Wind-up Entertainment president/CEO Ed Vetri, revealed that when the label was pushing the song to the radio, owners stated "We don't 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. "Bring Me to Life" was released on Apit was the first single from the band's debut album, Fallen. One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months I'd 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 2007. It's about waking up to all the things you've been missing for so long. But he is a sociology major." Lee said in a VH1 interview: "Open-mindedness. And he looked at me and said, 'Are you happy?' And I felt my heart leap, and I was like, he totally knows what I'm thinking. We were waiting for everyone else to show up, and we went into a restaurant and got a table. So then I had spoken maybe 10 or 15 words to this guy, who was a friend of a friend. I was being completely abused and I was trying to cover it up I wouldn’t even admit it to myself. I was in a relationship and I was completely unhappy.
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 didn't know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant. Īccording to Amy Lee, the song has several meanings, the first being an incident at a restaurant. Amy Lee talking about the release and the worldwide success of the song. And that's how the whole international thing happened this early. So, it started blowing up all over the world and then we had a reason to tour all over the world. "Since we released 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. The song was also used on several television shows. Many artists recorded cover versions of the song, including the classical singer Katherine Jenkins and American pianist, John Tesh. "Bring Me to Life" was part of the set list during the Fallen and The Open Door Tour. Directed by Philipp Stölzl, the accompanying music video shows Lee singing and climbing on a skyscraper while having nightmares in her bedroom. The band won in the category for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards where the song was also nominated for Best Rock Song. The lyrics of the song were interpreted by some as a call for new life in Jesus Christ, which helped the song to chart on the Christian rock charts, despite it not being the songwriters' intention. "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). It charted in the top ten in more than fifteen countries including the United States, Argentina, Germany and New Zealand. 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. The song remains one of the band's signature songs. The critical response to the song was mostly positive, with critics praising the melody of the song, Lee's vocals and their accompaniment by McCoy. Lee later revealed that the song was inspired by her long-time friend and husband Josh Hartzler. 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 protagonist's life. "Bring Me to Life" is a nu metal, gothic metal, hard rock and an alternative rock song. It also features uncredited guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones. The track was written by group members Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman. Wind-up released it as the lead single from the album on April 7, 2003.
" Bring Me to Life" is a song by American rock band Evanescence, recorded for their debut studio album, Fallen (2003).
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