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Evanescence: My Immortal
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Label: |
Wind-up Records |
| Released: |
2003.12.08 |
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16:26
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| Category: |
Gothic Rock
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| Producer(s): |
Dave Fortman |
| Rating: |
*******... (7/10) |
| Media type: |
CD Single
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| Web address: |
www.evanescence.com |
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| Purchase date: |
2010.04.13 |
| Price in €: |
2,00 |
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[1] My Immortal [Band Version] (Moody/Lee/Hodges) - 4:33
[2] My Immortal [Album Version] (Moody/Lee) - 4:24
[3] Haunted [Live from Sessions @ Aol] (Moody/Lee/Hodges) - 3:08
[4] My Immortal [Live from Cologne] (Lee) - 4:15
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Amy Lee - Vocals
Rocky Gray - Drums
John LeCompt - Guitar
Terry Balsamo - Guitar
William Boyd - Bass
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o m m e n t s , N o t e s |
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The Second Single from the Surprise Hit Debut Album "Fallen" that
Includes an Alt. Version plus Two Live Versions of the Title Track and
"Haunted".
"My Immortal" is the third single from American alternative metal band
Evanescence's major label debut album, Fallen. At the 47th Annual
Grammy Awards the song was nominated in the Best Pop Performance by a
Duo or Group category. The song reached number seven in the United
States and the United Kingdom and number one in Portugal; in Canada it
debuted at number one and spent over twenty weeks in the top five. In
Australia, it was the seventh-highest selling single of 2004. The song
was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 17, 2009, selling over
500,000 copies.
The song was written by Evanescence's former guitarist, Ben Moody, with
Amy Lee adding the bridge later. Like all songs written by Moody, the
lyrics are based on a short story he wrote. As stated by Lee, "..."My
Immortal" was Ben [Moody]'s song!" Several versions of the song exist,
including one demo version the band made from 1997-1998 (Evanescence EP
outtakes), which includes some different lyrics (entirely written and
composed by Moody); one featured on the band's demo album, Origin (lead
singer Amy Lee recomposed the song and changed the lyrics); the one
featured on Fallen (similar to the one on Origin, except with added
strings); their Mystary EP version (similar to the band version, minus
the band); and a band version of "My Immortal", the radio version
mentioned above in which the final phrase of the music is filled with
heavy guitars and drums (where it contains strings in the album
version), which was the version used in the music video and was also
included as an additional track in newer editions of Fallen. In all
versions, the song is based on Amy's voice and piano riffs. Some time
after the release of Fallen, the band version of the song was made
available for download to owners of the original pressing. However,
only residents of a limited number of countries were eligible for this.
The video for "My Immortal", directed by David Mould, played in
black-and-white and was shot in the Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic),
Barcelona, in the square called Plaça de Sant Felip Neri. In an
interview with Rock Sound magazine, Lee commented on the video's
concept:
“You
know what? When you see the video it's really amazing. Obviously we
filmed it before this [Ben Moody's departure] happened and it's amazing
irony, how much it makes sense. We're all separated and wandering the
streets looking like it's the day after a funeral, with Ben in a suit
and bare feet, and I'm never touching the ground. I'm sitting on a
phone booth or lying on a car, to hint that I'm dead, that I'm singing
from the dead. It's all about separation. It's almost like the director
knew what was going to happen, but he can't have known. It's just one
of those fate things.” - Amy Lee, Rock Sound magazine
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