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General Information
Written by: A. Lee, B. Moody, and D. Hodges
Amy Lee wrote the song about a previous emotionally and physically damaging relationship. This was the last song written for Fallen and would have been the first single had Bring Me to Life not been put onto the Daredevil Soundtrack. It became the second single.
The video is a live-performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stolzl. The video was filmed in Berlin, Germany, but most of it was filmed in Los Angeles, California in May of 2003. It follows the band performing at what can be assumed is a concert in which they’re the headliners, Amy swimming and singing underwater, and Ben being questioned relentlessly by the media (the media’s constant questions about the band’s religious affiliation inspired that part in the video). Evil Dead, one of Ben’s favorite movies inspires the use of the zombies in the video. The underwater scene was Amy's idea. She also designed two of the costumes she's wearing in the video. The crimson corset cost her $2,500, the biggest amount of money she’d ever spent on a piece of clothing. The other outfit had been stitched by Amy herself. "It's white and has a lot of shreds. It reminds me of something someone who died would wear.” The idea of them came to her while she was nursing an illness in a hotel in Los Angeles.
Version
Studio versions:
Going Under [Fallen version]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Released
- Released on:
- Fallen (track #1) – the second single off the album
- All Going Under singles and numerous compilation CDs
Going Under [demo]
- Recording date: 2002
- Status: Unreleased
Live versions:
Going Under [live]
- Performing period: 2002-2004
- Status: Released
- Recording date: May 25, 2004
- Released on: Anywhere But Home (track #2)
Going Under [acoustic]
- Performing period: 2003
- Status: Released
- Recording date: April 14, 2003
- Released on: Going Under commercial single
Lyrics
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
50 thousand tears I've cried
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you
And you still won't hear me
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
So I don't know what's real and what's not
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
So go on and scream
Scream at me I'm so far away
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under
Video
The video was directed by Philip Stolzl and featured the band at a gig in a place full of zombies. Normal people attending the gig transform into said zombies throughout the course of the video (an homage to Ben Moody's love for zombie movies). Amy stated that the zombies symbolize the media trying to get a piece of them, the queries about their 'not a christian band' scandal and such. There are also segments featuring Lee singing in a pool of water, apparently (as the lyrics state) "drowning in you".
Going Under Video on Evanescence.com
Commercial Release
Commercial Release: September 9, 2003/September 15, 2003
UK CD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
- Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
- Enhanced features including a small photo gallery and A Quicktime version of the Music Video
- The disc itself has the circle 'e' logo on it which appears to be on a translucent sticker.
UK DVD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up / Sony/BMG
- (includes a fold out poster and expanded artwork in the insert)
- Going Under [Commercial Video]
- Going Under [Instrumental Version (the Commercial Video with lyric subtitles)]
- The Making of the Video [With some interview footage of Amy]
- Going Under [Album Version] (Audio Only)
- The tracklisting on the packaging does not state that the audio version is on the DVD.
- This DVD is in PAL format and is Region 2 (UK Only).
- The disc looks identical to the UK CD Single, however it has the DVD logo on it.
- This is (to date) the last DVD single to be released by the band.
US CD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up/Sony
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
- Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
- Enhanced MPEG version of the music video
- The CD itself is silkscreened with white text 'Going Under' on a black background with blue.
German 3" (Pock-It!®) CD Single
Status: Out of Print Label: Wind-Up/Colombia
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
- these CDs have the same printing on them as the US single.
European CD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up/Sony
This disc came with a sheet of temporary tattoos packaged inside the case
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
- Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
- Enhanced MPEG version of the music video
- The CD itself is silkscreened with white text 'Going Under' on a black background with blue.
Alternate European CD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up/Sony/MCM
Two track disc distributed by Sony/BMG in a Cardsleeve.
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
- Note the use of the Old Evanescence Logo on this release only.
Industry Promotional Releases
Advanced Promo CD Single
- Status: Out of Print
- Label: Wind-Up / Sony / BMG International
This disc is almost exactly the same as the US Consumer Release, however, it uses the Evanescence Font for the tracklisting rather than the standard evanescence garamond. Many of these were issued internationally to retailers and such for promotion.
- Going Under [Album Version]
- Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
- Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
- Enhanced MPEG (or Quicktime) version of the music video
Radio Promo
Various radio promo discs were produced and never meant for public sale. They all feature the same tracklisting:
1. Going Under [Album Version]
- Most have the elaborate commercial artwork in a cardsleeve, some are plain CDs in white cardsleeves with a sticker containing track information.
Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music
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