Bring Me to Life - Revision history

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	'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''
	*''Performing period:'' December 31, 2002; 2003		*''Performing period:'' December 31, 2002; 2003
	*''Example:'' NYE NiteLife Rocks (December 31, 2002); Rock am Ring festival in Nürburg, Germany (June 7, 2003)		*''Example:'' NYE NiteLife Rocks (December 31, 2002); [[Rock am Ring]] festival in Nürburg, Germany (June 7, 2003)

	'''Bring Me to Life [Orchestra intro]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Orchestra intro]'''
	*''Performing period:'' Fall 2003		*''Performing period:'' Fall 2003
	* ''Example:'' Cologne, Germany (October 17, 2003)		* ''Example:'' E-Werk, Cologne, Germany (October 17, 2003)

	'''Bring Me to Life [Acoustic with piano & cello]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Acoustic with piano & cello]'''
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	'''Bring Me to Life [feat. Paul McCoy]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [feat. Paul McCoy]'''
	*''Performing date:'' November 12, 2016; and a few times in 2003		*''Performing date:'' November 12, 2016; September 21, 2025; and a few times in 2003
	*''Performed at:'' Kink Music Festival, Orlando, FL		*''Performed at:'' The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (March 6, 2003); Kink Music Festival, Orlando, FL (November 12, 2016), [[Louder Than Life]] 2025, Louisville, KY, USA (September 21, 2025)

	'''Bring Me to Life [2017 Live]'''<ref name="2017live" group="note" />		'''Bring Me to Life [2017 Live]'''<ref name="2017live" group="note" />

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	Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />		Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />

			{{quote\|How much cooler would it have been, to me, if our first single didn't need a male voice to make it successful? That was the way it was presented to me, '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'. That really hurts me and it makes me very frustrated as a woman and I will always regret the whole thing. But I have to be grateful to it, because I love 'Bring Me To Life', so it's worth it.<ref name="rs06" />}}

	Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" /> A very early demo is known to exist, comprised of only the verses and the chorus which didn't contain "Wake me up inside", but Amy stated she doesn't "even know where that is."<ref name=FallenStory /> Most of the song was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, prior to full album production.<ref name="mixmag" />		Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" /> A very early demo is known to exist, comprised of only the verses and the chorus which didn't contain "Wake me up inside", but Amy stated she doesn't "even know where that is."<ref name=FallenStory /> Most of the song was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, prior to full album production.<ref name="mixmag" />
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	<ref name=FallenStory>{{cite news\|last=Wilson-Taylor\|first=James\|date=December 8, 2023\|url=https://rocksound.tv/features/evanescence-fallen-the-album-story\|title=Evanescence, ‘Fallen’ <nowiki>\|</nowiki> The Album Story\|newspaper=Rock Sound}}</ref>		<ref name=FallenStory>{{cite news\|last=Wilson-Taylor\|first=James\|date=December 8, 2023\|url=https://rocksound.tv/features/evanescence-fallen-the-album-story\|title=Evanescence, ‘Fallen’ <nowiki>\|</nowiki> The Album Story\|newspaper=Rock Sound}}</ref>

			<ref name="rs06">{{cite journal\|last=Baker\|first=Trevor\|title=Evanescence: A Foot in The Door\|journal=Rock Sound\|year=2006\|volume=\|issue=\|pages=43\|url=https://evthreads.proboards.com/thread/3261/rock-sound-2006-evanescence-foot}}</ref>

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	Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />		Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />

	Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" /> Most of the song was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, prior to full album production.<ref name="mixmag" />		Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" /> A very early demo is known to exist, comprised of only the verses and the chorus which didn't contain "Wake me up inside", but Amy stated she doesn't "even know where that is."<ref name=FallenStory /> Most of the song was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, prior to full album production.<ref name="mixmag" />

	The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.		The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.
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	*''Length:'' 3:52		*''Length:'' 3:52

	'''Bring Me to Life [Demo 3.18.02]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Demo 3.18.02]'''<ref name="demo032002" group=note />
	*''Recording date:'' March 18, 2002		*''Recording date:'' March 18, 2002
	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
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	*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status\|Released, Available]]		*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status\|Released, Available]]
	* ''Released on:'' August 18, 2017 <small>as a Promo single</small>		* ''Released on:'' August 18, 2017 <small>as a Promo single</small>
	:[[Synthesis]]		:''[[Synthesis]]'' (track #7)
	*''Length:'' 4:18		*''Length:'' 4:18

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	*''Length:'' 3:42		*''Length:'' 3:42

	'''Bring Me to Life [AOL Session / 2003 / Remastered]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [AOL Session / April 15, 2003 / Remastered]'''
	*''Performing period:'' April 15, 2003		*''Performing period:'' April 15, 2003
	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
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	*''Length:'' 4:23		*''Length:'' 4:23

	'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[Wagakki Band]]]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[Wagakki Band]]]'''<ref name="Japan" group=note />
	*''Performing date:'' February 16, 2020		*''Performing date:'' February 16, 2020
	*''Performed at:'' Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan		*''Performed at:'' Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Released On:'' ''TOKYO ~~RISING~~'' (Deluxe Edition)		*''Released On:'' ''TOKYO SINGING'' (Deluxe Edition)
	*''Length'' 4:16		*''Length'' 4:16

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	*''Length:'' 3:30		*''Length:'' 3:30

	'''Bring Me to Life [Live on Triple M's Garage Session / 2020 / Remastered]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Live on Triple M's Garage Session / June 2020 / Remastered]'''
	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Recording date:'' June 2020		*''Recording date:'' June 2020
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	<ref name="2017live" group=note>This version has a larger bridge.</ref>		<ref name="2017live" group=note>This version has a larger bridge.</ref>

			<ref name="demo032002" group=note>This is demo #1.</ref>

			<ref name="Japan" group=note>This version is performed with traditional Japanese instruments.</ref>

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	<ref name=mixmag>{{cite news\|last=Reeseman\|first=Bryan\|title=In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen\|url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|newspaper=Mix\|date=August 1, 2003\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709040742/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|archivedate=July 9, 2008}}</ref>		<ref name=mixmag>{{cite news\|last=Reeseman\|first=Bryan\|title=In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen\|url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|newspaper=Mix\|date=August 1, 2003\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709040742/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|archivedate=July 9, 2008}}</ref>

			<ref name=FallenStory>{{cite news\|last=Wilson-Taylor\|first=James\|date=December 8, 2023\|url=https://rocksound.tv/features/evanescence-fallen-the-album-story\|title=Evanescence, ‘Fallen’ <nowiki>\|</nowiki> The Album Story\|newspaper=Rock Sound}}</ref>


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	In November 2023, Amy discussed the song in a ''Kerrang!'' cover story about the 20th anniversary of ''Fallen'':		In November 2023, Amy discussed the song in a ''Kerrang!'' cover story about the 20th anniversary of ''Fallen'':
	{{quote\|“Do I still like the song? I truly do. It’s beautiful. The progression in the beginning, the way the chord goes back and forth with just the middle note moving, that is so me. I always find myself coming back to that vibe. So, yes, I still love that song, the lyrics, all of it. The energy that the post-bridge rap brings is really special. I don’t so much love the ''‘Wake me up!’'' part on the chorus, but it doesn’t bug me anymore. I guess it did once because it was like, ‘That’s not who we are!’ but I don’t feel, 20 years later, that I have to say that anymore. If there had actually been eight rap songs on ''Fallen'', I don’t think I would have survived. I would have had to run away and rebrand!”<ref name=kerrang2023 />}}		{{quote\|“Do I still like the song? I truly do. It’s beautiful. The progression in the beginning, the way the chord goes back and forth with just the middle note moving, that is so me. I always find myself coming back to that vibe. So, yes, I still love that song, the lyrics, all of it. The energy that the post-bridge rap brings is really special. I don’t so much love the ''‘Wake me up!’'' part on the chorus, but it doesn’t bug me anymore. I guess it did once because it was like, ‘That’s not who we are!’ but I don’t feel, 20 years later, that I have to say that anymore. If there had actually been eight rap songs on ''Fallen'', I don’t think I would have survived. I would have had to run away and rebrand!”<ref name=kerrang2023 />}}

			The [[Fallen Voice Notes\|voice notes]] included on ''Fallen'''s 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set contain audio of Amy Lee working on the vocal melody of the song over an instrumental demo.

	==Versions ==		==Versions ==
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	'''Bring Me to Life [Demo 3.18.02]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Demo 3.18.02]'''
	*''Recording date:'' March 18, 2002		*''Recording date:'' March 18, 2002
	*''Status:'' ~~To be released in February 2024~~		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition'' cassette (track #B4)		*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set'' cassette tape (track #B4)
	*''Length:'' ~~TBT~~		*''Length:'' 3:54

	'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''
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	[[Image:Bmtlvideo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|180px\|Video Directed by Philip Stölzl]]		[[Image:Bmtlvideo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|180px\|Video Directed by Philip Stölzl]]

	The video is a live performance/action video and was directed by [[Philip Stolzl\|Philip Stölzl]]. The video was filmed in Romania in January 2003.<ref name="romania" /> It features Amy in a ~~night gown~~ and barefoot, in her room, inside a tall building in the city at night. The rest of the band, and Paul McCoy, are playing on a higher floor of the building. She climbs out of the window of her room and begins to climb the building, passing many windows while venturing to the window that featured the room with the band and McCoy. Right before the bridge of the song featuring a duet with both McCoy and Lee, Lee ends up falling off the building but managing to hang on to the ledge that she was standing on. McCoy pulls open the window and tries to save her, but can't, and Amy falls off the building. At the very end of the video, we see Lee back in bed again: it was all a nightmare. This is symbolic because it features someone trying to find someone that will 'wake her and save her'.[[Image:Bring Me to Life.jpg\|thumb\|left\|180px\|Amy Lee and Paul McCoy]]		The video is a live performance/action video and was directed by [[Philip Stolzl\|Philip Stölzl]]. The video was filmed in Romania in January 2003.<ref name="romania" /> It features Amy in a nightgown and barefoot, in her room, inside a tall building in the city at night. The rest of the band, and Paul McCoy, are playing on a higher floor of the building. She climbs out of the window of her room and begins to climb the building, passing many windows while venturing to the window that featured the room with the band and McCoy. Right before the bridge of the song featuring a duet with both McCoy and Lee, Lee ends up falling off the building but managing to hang on to the ledge that she was standing on. McCoy pulls open the window and tries to save her, but can't, and Amy falls off the building. At the very end of the video, we see Lee back in bed again: it was all a nightmare. This is symbolic because it features someone trying to find someone that will 'wake her and save her'.[[Image:Bring Me to Life.jpg\|thumb\|left\|180px\|Amy Lee and Paul McCoy]]

	The video gained huge popularity in 2003 and clips of it were featured everywhere, including MTV's '''Big Urban Myth Show''' where clips of Amy waking up and walking around outside on the ledge were prominently featured on any and all sleep related myths.		The video gained huge popularity in 2003 and clips of it were featured everywhere, including MTV's '''Big Urban Myth Show''' where clips of Amy waking up and walking around outside on the ledge were prominently featured on any and all sleep-related myths.

	*Watch the video on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM YouTube.com]		*Watch the video on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM YouTube.com]

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	Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />		Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />

	Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band to record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" />		Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" /> Most of the song was recorded at Ocean Studios in Burbank, prior to full album production.<ref name="mixmag" />

	The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.		The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.
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	On September 28, 2023, the band released the remastered 2002 demo of the song in the light of ''Fallen'''s 20th anniversary edition.<ref name="fallen20" />		On September 28, 2023, the band released the remastered 2002 demo of the song in the light of ''Fallen'''s 20th anniversary edition.<ref name="fallen20" />

			In November 2023, Amy discussed the song in a ''Kerrang!'' cover story about the 20th anniversary of ''Fallen'':
			{{quote\|“Do I still like the song? I truly do. It’s beautiful. The progression in the beginning, the way the chord goes back and forth with just the middle note moving, that is so me. I always find myself coming back to that vibe. So, yes, I still love that song, the lyrics, all of it. The energy that the post-bridge rap brings is really special. I don’t so much love the ''‘Wake me up!’'' part on the chorus, but it doesn’t bug me anymore. I guess it did once because it was like, ‘That’s not who we are!’ but I don’t feel, 20 years later, that I have to say that anymore. If there had actually been eight rap songs on ''Fallen'', I don’t think I would have survived. I would have had to run away and rebrand!”<ref name=kerrang2023 />}}

	==Versions ==		==Versions ==
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	'''Bring Me to Life [AOL Session / 2003 / Remastered]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [AOL Session / 2003 / Remastered]'''
	*''Performing period:'' 2003		*''Performing period:'' April 15, 2003
	*''Status:'' ~~To be released~~		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Released on:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #18)		*''Released on:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #18)
			*''Length:'' 3:37

	'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''
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	'''Bring Me to Life [feat. Paul McCoy]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [feat. Paul McCoy]'''
	*''Performing date:'' November 12, 2016; and a few times in 2003		*''Performing date:'' November 12, 2016; and a few times in 2003
	*''Performed at:'' Kink Music Festival, Orlando FL		*''Performed at:'' Kink Music Festival, Orlando, FL

	'''Bring Me to Life [2017 Live]'''<ref name="2017live" group="note" />		'''Bring Me to Life [2017 Live]'''<ref name="2017live" group="note" />
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	'''Bring Me to Life [Live on Triple M's Garage Session / 2020 / Remastered]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Live on Triple M's Garage Session / 2020 / Remastered]'''
	*''Status:'' ~~To be released~~		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Recording date:'' 2020		*''Recording date:'' June 2020
	*''Released On:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #20)		*''Released On:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #20)
	*''Length:'' ~~TBT~~		*''Length:'' 3:41

	'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[P.O.D.\|Sonny Sandoval]]]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[P.O.D.\|Sonny Sandoval]]]'''
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	I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems<br>		I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems<br>
	Got to open my eyes to everything<br>		Got to open my eyes to everything<br>
	''Without a thought without a voice without a soul''<br>		''Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul''<br>
	Don't let me die here<br>		Don't let me die here<br>
	''There must be something more''<br>		''There must be something more''<br>
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	<ref name="2002demo">This is demo #2.</ref>		<ref name="2002demo">This is demo #2.</ref>

			<ref name=kerrang2023>{{cite news\|last=Garner\|first=George\|date=November 15, 2023\|url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story\|title=Evanescence: “I’m so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me”\|newspaper=Kerrang!}}</ref>

			<ref name=mixmag>{{cite news\|last=Reeseman\|first=Bryan\|title=In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen\|url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|newspaper=Mix\|date=August 1, 2003\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709040742/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/\|archivedate=July 9, 2008}}</ref>

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	*''Released on:'' ''[[Fallen\|Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)]]'' (track #17)		*''Released on:'' ''[[Fallen\|Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)]]'' (track #17)
	*''Length:'' 3:52		*''Length:'' 3:52

			'''Bring Me to Life [Demo 3.18.02]'''
			*''Recording date:'' March 18, 2002
			*''Status:'' To be released in February 2024
			*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition'' cassette (track #B4)
			*''Length:'' TBT

	'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''

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	{{quote\|We’ve been playing this song for the past 15 years, and it’s grown past the original recording. When we first recorded it, I was 20 and still getting used to the words, the style and the notes. Everything about it was new. There’s something wonderful about doing a song for the first time, when it’s fresh. After playing it so often, I know what it means… It was our introduction to the public, but with all that history and experience, things just change. The way that I’m able to sing it has changed. I never did love the rap [by 12 Stones’ Paul McCoy]. That’s just not the way I heard the song. It’s still jarring to me. We fought the label on it. I felt it was a dramatic contrast to what we really were as a band. We’ve played that song for years now without that male vocal. To not have it there isn’t weird to me at all, but I realize it will be unusual for a lot of people. This is just a great opportunity to do the song in a more classic, Evanescence way. To hear it the way the song was born. It’s about hope, being in a place that’s too hard and not wanting to be alone. I’m calling out for something more, for change. I’m stuck in the dark and I need to see the light. But it’s also a love song. I’m writing about my now-husband when I was in a bad relationship with somebody else and wanting to reach out to him. And what’s cool about it is, now we’re married. It was something worth fighting for. And now, 10 years later, it’s come full circle.}}		{{quote\|We’ve been playing this song for the past 15 years, and it’s grown past the original recording. When we first recorded it, I was 20 and still getting used to the words, the style and the notes. Everything about it was new. There’s something wonderful about doing a song for the first time, when it’s fresh. After playing it so often, I know what it means… It was our introduction to the public, but with all that history and experience, things just change. The way that I’m able to sing it has changed. I never did love the rap [by 12 Stones’ Paul McCoy]. That’s just not the way I heard the song. It’s still jarring to me. We fought the label on it. I felt it was a dramatic contrast to what we really were as a band. We’ve played that song for years now without that male vocal. To not have it there isn’t weird to me at all, but I realize it will be unusual for a lot of people. This is just a great opportunity to do the song in a more classic, Evanescence way. To hear it the way the song was born. It’s about hope, being in a place that’s too hard and not wanting to be alone. I’m calling out for something more, for change. I’m stuck in the dark and I need to see the light. But it’s also a love song. I’m writing about my now-husband when I was in a bad relationship with somebody else and wanting to reach out to him. And what’s cool about it is, now we’re married. It was something worth fighting for. And now, 10 years later, it’s come full circle.}}

			On September 28, 2023, the band released the remastered 2002 demo of the song in the light of ''Fallen'''s 20th anniversary edition.<ref name="fallen20" />

	==Versions ==		==Versions ==
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	*''Status:'' Unreleased, Available		*''Status:'' Unreleased, Available
	*''Length:'' 4:06		*''Length:'' 4:06

			'''Bring Me to Life [2002 Demo / Remastered]'''<ref name="2002demo" />
			*''Recording date:'' 2002
			*''Status:'' Released, Available
			*''Released on:'' ''[[Fallen\|Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)]]'' (track #17)
			*''Length:'' 3:52

	'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [''Synthesis'' version]'''
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	*''Released on:'' "Bring Me to Life" DVD single		*''Released on:'' "Bring Me to Life" DVD single
	*''Length:'' 3:42		*''Length:'' 3:42

			'''Bring Me to Life [AOL Session / 2003 / Remastered]'''
			*''Performing period:'' 2003
			*''Status:'' To be released
			*''Released on:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #18)

	'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Guitar intro]'''
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	*''Released On:'' ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' CD2: [[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]] (Track #7)		*''Released On:'' ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' CD2: [[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]] (Track #7)
	*''Length:'' 3:30		*''Length:'' 3:30

			'''Bring Me to Life [Live on Triple M's Garage Session / 2020 / Remastered]'''
			*''Status:'' To be released
			*''Recording date:'' 2020
			*''Released On:'' ''Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)'' (track #20)
			*''Length:'' TBT

	'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[P.O.D.\|Sonny Sandoval]]]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [feat. [[P.O.D.\|Sonny Sandoval]]]'''
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	<ref name="theage">{{cite web\|title=Evanescence looks to future\|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html\|work=The Age\|date=July 30, 2004}}</ref>		<ref name="theage">{{cite web\|title=Evanescence looks to future\|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html\|work=The Age\|date=July 30, 2004}}</ref>

			<ref name="fallen20">{{cite web\|title=Time to start throwing it WAY back. Check out the previously unreleased demo of Bring Me To Life now up on our YouTube page!\|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1707244059029618801\|work=Twitter\|date=September 28, 2023}}</ref>

			<ref name="2002demo">This is demo #2.</ref>

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Octopia: Added more background story about how the label forced the male vocals because female-fronted bands weren't around in the 2000s

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Added more background story about how the label forced the male vocals because female-fronted bands weren't around in the 2000s

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	It was the second single off of the [[Daredevil Soundtrack\|''Daredevil'' soundtrack]] (Fuel's "Won't Back Down" was first) and the first single off of ''Fallen''. "Bring Me to Life" became the #1 pop song in the country the week of June 13, 2003, only to be replaced a week later by Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent". The song features [[Paul McCoy]], the lead singer of [[12 Stones]].		It was the second single off of the [[Daredevil Soundtrack\|''Daredevil'' soundtrack]] (Fuel's "Won't Back Down" was first) and the first single off of ''Fallen''. "Bring Me to Life" became the #1 pop song in the country the week of June 13, 2003, only to be replaced a week later by Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent". The song features [[Paul McCoy]], the lead singer of [[12 Stones]].

	The song was originally intended to be without the male vocals when [[Wind-up Records\|Wind-up]] felt that it was best to put a male vocalist into the song for the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="guardian2007" /> Amy had to write additional lyrics especially for the rap part.<ref name="raplyrics" /><ref name="dazed22" /> The record label refused to release ''Fallen'' unless the band agreed to add the rap on the song.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="raplyrics" /> Amy told in a 2006 interview:<ref name="metaledge" />		The song was originally intended to be without the male vocals when [[Wind-up Records\|Wind-up]] felt that it was best to put a male vocalist into the song for the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack and to make it marketable.<ref name=vh12003 /><ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="guardian2007" /> Amy had to write additional lyrics especially for the rap part.<ref name="raplyrics" /><ref name="dazed22" /> The record label refused to release ''Fallen'' unless the band agreed to add the rap on the song.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="raplyrics" /> Amy told in a 2006 interview:<ref name="metaledge" />

	{{Quote\|It wasn't our choice. I didn't want to do it. It was the only thing on the last record where I felt I sacrificed something, and it wasn't my original vision. I hated myself for it for a while, but then I said, 'Whatever, we're doing really good, so okay.' I'll never do it again. We had to do [only] one thing that we didn't want to do to get ''Fallen'' out.}}		{{Quote\|It wasn't our choice. I didn't want to do it. It was the only thing on the last record where I felt I sacrificed something, and it wasn't my original vision. I hated myself for it for a while, but then I said, 'Whatever, we're doing really good, so okay.' I'll never do it again. We had to do [only] one thing that we didn't want to do to get ''Fallen'' out.}}

			Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />

			Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band to record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" />

	The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.		The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.
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	<ref name=vh12003>{{cite news\|last=Kaufman\|first=Gil\|title=Evanescence: Fallen To the Top\|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=VH1\|date=May 29, 2003\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071001030537/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|archivedate=October 1, 2007}}</ref>		<ref name=vh12003>{{cite news\|last=Kaufman\|first=Gil\|title=Evanescence: Fallen To the Top\|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=VH1\|date=May 29, 2003\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071001030537/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|archivedate=October 1, 2007}}</ref>

	<ref name=mtv2003>{{cite news\|last=D'Angelo\|first=Joe\|title=Evanescence's Frontwoman Leads Rock Into Fem-Friendly New Frontier\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=MTV News\|date=April 9, 2003}}</ref>		<ref name=mtv2003>{{cite news\|last=D'Angelo\|first=Joe\|title=Evanescence's Frontwoman Leads Rock Into Fem-Friendly New Frontier\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=MTV News\|date=April 9, 2003\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113002044/https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|archivedate=November 13, 2012}}</ref>

	<ref name=netmusicount>{{cite web\|title=Evanescence\|url=http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|work=Net Music Countdown\|accessdate=May 17, 2013\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014213909/http://netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|archivedate=October 14, 2007}}</ref>		<ref name=netmusicount>{{cite web\|title=Evanescence\|url=http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|work=Net Music Countdown\|accessdate=May 17, 2013\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014213909/http://netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|archivedate=October 14, 2007}}</ref>
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	<ref name=metaledge>{{cite journal\|last=Reesman\|first=Bryan\|date=November 2006\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206144629/http://lnx.evanescencewebsite.com/PressArchive/news.php?id=130\|title=The Essence of Evanescence\|journal=Metal Edge\|pages=6–8\|issn=1068-2872}}</ref>		<ref name=metaledge>{{cite journal\|last=Reesman\|first=Bryan\|date=November 2006\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206144629/http://lnx.evanescencewebsite.com/PressArchive/news.php?id=130\|title=The Essence of Evanescence\|journal=Metal Edge\|pages=6–8\|issn=1068-2872}}</ref>

			<ref name=fallenclassic>{{cite web\|last=Titus\|first=Christa\|title=Evanescence, ‘Fallen’: Classic Track-By-Track\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101134203/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/\|date=March 4, 2013\|work=Billboard}}</ref>

			<ref name="metaledge2003">{{cite journal\|last=Gargano\|first=Paul\|title=Evanescence: Brought to Life\|journal=Metal Edge\|year=2003\|month=\|volume=\|issue=\|pages=17–18\|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10155259823590739&set=a.10155259759920739}}</ref>

			<ref name="wp">{{cite web\|last=Harrington\|first=Richard\|title=Evanescence: Rock's New Dynamic Duo\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/\|work=The Washington Post\|date=September 12, 2003}}</ref>

			<ref name="theage">{{cite web\|title=Evanescence looks to future\|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html\|work=The Age\|date=July 30, 2004}}</ref>


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Octopia at 17:21, 17 September 2023

2023-09-17T17:21:47Z

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EternalRemorse: /* Versions */

2023-06-06T07:47:45Z

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	== Versions ==		== Versions ==
	'''Studio versions:'''		==='''Studio versions:'''===

	'''Bring Me to Life [''Fallen'' version]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [''Fallen'' version]'''
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	'''Live versions:'''		==='''Live versions:'''===

	'''Bring Me to Life [Extended piano intro]'''		'''Bring Me to Life [Extended piano intro]'''

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	It was the second single off of the [[Daredevil Soundtrack\|''Daredevil'' soundtrack]] (Fuel's "Won't Back Down" was first) and the first single off of ''Fallen''. "Bring Me to Life" became the #1 pop song in the country the week of June 13, 2003, only to be replaced a week later by Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent". The song features [[Paul McCoy]], the lead singer of [[12 Stones]].		It was the second single off of the [[Daredevil Soundtrack\|''Daredevil'' soundtrack]] (Fuel's "Won't Back Down" was first) and the first single off of ''Fallen''. "Bring Me to Life" became the #1 pop song in the country the week of June 13, 2003, only to be replaced a week later by Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent". The song features [[Paul McCoy]], the lead singer of [[12 Stones]].

	The song was originally intended to be without the male vocals when [[Wind-up Records\|Wind-up]] felt that it was best to put a male vocalist into the song for the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="guardian2007" /> Amy had to write additional lyrics especially for the rap part.<ref name="raplyrics" /><ref name="dazed22" /> The record label refused to release ''Fallen'' unless the band agreed to add the rap on the song.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="raplyrics" /> Amy told in a 2006 interview:<ref name="metaledge" />		The song was originally intended to be without the male vocals when [[Wind-up Records\|Wind-up]] felt that it was best to put a male vocalist into the song for the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack and to make it marketable.<ref name=vh12003 /><ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="guardian2007" /> Amy had to write additional lyrics especially for the rap part.<ref name="raplyrics" /><ref name="dazed22" /> The record label refused to release ''Fallen'' unless the band agreed to add the rap on the song.<ref name="metaledge" /><ref name="raplyrics" /> Amy told in a 2006 interview:<ref name="metaledge" />

	{{Quote\|It wasn't our choice. I didn't want to do it. It was the only thing on the last record where I felt I sacrificed something, and it wasn't my original vision. I hated myself for it for a while, but then I said, 'Whatever, we're doing really good, so okay.' I'll never do it again. We had to do [only] one thing that we didn't want to do to get ''Fallen'' out.}}		{{Quote\|It wasn't our choice. I didn't want to do it. It was the only thing on the last record where I felt I sacrificed something, and it wasn't my original vision. I hated myself for it for a while, but then I said, 'Whatever, we're doing really good, so okay.' I'll never do it again. We had to do [only] one thing that we didn't want to do to get ''Fallen'' out.}}

			Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref name=fallenclassic /> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="metaledge2003" /><ref name="theage" /> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="wp" /> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider the band.<ref name="theage" />

			Amy said there was pressure from the label to refine the song's production, which made the band to record around 10 demos, replacing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell]], an "expense" she "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed22" />

	The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.		The beginning of the orchestra intro for the song (Live In Cologne) is the part where Paul starts singing: "All of this time I can't believe..." and Amy sings: "I've been sleeping..." in an instrumental version. After this part follows by Amy singing: "Bring Me to Life". This intro can also be heard in the background of the ''Fallen'' version of the song.
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	<ref name=vh12003>{{cite news\|last=Kaufman\|first=Gil\|title=Evanescence: Fallen To the Top\|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=VH1\|date=May 29, 2003\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071001030537/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|archivedate=October 1, 2007}}</ref>		<ref name=vh12003>{{cite news\|last=Kaufman\|first=Gil\|title=Evanescence: Fallen To the Top\|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=VH1\|date=May 29, 2003\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071001030537/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml\|archivedate=October 1, 2007}}</ref>

	<ref name=mtv2003>{{cite news\|last=D'Angelo\|first=Joe\|title=Evanescence's Frontwoman Leads Rock Into Fem-Friendly New Frontier\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=MTV News\|date=April 9, 2003}}</ref>		<ref name=mtv2003>{{cite news\|last=D'Angelo\|first=Joe\|title=Evanescence's Frontwoman Leads Rock Into Fem-Friendly New Frontier\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|accessdate=June 5, 2013\|work=MTV News\|date=April 9, 2003\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113002044/https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471139/evanescence-headline-tour.jhtml\|archivedate=November 13, 2012}}</ref>

	<ref name=netmusicount>{{cite web\|title=Evanescence\|url=http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|work=Net Music Countdown\|accessdate=May 17, 2013\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014213909/http://netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|archivedate=October 14, 2007}}</ref>		<ref name=netmusicount>{{cite web\|title=Evanescence\|url=http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|work=Net Music Countdown\|accessdate=May 17, 2013\|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071014213909/http://netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Evanescence\|archivedate=October 14, 2007}}</ref>
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	<ref name=metaledge>{{cite journal\|last=Reesman\|first=Bryan\|date=November 2006\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206144629/http://lnx.evanescencewebsite.com/PressArchive/news.php?id=130\|title=The Essence of Evanescence\|journal=Metal Edge\|pages=6–8\|issn=1068-2872}}</ref>		<ref name=metaledge>{{cite journal\|last=Reesman\|first=Bryan\|date=November 2006\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206144629/http://lnx.evanescencewebsite.com/PressArchive/news.php?id=130\|title=The Essence of Evanescence\|journal=Metal Edge\|pages=6–8\|issn=1068-2872}}</ref>

			<ref name=fallenclassic>{{cite web\|last=Titus\|first=Christa\|title=Evanescence, ‘Fallen’: Classic Track-By-Track\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101134203/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/\|date=March 4, 2013\|work=Billboard}}</ref>

			<ref name="metaledge2003">{{cite journal\|last=Gargano\|first=Paul\|title=Evanescence: Brought to Life\|journal=Metal Edge\|year=2003\|month=\|volume=\|issue=\|pages=17–18\|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10155259823590739&set=a.10155259759920739}}</ref>

			<ref name="wp">{{cite web\|last=Harrington\|first=Richard\|title=Evanescence: Rock's New Dynamic Duo\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/\|work=The Washington Post\|date=September 12, 2003}}</ref>

			<ref name="theage">{{cite web\|title=Evanescence looks to future\|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html\|work=The Age\|date=July 30, 2004}}</ref>


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