Lithium is a song by American rock band Evanescence recorded for their second studio album The Open Door. It was released on January 1, 2007 as the albums second. The Beatles songs. Hold Me Tight, Blackbird, Here Comes The Sun, I Am The Walrus, While My Guitar. My Immortal by Evanescence song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. Evanescence Sheet Music' title='Evanescence Sheet Music' />The Beatles guitar tabs, chords, bass tablatures. Bring Me to Life WikipediaBring Me to Life is a song by American rock band Evanescence recorded for their debut studio album Fallen 2. Wind up released it as the lead single from the album on April 2. The track was written by group members Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman. It also features uncredited guest vocals from Paul Mc. Coy of the band 1. Stones. Bring Me to Life is a nu metal, gothic metal and rap rock song. 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 protagonists 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, with critics praising the melody of the song, Lees vocals and their accompaniment by Mc. Coy. Following the inclusion of Bring Me to Life on the Daredevil soundtrack the song became a commercial and critical success, topping the charts in Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy. Evanescence Sheet Music' title='Evanescence Sheet Music' />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 the Recording 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 rock charts. The band won in the category for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 4. Grammy Awards where the song was also nominated for Best Rock Song. Best Language Program To Learn Russian. The accompanying music video was directed by Philipp Stlzl 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. Background and releaseeditSince we released the song on Daredevil it went all over the world, whether they wanted it to or not, so we had fans in countries we had never been to because they had the soundtrack and they heard it on the radio. So, it started blowing up all over the world and then we had a reason to tour all over the world. Mitsubishi Ecodan Installers there. And thats how the whole international thing happened this early. Which is awesome. Amy Lee talking about the release and the worldwide success of the song. According to Amy Lee, the song has several meanings, the first being an incident at a restaurant. During an interview from a tour stop in Tulsa she told The Boston Phoenix I was inspired to write it when someone said something to me  I didnt know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant. 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 wouldnt even admit it to myself. So then I had spoken maybe 1. 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 Im thinking. And I lied, I said I was fine. Anyway, hes not really clairvoyant. But he is a sociology major. Lee said in a VH1 interview Open mindedness. Its about waking up to all the things youve been missing for so long. One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months Id been numb, just going through the motions of life. During an interview with Blender, Lee claimed that she wrote Bring Me to Life about her longtime friend, Josh Hartzler, whom she married in 2. Bring Me to Life was released on April 2. Fallen. Wind up Entertainment presidentCEO Ed Vetri, revealed that when the label was pushing the song to the radio, owners stated We dont play pianos and chicks on rock radio. However, when Bring Me to Life was released on the Daredevil soundtrack, listeners demanded air play for the song. The single includes Farther Away as a B side. The first pressing of the Australian single contained the track Missing as a B side, but this was omitted from later pressings and later released as a bonus track on the bands first live album, Anywhere but Home. 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. Recording and compositionedit. Critics noted that Bring Me to Life had a sound similar to 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. 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. The song was mixed by Jay Baumgardner in his studio, NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, on an SSL 9. J. 9 A 2. 2 piece string section was recorded in Seattle by Mark Curry. Bring Me to Life was mixed at the Newman Scoring Stage and Bolero Studios, both in Los Angeles. The orchestra parts were arranged by David Hodges and David Campbell. During an interview, Lee recalled that during the recording process of the song it was said to her that the song must feature male vocals It was presented to me as, Youre a girl singing in a rock band, theres nothing else like that out there, nobodys going to listen to you. You need a guy to come in and sing back up for it to be successful. According to the sheet music published by Alfred Music Publishing on the website Musicnotes. Bring Me to Life is set in common time and performed in a moderate tempo of 9. It is written in the key of E minor and Lees vocal range for the song runs from the low note of A3 to the high note of D5. In the song, 1. 2 Stones vocalist Paul Mc. Coy sings the lines Wake me up I cant wake up Save me in a rap style. The 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. Ann Powers from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote Bring Me to Life, with its lyrical drama and crunchy guitars, branded the band as overdone nu metal. Blender writer Nick Catucci called the song a crossover goth metal smash. Kristi Turnquist of The Oregonian called the song a power ballad. Rolling Stones Kirk Miller wrote that. Linkin Parks material. Nick Catucci of The Village Voice found. Lees breathless keen, dramatic pauses, guitars like clouds of locusts, and 1. Stones singer Paul Mc. Coys passing 1. Vik Bansal of music. OMH compared Evanescences own song Going Under with Bring Me to Life, noting their similarity to Linkin Parks material. 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 fazes us for the most part. Then one day something happens that wakes you up and makes you realize that theres more to life than just feeling nothing, feeling numb. Its as if youve never felt before and just realized theres this whole world of emotion or meaning that youve never seen before.