, Lee's breathless keen, dramatic pauses, guitars like clouds of locusts, [and] 12 Stones singer Paul McCoy's passing-12-kidney-stones guest vocals."^[20] Vik Bansal of musicOMH compared Evanescence's own song "Going Under" with "Bring Me to Life", noting their similarity to Linkin Park's material.^[21] Lee said, during an interview with MTV News: "Basically, we go through life every day, kind of doing the same thing, going through the motions, and nothing phases us for the most part. Then one day something happens that wakes [you] up and makes [you] realize that there's more to life than just feeling nothing, feeling numb. It's as if [you've] never felt before and just realized there's this whole world of emotion or meaning that [you've] never seen before. It's just like, 'Wow, I've been asleep all this time.