Call Me When You're Sober

General Information

Call Me When You're Sober UK 7" Promo Single

Written by: A. Lee and T.Balsamo

The official first single off of The Open Door by Evanescence. Amy's sisters, Carrie and Lori, performed background vocals for the song. Call Me When You're Sober officially went for radio adds on August 7th, 2006, but the song had been leaked on July 30th, 2006 forcing radio stations to play the song early.

The song has been described as a "a bluesy arrangement of strings and organ" that "sounds more Fiona Apple than new metal". Source

The video for Call Me When You're Sober, produced by Marc Webb, was officially released on August 7th, 2006 on MTV, MTV2, VH1, and Fuse. It features a theme that is loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood.

The Big Bad Wolf in the video, Oliver Goodwill, is from the UK. He has been playing drums for 17 years. He posts on EvBoard.com under nickname realwolf, though EvBoarders call him 'Wolfie'. More information about him can be found on his MySpace

The song is about the relationship of Amy Lee and Shaun Morgan had. Around when the single was out on the radio, Shaun Morgan announced that he is going into rehab. The songs talks about Shaun preferring his addiction object over Amy and her deciding to get out of the relationship when realizing it.

Amy's description of the song (off a VH1 interview) - "Lee plays the woman scorned. Key lyric: 'Must be exhausting to lose your own game.' It's very obvious who it's about. I know that people would read between the lines and think it's about my ex-boyfriend Shaun Morgan [of Seether], but I wanted to be completely clear. I needed so bad to say exactly what I was feeling for so long. Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful."

Media

• Listen to the radio teaser mms://media.mad.gr/stream/evanescence/teaser.wma
• Listen on-line via AOL Music
• Listen on-line via MySpace.com
• Watch The Making of the Video on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Lyrics

Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind

Should I let you fall
Lose it all
So maybe you can remember yourself
Can't keep believing
We're only deceiving ourselves
And I'm sick of the lie
And you're too late

Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind

Couldn't take the blame
Sick with shame
Must be exhausting to lose your own game
Selfishly hated
No wonder you're jaded
You can't play the victim this time
And you're too late

Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind

You never call me when you're sober
You only want it cause it's over
It's over

How could I have burned paradise
How could I - you were never mine!

So don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
Don't lie to me
Just get your things
I've made up your mind

Commercial Release: September 18/September 25, 2006

Released 9/18/06 in Australia, released 9/25/06 in UK

Commercial Single Releases (public):
UK CD 1/UK 7" Vinyl

1. Call Me When You're Sober
2. Call Me When You're Sober [Acoustic Version]

• UK CD 1 features the exact same artwork as CD 2.
• This marks the first time that Evanescence has been featured on Vinyl.
• The disc itself features the thinner circular 'e' logo with branches and thorns. The disc comes in a heavy gauge paper sleeve with a photo of the band framed by gold details and a destressed paper border.
• The release was pressed on normal gauge black vinyl.

Australia CD Single/UK CD 2

1. Call Me When You're Sober [Album Version]
2. Call Me When You're Sober [Acoustic Version]
3. Making Of Call Me When You're Sober [Enhanced CD Feature] (05:23)
4. Call Me When You're Sober Video [Enhanced CD Feature]

• The CD itself features a white background with black 'e' logo with branches and thorns. The case features a photo of the band framed by gold details and a destressed paper border.
• The 'Making Of' clip is a shortened version of the program broadcast by MTV (View the full program on YouTube Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

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Radio Promo Single

International Radio Promo Singles:
Various radio promo discs were produced and never meant for public sale. They all feature the same tracklisting:

1. Call Me When You're Sober (3:34)

• Most have the elaborate commercial artwork, some are plain CDs in white cardsleeves. The single was also released to radio stations electronically.

Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music

Piano cords for this song can be found at http://www.e-chords.com/guitartab/idmusica/95724/keyb/true.htm

Piano sheet music - arranged by PIANOTRANSCRIBER