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Bring Me to Life

{{Short description|2003 song by Evanescence}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Bring Me to Life

| cover = Evanescence - Bring Me to Life.png

| border = yes

| type = single

| written = 2000

| artist = Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy

| album = Daredevil: The Album {{noitalic|and}} Fallen

| B-side = "Farther Away"

| released = {{start date|2003|01|13}}

| studio = Ocean (Burbank, California)

| genre =

| length = 3:56

| label = Wind-up

| writer =

| producer = Dave Fortman

| chronology = Evanescence

| year = 2003

| next_title = Going Under

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3YxaaGgTQYM|"Bring Me to Life"}}}}

}}

"Bring Me to Life" is the debut single by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album, Fallen (2003). It was released by Wind-up as the album's lead single on January 13, 2003, following its inclusion in the soundtrack of the film Daredevil. The song was written by Amy Lee at age 19 about having been desensitized in an abusive relationship and realizing things she had been missing in life. Guitarist Ben Moody and David Hodges share songwriting credits on the song, which features guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones. Produced by Dave Fortman, "Bring Me to Life" is primarily a nu metal and rap rock song. The male vocals were forced by the label against Lee's wishes to market the song in the musical landscape of the time.

The song received a generally positive reception, with critics praising Lee's vocals and melody. One of Evanescence's most commercially successful songs, "Bring Me to Life" charted at number one in Australia, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Scotland, and the United Kingdom while receiving multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance and was also nominated for Best Rock Song. Directed by Philipp Stölzl, the music video shows Lee singing and climbing on a skyscraper while having nightmares in her room. The song was re-worked and re-recorded on Evanescence's orchestral-electronic fourth studio album, Synthesis (2017).

Composition and recording

Lee wrote "Bring Me to Life" at age 19,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/get-free-amy-lee-on-artistic-independence-the-future-of-evanescence-55877/|title=Get Free: Amy Lee on Artistic Independence, the Future of Evanescence|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016070109/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/get-free-amy-lee-on-artistic-independence-the-future-of-evanescence-55877/|archive-date=October 16, 2021}} after a then-acquaintance (who later became her husband) asked her if she was happy; Lee was in an abusive relationship and in turmoil, and was shocked the person saw through her facade as she felt she "was completely outwardly acting normal". "I felt like he could just see straight into my soul. That inspired the whole song", she explained.{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/amy-lee-of-evanescence|title=Amy Lee of Evanescence|publisher=Songfacts|date=October 13, 2016|first=Dan|last=MacIntosh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420040249/https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/amy-lee-of-evanescence|archive-date=April 20, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/events/state/documents/03148215.asp |title=Amy Lee on bringing Evanescence's 'Bring Me to Life' to life |work=The Phoenix |last=Carioli |first=Carly |date=September 12, 2003 |access-date=February 27, 2007 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226063000/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/events/state/documents/03148215.asp |archive-date=December 26, 2008}} The song is about "open-mindedness" and "waking up to all the things you've been missing for so long". After the moment that inspired her to write it, she "realized that for months I'd been numb, just going through the motions of life."{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Evanescence: Fallen To the Top |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml |access-date=June 30, 2013 |publisher=VH1 |date=May 29, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824024116/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml |archive-date=August 24, 2007}}{{cite news |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/nrngv2/evanescences-frontwoman-leads-rock-into-fem-friendly-new-frontier|title=Evanescence's Frontwoman Leads Rock Into Fem-Friendly New Frontier |work=MTV News |first1=Joe |last1=D'Angelo |first2=Meridith |last2=Gottlieb |date=April 8, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101111620/https://www.mtv.com/news/nrngv2/evanescences-frontwoman-leads-rock-into-fem-friendly-new-frontier|archive-date=November 1, 2022|url-status=dead}} In 2022, Lee noted that she was finding her voice lyrically while making the album, realizing "how the more honest I was, the more powerful I felt"; the song was "in a broader way about breaking free from something I knew I had the power to if I was brave enough", and represented "true desires, unspoken frustrations and fears, standing up to the bullshit around me [that] I was just on the cusp of being able to defeat". It expressed a "cry for help", while "Going Under", which she wrote after "Bring Me to Life", was the next stage of her "coming to the realization that I was going to stand up for myself and make a change."{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/amy-lee-evanescences-fallen-20-we-fought-lot|title=Amy Lee On Evanescence's 'fallen' At 20: "We Fought For A Lot"|work=Revolver|date=November 14, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115132356/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/amy-lee-evanescences-fallen-20-we-fought-lot|archive-date=November 15, 2023|url-status=live}} Moody and David Hodges share writing credits on the track.

With pressure from the label to refine its production, Evanescence ultimately made around 10 demos of the song, which included changing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by David Campbell, an "expense" Lee "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative". Most of the song was recorded for the Daredevil soundtrack at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California.{{cite web |title=Clients Quotes |url=http://oceanstudiosburbank.com/Ocean_Testing/quotes.html |publisher=Ocean Studios Burbank |access-date=June 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006151431/http://oceanstudiosburbank.com/Ocean_Testing/quotes.html |archive-date=October 6, 2016}} It was mixed by Jay Baumgardner in his studio, NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, on an SSL 9000 J. A 22-piece string section was recorded by Mark Curry in Seattle, and mixed at the Newman Scoring Stage and Bolero Studios in Los Angeles.{{cite news|url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/ |title=In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen |work=Mix |first=Bryan |last=Reeseman |date=August 1, 2003 |access-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805032221/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/ |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}

"Bring Me to Life" is stylistically a nu metal{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1220 |title=Top Ten Nu-Metal Bands |work=Stylus Magazine |first=Andrew |last=Unterberger |date=September 10, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012143351/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1220 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}} and rap rock song.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476773/evanescence-cold-play-chicago.jhtml |title=Evanescence Make Understatement Of The Year At Chicago Sweat Factory|work=MTV News |first=Blair R. |last=Fischer |date=August 13, 2003 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805035551/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476773/evanescence-cold-play-chicago.jhtml |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-ashanti-2003-summer-songs-7897976/|title=Beyoncé, Ashanti, and More—Tracks That Take You Back To Summer of 2003|magazine=Billboard|author=Billboard Staff|date=August 23, 2017|accessdate=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119231052/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-ashanti-2003-summer-songs-7897976/|archive-date=January 19, 2024|url-status=live}} In order to market it, the label forced them to add the male rapping vocal, which Lee did not want, or the song and album would not be released.{{refn|{{cite interview|last=Lee|first=Amy|interviewer=Terry Bezer|publisher=|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&t=931 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319144353/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=March 19, 2013|title=Scuzz Meets Evanescence |work=Scuzz TV|date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' |work=Loudwire |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322081835/http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ive0Nqv3p4A|title=The Oral History of Evanescence ft. Amy Lee|work=Alternative Press|date=March 29, 2021|accessdate=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417170412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Ive0Nqv3p4A&feature=youtu.be|archive-date=April 17, 2021|url-status=live}}}} The male vocal was a compromise after the label originally demanded they include a rap on eight of the songs on the album.{{cite web|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"|work=Kerrang!|date=November 15, 2023|first=George|last=Garner|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121044525/https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|archive-date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}} During an interview, Lee stated: "It was presented to me as, '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.'"{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/captionherethepop? |title=Female rock stars not wanted in the UK. Apparently |work=The Guardian |first=Trevor |last=Baker |date=November 22, 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006023425/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/captionherethepop |archive-date=October 6, 2014}} Lee wrote Paul McCoy's part.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-bring-me-to-life-by-evanescence|title=The story behind Bring Me To Life by Evanescence|work=Louder Sound|date=February 14, 2018|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512231801/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-bring-me-to-life-by-evanescence|archive-date=May 12, 2022}} On the chorus, Lee sings the lines "'Call my name and save me from the dark' over "surging guitars",{{Cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/13/Weekend/_Music_is_my_therapy_.shtml |title=Weekend: 'Music is my therapy' |work=St. Petersburg Times |first=Brian |last=Orloff |date=May 13, 2004 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075920/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/13/Weekend/_Music_is_my_therapy_.shtml |archive-date=October 20, 2012}} and McCoy raps the lines "Wake me up/ I can't wake up/ Save me!". The song is set in common time and performed in a moderate tempo of 95 beats per minute. It is written in the key of E minor, and Lee's vocal range for the song runs from the low note of A3 to the high note of D5.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0047198 |title=Evanescence – Bring Me To Life Sheet Music (Digital Download) |website=Musicnotes.com |date=July 12, 2004 |access-date=August 2, 2011}}

Rolling Stone{{'}}s Kirk Miller said that the song is stylistically a "case of mistaken identity", dooming the band to Linkin Park comparisons "thanks to [its] digital beats, clean metal-guitar riffs, scattered piano lines and all-too-familiar mix of rapping and singing."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fallen-20030325 |title=Fallen – Album Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Kirk |last=Miller |date=March 25, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108135604/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fallen-20030325 |archive-date=January 8, 2012}} Blair R. Fischer of MTV called it a "ubiquitous rap-rock confection". Richard Harrington from The Washington Post described its sound as "crunching metallic".{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500542.html |title=Another 'Door' Opens for Amy Lee |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Richard |last=Harrington |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200454/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500542.html |archive-date=November 12, 2012}} Ann Powers from the Los Angeles Times said that "with its lyrical drama and crunchy guitars, [the song] branded the band as overdone nu-metal."{{cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-evanescence1-story.html|title = Rock's a hard place -- ask Evanescence|last = Powers|first = Ann|date = October 1, 2006|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170145/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-evanescence1-story.html|archive-date = November 27, 2020|accessdate = March 5, 2024|url-status = live}} "Bring Me to Life" has also been classified as hard rock,{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|date=January 5, 2009|website=Stereogum|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816063137/https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/news/|archive-date=August 16, 2022|url-status=live}} alternative rock,{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|date=July 5, 2017|website=Consequence|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204815/https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|archive-date=October 6, 2022|url-status=live}} and Blender writer Nick Catucci described it as a "crossover goth-metal smash".{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1169 |title=Evanescence (live concert) |magazine=Blender |author=Catucci, Nick |date=August 7, 2003 |access-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113092525/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1169 |archive-date=January 13, 2009}} Nick Catucci of The Village Voice wrote that "piano tinkles, Lee's breathless keen, dramatic pauses, guitars like clouds of locusts, [and] McCoy's passing-12-kidney-stones guest vocals" characterize the song, which "sounds like church-burning, brain-eating European dark metal."{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-06-03/music/god-goes-goth/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209034538/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-06-03/music/god-goes-goth/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=God Goes Goth |work=The Village Voice |first=Nick |last=Catucci |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=October 5, 2011}} Vik Bansal of MusicOMH said the track contains "Lee's temptress vocals, pseudo-electronic beats à la Linkin Park, understated but menacing metallic riffs in the background, and a ripping, radio-friendly rock chorus."{{cite news|url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/evanescence.htm |title=Evanescence – Going Under (Wind-Up) |work=MusicOMH |first=Vik |last=Bansal |access-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121031749/http://www.musicomh.com/singles/evanescence.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2012}} MTV described it as "an unrelenting paean that begins as hauntingly delicate before piling on crumpled guitar lines and a rap" while "Lee's vocals soar above the whole sludgy mixture".

Release

"Bring Me to Life" first appeared in a scene of the film Daredevil and was included on the film's soundtrack, released in February 2003. The song was released as Fallen{{'}}s first single on April 7, 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|title=Amy Lee tells the real story behind Evanescence's 'Bring Me to Life'|work=Dazed|date=September 1, 2022|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927023618/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|archive-date=September 27, 2022|url-status=live}} Wind-up Entertainment 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?"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/|title=Evanescence, 'Fallen': Classic Track-By-Track|magazine=Billboard|date=March 4, 2013|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101134203/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/|archive-date=November 1, 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Edge|title=Evanescence Brought to Life|first=Paul|last=Gargano|date=August 2003|pages=15–18|volume=49|issue=4}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee finds a new voice in 'The Bitter Truth'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 5, 2021|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510154718/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a|archive-date=May 10, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|title=Evanescence: Rock's New Dynamic Duo|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118015405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|archive-date=November 18, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/|title=Beyond the Boys' Club: Amy Lee of Evanescence|work=Consequence|date=May 23, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172532/https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/|archive-date=July 9, 2023|url-status=live}} After the song was released on the Daredevil soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider Evanescence.{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html|title=Evanescence looks to future|work=The Age|date=July 30, 2004|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102095954/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html|archive-date=November 2, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2021/12/8/22824602/afternoon-edition-dec-8-2021|title=Afternoon Edition: Dec. 8, 2021|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=December 8, 2021|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101121936/https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2021/12/8/22824602/afternoon-edition-dec-8-2021|archive-date=November 1, 2023|url-status=live}}

Lee said that with the success of the single they "went from playing clubs to arenas in a matter of months" and "people in other countries were listening to it". On its international success, she stated: {{blockquote|"Since 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. And that's how the whole international thing happened this early."}}

The single includes "Farther Away" as a B-side. The first pressing of the Australian single contained the track "Missing" as a B-side,{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00008MPB9/ |title=Bring Me to Life / Farther Away / Missing [Single, Maxi, Import] |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118122827/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bring-Life-Farther-Away-Missing/dp/B00008MPB9|archive-date=November 18, 2018|url-status=live}} but this was omitted from later pressings and later released as a bonus track on the band's first live album, Anywhere but Home.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MMJAZU/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419164728/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MMJAZU/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |title=Anywhere But Home (Live) |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 15, 2011}} An acoustic version was recorded and released on the "Bring Me to Life" DVD. In 2003, the song served as the official theme song for WWE's 2003 No Way Out event.{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1412406-wwe-theme-songs-the-best-pay-per-view-theme-songs-in-recent-memory|title=WWE Theme Songs: The Best Pay-Per-View Theme Songs in Recent Memory|website=Bleacher Report|last=Musso|first=Alex|date=November 17, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501012134/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1412406-wwe-theme-songs-the-best-pay-per-view-theme-songs-in-recent-memory|archive-date=May 1, 2022|url-status=live}}

Reception and accolades

AllMusic's Johnny Loftus called the song "misleading" due to the vocal duet but "flawless".{{cite web | author= Johnny Loftus | title=Evanescence Fallen |publisher=AllMusic| url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fallen-mw0000020727 |access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024095625/https://www.allmusic.com/album/fallen-mw0000020727|archive-date=October 24, 2022|url-status=live}} Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said that "Bring Me to Life" "floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee and then hits like a brick."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/arts/rock-review-intense-singing-intense-fashion.html |title=Intense Singing, Intense Fashion |work=The New York Times |first=Kelefa |last=Sanneh |date=September 18, 2003 |access-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208154100/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/arts/rock-review-intense-singing-intense-fashion.html |archive-date=December 8, 2013}} Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Ann Powers wrote that it is a "mix of voluptuous singing and metallic guitar (the latter enhanced by McCoy's rap-rock declamations)". Joe D'Angelo of MTV said the song is an "unrelenting paean that begins as hauntingly delicate before piling on crumpled guitar lines and a rap" and Lee's "vocals soar above the whole sludgy mixture to keep it from sinking into tired mediocrity." Adrien Bengrad from PopMatters called it a "quality single" although hearing it more led him to find it "nothing more than a bombastic distraction from the usual dreck" despite "the refreshing dose of melody".{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/evanescence-fallen |title=Evanescence: Fallen |work=PopMatters |first=Adrien |last=Begrand |date=May 23, 2003 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011172653/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/evanescence-fallen |archive-date=October 11, 2011}} Christopher Gray of The Austin Chronicle deemed it "one of the more curious offerings to be had on the airwaves right now and lingers in the memory like the remnants of a particularly vivid nightmare".{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-25/156674/ |title=Review: Evanescence – Music |work=The Austin Chronicle |first=Christopher |last=Gray |date=April 25, 2003 |access-date=May 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050116/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-25/156674/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}

Bryan Reeseman of Mix described "Bring Me to Life" as "grandiose and moody". Nick Catucci of The Village Voice deemed it a "fabulous breakthrough single" that sounds like "church-burning, brain-eating European dark metal." Writing for Kerrang!, Mike Rampton found the "manly rap" forced by their label to be "not good".{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-13-most-nu-metal-moments-of-all-time|title=The 13 most nu-metal moments of all time|work=Kerrang!|date=October 11, 2019|accessdate=June 1, 2023|first=Mike|last=Rampton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212614/https://www.kerrang.com/the-13-most-nu-metal-moments-of-all-time|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}} John Hood of the Miami New Times said it is a "huge, heavy, and mightily histrionic" track that pits Lee's "soaring voice both with and against the rap-infused gruff of McCoy".{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|title=Through the Open Door|work=Miami New Times|date=October 18, 2007|accessdate=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164937/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}} In his review of Evanescence's second album, Don Kaye of Blabbermouth.net criticized the song for containing "annoying faux-rapping" as a "key component".{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/the-open-door|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028090656/https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/the-open-door|url-status=live|archive-date=October 28, 2022|title=Evanescence – The Open Door |work=Blabbermouth.net |first=Don |last=Kaye |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=August 24, 2011}} For NPR, Suzy Exposito wrote that McCoy "came in to insulate chauvinistic rock listeners from Lee's operatic subjectivity".{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/627397206/turning-the-tables-the-200-greatest-songs-by-21st-century-women-part-6|publisher=NPR|title=The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+|date=July 30, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129155549/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/627397206/turning-the-tables-the-200-greatest-songs-by-21st-century-women-part-6|archive-date=January 29, 2023|url-status=live}} Melissa Maerz of Spin said that Lee thematically tackles death on the song with "grandeur".{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iemUgvxmQcYC&pg=PA67 |title=She sold more than 15 million albums with Evanescence, only to find herself in abusive relationships |magazine=Spin |date=October 2006 |first=Melissa |last=Maerz |volume=22 |number=10 |page=70 |issn=0886-3032 |via=Google Books}} Rolling Stone called it "haunting, moody and cinematic".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/evanescence-fallen-2003-117450/|title=The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324164553/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/evanescence-fallen-2003-117450/|archive-date=March 24, 2022|url-status=live}}

"Bring Me to Life" won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards, where it was also nominated in the category Best Rock Song.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/46th-annual-grammy-awards|title=46th Annual Grammy Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240720080203/https://www.grammy.com/awards/46th-annual-grammy-awards|archive-date=July 20, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/04/here-are-grammy-nominations-2/|title=Here are the Grammy nominations|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 4, 2003|access-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614222926/https://ew.com/article/2003/12/04/here-are-grammy-nominations-2/|archive-date=June 14, 2024|url-status=live}} At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards the band was nominated in the category for Best New Artist for "Bring Me to Life".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/ |title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003 |work=MTV |access-date=August 7, 2011 |format=To see the nominations, click on the "winners" parameter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811195110/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/ |archive-date=August 11, 2011}} The song received a nomination at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Song.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479406/mtv-europe-music-awards-noms-announced.jhtml |title=Justin, Christina, Stripes Lead MTV Europe Music Awards Nominees |work=MTV News |first=Corey |last=Moss |date=September 23, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210202/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479406/justin-christina-stripes-lead-mtv-europe-music-awards-nominees/|archive-date=November 8, 2017|url-status=dead}} At the 14th annual Billboard Music Awards, it won the award for Soundtrack Single of the Year.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481059/beyonce-r-kelly-win-big-at-billboard-awards.jhtml |title=Beyonce, R. Kelly Scoop Up Most Trophies At Billboard Music Awards |work=MTV News |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |date=December 11, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215083231/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481059/beyonce-r-kelly-win-big-at-billboard-awards.jhtml|archive-date=February 15, 2011|url-status=dead}} "Bring Me to Life" ranked number 69 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s.{{cite web |url=http://blog.vh1.com/2011-09-29/the-100-greatest-songs-of-00s-complete-list/ |title=The 100 Greatest Songs of '00s – Complete List |work=VH1 |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018211104/http://blog.vh1.com/2011-09-29/the-100-greatest-songs-of-00s-complete-list |archive-date=October 18, 2011}} In 2018, NPR named it one of the 200 greatest songs by 21st century women. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 43 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list.{{Cite magazine |date=March 13, 2023 |title=The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313191405/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

Chart performance

"Bring Me to Life" peaked within the top 10 of more than 15 countries, and within the top 20 of several other countries, making it the band's most successful single to date. It was certified triple-platinum in 2019 for selling more than three million copies in the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-returns-to-an-altered-rock-landscape-466221/|title=Evanescence Returns to an Altered Rock Landscape |last=Titus |first=Christa |date=October 11, 2011 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317024839/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-returns-to-an-altered-rock-landscape-466221/|archive-date=March 17, 2023}} It topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Pop 100 charts and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number four on the Adult Top 40 chart. The song initially peaked within the Christian rock charts as well, because its lyrics were interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ by several listeners.{{cite news |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2003/fallen.html |title=Fallen (Wind-Up) |work=Christianity Today |first=Russ |last=Breimeier |year=2003 |quote='Bring Me to Life,' as excerpted above, reads as a solid plea for spiritual revival. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026043225/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2003/fallen.html |archive-date=October 26, 2007}}{{cite news|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/comatose.html |title=Comatose (Ardent/SRE/Lava/Atlantic) |work=Christianity Today |first=Russ |last=Breimeier |year=2006 |access-date=October 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026043305/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/comatose.html |archive-date=October 26, 2007}} "Bring Me to Life" charted at number 73 on Billboard{{'}}s Best of the 2000s Rock Songs Chart, the only song by a female-led band on that chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/features/best-of-the-2000s-1004051233.story#/charts-decade-end/rock-songs?year=2009&begin=71&order=position |title=Best of the 2000s: Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |year=2009 |access-date=December 30, 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106023855/http://www.billboard.com/features/best-of-the-2000s-1004051233.story |archive-date=January 6, 2010}} The song topped the charts of Australia, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom. It peaked within the top 5 of Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, and Sweden. On the ARIA Singles Chart, "Bring Me to Life" peaked at number one where it stayed for six weeks.

"Bring Me to Life" charted within the top 20 of every other country of its release.

In the United Kingdom, the song spent four weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, which in turn helped Fallen peak at the top of the UK Albums Chart.{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/evanescence/14504 |title=Evanescence Rule the Charts |work=NME |date=June 22, 2003 |access-date=August 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124171728/https://www.nme.com/news/evanescence/14504|archive-date=November 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_3011000/3011598.stm |title=Evanescence top singles and album charts |work=BBC News |date=June 22, 2003 |access-date=August 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020091910/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_3011000/3011598.stm|archive-date=October 20, 2021|url-status=dead}} The song also topped the Eurochart Hot 100 ranking.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-tops-uk-singles-album-charts-70467/ |title=Evanescence Tops U.K. Singles, Album Charts |magazine=Billboard |date=June 23, 2003 |access-date=August 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217005424/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-tops-uk-singles-album-charts-70467/|archive-date=December 17, 2023|url-status=live}} On June 4, 2011, the song returned to the top of the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart, eight years after its original release, remaining at number one for two weeks, on June 11, 2011, to June 25, 2011. It fell to number two, remaining there for three weeks, and on July 17, 2011, "Bring Me to Life" returned to number one again and remained there for three weeks. The song remained within the top 10 into October 2011.The song peaked at number one on the UK Rock Chart for five non-consecutive weeks in 2011:

  • "Week Ending June 11": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110605/111/ |title=Archive Chart |date=June 4, 2011 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=August 31, 2011}}
  • "Week Ending June 18": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110612/111/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=June 18, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2011}}
  • "Week Ending July 23": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110717/111/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2011}}
  • "Week Ending July 30": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110724/111/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2011}}
  • "Week Ending August 6": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110731/111/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 31, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2011}} {{As of|2018|06}}, the song has sold more than 745,000 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/official-chart-flashback-2003-evanescences-bring-me-to-life-2283/ |title=Official Chart Flashback: 2003 – Evanescence's Bring Me To Life |publisher=UK Albums Chart |date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=June 23, 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622051603/http://www.officialcharts.com/features/official-chart-flashback-2003-evanescences-bring-me-to-life-2283/ |archive-date=June 22, 2013}}

Music video

The music video for "Bring Me to Life" was directed by Philipp Stölzl.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486942/evanescence-skewer-phoniness-new-video.jhtml |title=Evanescence Eviscerate Consumer Culture In Dramatic New Video |work=MTV News |date=May 11, 2004 |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |access-date=September 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107231843/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486942/evanescence-skewer-phoniness-new-video.jhtml|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=dead}} Stölzl stated: {{Blockquote|On the one hand, it brings out the most catchy part of the song, the bridge, the duet with the male and female vocals. On the other hand, it reflects the {{interp|'Daredevil'}} soundtrack background of the song. I did not know if I would have to use a stunt double for most of the angles, which would have restricted me a lot, but then it turned out that Amy did everything herself, hanging on Paul's arm for hours without getting tired. In the end, she is the one who made that shot strong."}}

According to Joe D'Angelo of MTV News, Lee's "teetering on a ledge" in the video shows a "distressed and emotionally wrought heroine."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_040227/index3.jhtml |title=Evanescence: The Split |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |page=3 |work=MTV News |access-date=September 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501234842/http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_040227/index3.jhtml |archive-date=May 1, 2011}} Ann Powers from the Los Angeles Times wrote: "You might not immediately recognize Amy Lee's name, but you would know her if she plummeted past you from the top floor of a tenement building." Corey Moss of MTV felt that "as intense as a superhero movie, the sequence also gives a nice visual to the song's most memorable lyric, 'Save me.'"{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476942/sizing-up-money-shots.jhtml |title=Sizing Up The Money Shots Of 50 Cent, Sean Paul And Others |work=MTV News |first=Corey |last=Moss |date=August 18, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614143426/http://www.mtv.com/news/1476942/sizing-up-the-money-shots-of-50-cent-sean-paul-and-others/|archive-date=June 14, 2017|url-status=dead}} John Hood of Miami New Times wrote that the video's "gothopolis backdrop" would "make Tim Burton green with envy".

The music video peaked at number nine on MTV's Total Request Live in April 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/bands_on_trl_countdown|title=32 times the scene rocked the 'TRL' countdown|work=Alternative Press|first=Rachel|last=Campbell|date=October 5, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163847/https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/bands_on_trl_countdown|archive-date=October 26, 2017}} It was nominated at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video, but lost to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong". On February 1, 2022, it surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming the first Evanescence music video to reach this milestone.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-youtube-billion-views-bring-me-to-life-1235026266/|title=Evanescence Join YouTube Billion Views Club With 'Bring Me to Life'|magazine=Billboard|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=February 2, 2022|access-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216115445/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-youtube-billion-views-bring-me-to-life-1235026266/|archive-date=February 16, 2022|url-status=live}}

Live performances

A live performance from the Fallen tour filmed at Le Zénith in Paris is included on Evanescence's first live album and concert DVD Anywhere but Home (2004). The live recording contains a piano and vocal solo before the song's intro.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/anywhere-but-home-mw0000266548|title=Anywhere but Home Review by Johnny Loftus|publisher=AllMusic |first=Johnny |last=Loftus |access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017121524/https://www.allmusic.com/album/anywhere-but-home-mw0000266548#review|archive-date=October 17, 2023|url-status=live}} McCoy's studio vocals were performed by tour guitarist John LeCompt during the tour.

In October 2011, the band performed the song at the Rock in Rio festival.{{cite news|url=http://mtv.uol.com.br/musica/evanescence-toca-o-bom-basico-no-rock-in-rio |title=Evanescence toca o bom básico no Rock in Rio |language=pt|work=MTV News |first=Guilherme |last=Ribeiro |date=October 2, 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401184739/http://mtv.uol.com.br/musica/evanescence-toca-o-bom-basico-no-rock-in-rio |archive-date=April 1, 2012}} Lee performed the song with Japanese band Wagakki Band in February 2020, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan.{{cite web |url=https://jrocknews.com/2020/03/wagakkiband-bring-me-to-life-amy-lee-evanescence.html |title=Watch WagakkiBand perform "Bring Me To Life" with Amy Lee (Evanescence) |website=JRock News |date=March 7, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215205716/https://jrocknews.com/2020/03/wagakkiband-bring-me-to-life-amy-lee-evanescence.html|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}} Evanescence performed the song live with singer Sonny Sandoval in September 2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-evanescence-joined-pods-sonny-sandoval-bring-me-life-performance|title=See Evanescence Joined By P.o.d.'s Sonny Sandoval For "Bring Me To Life" Performance|date=September 15, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2023|work=Revolver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227174231/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-evanescence-joined-pods-sonny-sandoval-bring-me-life-performance|archive-date=February 27, 2024|url-status=live}} and at Rock am Ring festival with guest singer Jacoby Shaddix in June 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-evanescence-perform-with-jacoby-shaddix|title=Watch nu metal history in action as Evanescence perform Bring Me To Life with Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix|work=Metal Hammer|date=June 5, 2003|access-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212609/https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-evanescence-perform-with-jacoby-shaddix|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}

2017 ''Synthesis'' arrangement

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| name = Bring Me to Life

| cover = Evanescence - Bring Me to Life (Synthesis version).png

| type = promo

| artist = Evanescence

| album = Synthesis

| released = {{start date|2017|08|18}}{{cite web | title=Bring Me To Life (Synthesis) | website=Spotify | date=2017-08-18 | url=https://open.spotify.com/album/75txZS6Wt4fL3rFrrSJtzC | ref={{sfnref|Spotify|2017}} | access-date=2025-04-12}}

| genre =

| length = 4:18

| label = BMG

| writer =

  • Amy Lee
  • Ben Moody
  • David Hodges

| producer =

  • Will Hunt (Spaceway)
  • Amy Lee

| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|k5QFLV_lzeQ|"Bring Me to Life"}}|header=Audio video|type=song}}

}}

In 2017, an orchestral and electronic version of the song was recorded for the band's fourth studio album Synthesis. It was made available for digital download and streaming on August 18, 2017; it was also made available for instant download for concertgoers of the band's Synthesis Tour.{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-live-tour-fall-2017/|title=Evanescence Announce 'Synthesis Live' Tour for Fall 2017|first=Chad|last=Childers|work=Loudwire|date=August 14, 2017|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531155920/https://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-live-tour-fall-2017/|archive-date=May 31, 2024|url-status=live}} The Synthesis version of "Bring Me to Life" replaces the drums and guitar from the Fallen version with string arrangements accompanied by crashing cymbals, "tension-building" timpani drums and various electronic elements throughout.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-bring-me-to-life-orchestral-synthesis-stream-7934110/|title=Evanescence Share Orchestral 'Bring Me To Life' Reworking Off New Album 'Synthesis'|magazine=Billboard|first=Sadie|last=Bell|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202090017/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-bring-me-to-life-orchestral-synthesis-stream-7934110/|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-version-bring-me-to-life/|title=Evanescence Reveal Reimagined 'Synthesis' Version of 'Bring Me to Life'|work=Loudwire|first=Chad|last=Childers|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017}} It also removes McCoy's vocal feature. Several critics described its new arrangement as "dramatic", with Billboard{{'}}s Sadie Bell deeming it "just as rich" as the original and Rolling Stone{{'}}s Brittany Spanos calling it a "cinematic take". Lee described the song as "new" to her again as she incorporated musical elements and vocals which she had "heard in [her] head" since its release.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-amy-lee-and-evanescences-orchestral-bring-me-to-life-w498314|title=Hear Evanescence's Orchestral Reworking of 'Bring Me to Life'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brittany|last=Spanos|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819045626/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-amy-lee-and-evanescences-orchestral-bring-me-to-life-w498314|url-status=dead}}

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Fallen liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Fallen |others=Evanescence |date=2006 |type=liner notes |publisher=Wind-up Records}}

Track listings

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  • European CD single
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59
  • European CD maxi-single
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59
  3. "Farther Away" – 3:58
  4. "Bring Me to Life" (music video) – 4:14
  • Australian CD maxi-single
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59
  3. "Farther Away" – 3:58
  4. "Missing" – 4:15
  • French CD single
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59

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  • Subsequent pressings single{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00009YX6C/ |title=Bring Me to Life [Single, Import] |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 15, 2011}}
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59
  3. "Farther Away" – 3:58
  4. "Bring Me to Life" (music video) – 4:14
  • International DVD{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00009PUPP/ |title=Bring Me to Life [DVD] |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 6, 2011}}
  1. "Bring Me to Life" (video)
  2. "Bring Me to Life"
  3. "Bring Me to Life" (live acoustic version)
  4. "My Immortal" (Live acoustic version)
  5. Interview footage
  • UK cassette single
  1. "Bring Me to Life" – 3:56
  2. "Farther Away" – 3:58
  3. "Bring Me to Life" (Bliss Mix) – 3:59

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Charts

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= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Bring Me to Life"

! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011|refname=australiansingle}}
{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011|refname=aust}}
{{single chart|Flanders|7|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2003-07-05/|title=Canadian Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=July 5, 2003|access-date=May 14, 2024|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706172440/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2003-07-05/|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2003.pdf|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2003.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2003|website=Cross Canada Countdown|accessdate=May 14, 2024}}

| style="text-align:center"|1

scope="row"|Chile (Notimex){{cite news|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2003/linkin-park-anda-popular.html|title=Linkin Park anda popular|work=El Siglo de Torreón|date=August 24, 2003|access-date=May 4, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=May 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504115054/https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2003/linkin-park-anda-popular.html}}

| 1

scope="row"|Colombia (Notimex)

| 1

scope="row"|Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|title=HR Top 20 Lista|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|access-date=March 7, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605141516/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|archive-date=June 5, 2003}}

| 6

{{single chart|Denmark|2|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
scope="row" |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)

| style="text-align:center;"|1

{{single chart|Finland|11|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|France|5|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Germany|2|songid=5574|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 6, 2021}}
scope="row" |Greece (IFPI Greece){{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |title=Top 50 Singles: Week 30/11-06/12 |website=IFPI.gr |date=December 6, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031209112825/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |archive-date=December 9, 2003}}

| 3

{{single chart|Hungarysingle|6|year=2003|week=34|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=January 25, 2021}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|2|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|6|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=December 30, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
scope="row"| Poland (Polish Airplay Charts){{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_33_2003.html |title=Polish Airplay Charts - Lista krajowa 33/2003 |publisher=PiF PaF Production |access-date=November 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023141741/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_33_2003.html |archive-date=October 23, 2007}}

| 4

scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100){{Cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10083.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514165734/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10083.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2005|title=Romanian Top 100 - arhiva|date=May 14, 2005}}

| 11

{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20030614|rowheader=true|access-date=July 6, 2018}}
{{single chart|Spain|11|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=July 6, 2018}}
{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Evanescence|song=Bring Me to Life|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20030614|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
{{single chart|UKrock|1|date=20030614|rowheader=true|access-date=March 26, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|5|artist=Evanescence|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011|refname=hot100}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|4|artist=Evanescence|rowheader=true|access-date=April 28, 2015}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Evanescence|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|11|artist=Evanescence|rowheader=true|access-date=April 28, 2015}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Evanescence|rowheader=true|access-date=August 1, 2011}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2021–2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canada Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/evanescence/chart-history/cns/|title=Evanescence Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 10, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|164|artist=Evanescence|access-date=June 4, 2025}}
scope="row" {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|21|artist=Evanescence|access-date=July 7, 2021}}

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Year-end chart performance for "Bring Me to Life"

scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row" |Australia (ARIA){{cite web |url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040107-0000/EndOfYear2003.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040107-0000/EndOfYear2003.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2004 |title=Australian Web Archive Year End Charts 2003 |publisher=ARIA Charts |access-date=August 18, 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| style="text-align:center;"|6

scope="row" |Australian Rock (ARIA)

| style="text-align:center;"|1

scope="row" |Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/2003_single.asp |title=Austria Top 75 Singles of 2003 |publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40 |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814225159/http://www.austriancharts.at/2003_single.asp |archive-date=August 14, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

scope="row" |Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003 |title=Jaaroverzichten 2003 (Flanders) |publisher=Ultratop 50 |language=nl |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914141325/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003 |archive-date=September 14, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|30

scope="row" |Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003 |title=Rapports Annuels 2003 (Wallonia) |language=fr |publisher=Ultratop 50 |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417014822/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003 |archive-date=April 17, 2008}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11

scope="row" |Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2003/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2003|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

| style="text-align:center;"|12

scope="row" |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA65|title=Billboard European Top 10 2003|date=December 27, 2003 |access-date=September 11, 2022}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

scope="row" |France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2003|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2003|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=July 9, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|18

scope="row" |Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2003|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=December 30, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11

scope="row" |Ireland (IRMA){{cite web |url=http://www.irma.ie/best2003.htm |title=Best of 2003 – Ireland |publisher=International Recording Media Association |access-date=August 18, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|20

scope="row" |Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510010334/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|archive-date=May 10, 2006|access-date=December 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

scope="row" |Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2003.html |title=Dutch Top 40 Year End Chart – 2003 |publisher=MegaCharts |access-date=August 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928082113/http://www.top40web.nl/jaarlijsten/jr2003.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|52

scope="row" |Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2003&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2003|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=December 30, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|72

scope="row" |New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp?chartYear=2003&chartKind=S |title=Annual Top 50 Singles Chart 2003 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406145222/http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp?chartYear=2003&chartKind=S |archive-date=April 6, 2012}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

scope="row" |Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|title=Topul anului 2003|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122205325/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|archive-date=January 22, 2005|access-date=May 4, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|79

scope="row" |Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20030001&newi=0&height=420&platform=Win32&browser=MSIE&navi=no&subframe=Mainframe |title=Årslista Singlar – År 2003 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan |access-date=October 6, 2011 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090522/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20030001&newi=0&height=420&platform=Win32&browser=MSIE&navi=no&subframe=Mainframe |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}

| style="text-align:center;"|5

scope="row" |Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2003 |title=Swiss Year End Charts 2003 |publisher=Swiss Music Charts |access-date=August 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227002926/http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2003 |archive-date=December 27, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

scope="row" |UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf |title=UK Year-End Chart 2003 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060039/http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11

scope="row" |US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2003/hsititl.jsp |title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks – Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 15, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|10

scope="row" |US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA40|title=Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-80|date=December 27, 2003|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116000216/https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=November 16, 2023|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"|12

scope="row" |US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2003/rtttitl.jsp|title=2003 Year End Charts: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Titles|magazine=Billboard|date=December 27, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040327121941/http://www.billboard.com/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2003/rtttitl.jsp|archive-date=March 27, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2025}}

| style="text-align:center;"|39

scope="row" |US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|3

scope="row" |US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA35|title=Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-75|date=December 27, 2003|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513110758/https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=May 13, 2023|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"|8

= Decade-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Decade-end chart performance for "Bring Me to Life"

scope="col"| Chart (2000–2009)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row" | Australia (ARIA){{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/delta-goodrems-talents-top-the-charts/story-e6frfn09-1225816830674 |title=Delta Goodrem's talents top the charts |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Kathy |last=McCabe |date=January 7, 2011 |access-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109102917/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/delta-goodrems-talents-top-the-charts/story-e6frfn09-1225816830674 |archive-date=January 9, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|59

scope="row" | US Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/alternative-songs?year=2009&begin=21&order=position |title=The Billboard Alternative Songs – Decade Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130024510/http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-taio-cruz-s-hangover-debuts-1005573552.story |archive-date=November 30, 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|26

scope="row" | US Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/rock-songs |title=The Billboard Rock Songs – Decade Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-date=December 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201012936/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/rock-songs |url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|73

{{col-end}}

Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|access-date=September 5, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|artist=Evanescence|title=Bring Me to Life|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|access-date=November 23, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Platinum|type=single|certyear=2024|relyear=2003|access-date=8 March 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Evanescence|title=Bring Me to Life|award=Gold|relmonth=4|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|certref={{cite web|title=Top 20 Singles Chart|url=http://hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=39&y=2003&list=s20#|publisher=IFPI Denmark|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124063110/http://hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=39&y=2003&list=s20|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|salesamount=315,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-92805.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus en France du millénaire, épisode 1 (100-91)|publisher=Pure Charts|website=Charts in France|access-date=May 10, 2022|language=fr|date=July 12, 2014}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2018|access-date=April 28, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Gold|certref=|id=20031209112825|relyear=2003|certyear=2003}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Italy|artist=Evanescence|title=Bring Me to Life|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2003|certyear=2024|access-date=December 2, 2024|id=13673}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Evanescence|title=Bring Me to Life|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2003|certyear=2024|access-date=December 27, 2024|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|title=Bring Me to Life|artist=Evanescence|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|access-date=February 22, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|artist=Evanescence|title=Bring Me to Life|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|January 13, 2003

|Alternative radio

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|{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1486|page=23|date=January 10, 2003}}

March 24, 2003

|{{hlist|Hot adult contemporary|contemporary hit radio}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1496|page=24|date=March 21, 2003}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Europe

|April 7, 2003

|CD

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April 14, 2003

|Maxi-CD

scope="row"|Australia

|April 21, 2003

|rowspan="2"|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue687.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 21st April 2003|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=April 21, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222425/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030507-0000/Issue687.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2008|access-date=January 23, 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|Denmark

|April 28, 2003

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|June 2, 2003

|{{hlist|CD|DVD|cassette}}

|Wind-up

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 2 June 2003: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=May 31, 2003}}

Cover versions

Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins recorded a cover version of "Bring Me to Life" for her 2009 album Believe.{{cite news |url=http://www.ok.co.uk//celebnews/view/15079/Katherine-I-left-studio-in-tears-/ |title=Exclusive: The tears behind Katherine's new album |work=OK! |date=October 19, 2009 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404183431/http://www.ok.co.uk//celebnews/view/15079/Katherine-I-left-studio-in-tears-/ |archive-date=April 4, 2012}} It was released as the album's second single in October 2009.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bring-me-to-life-ep/336264545|title=Bring Me to Life – EP by Katherine Jenkins|publisher=iTunes Store (UK)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617234625/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bring-me-to-life-ep/id336264545 |date=June 17, 2014|access-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=June 17, 2014}}

In popular culture

The song plays a key role in the 3rd and 6th episodes of the second season of the HBO comedy series The Rehearsal.{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/evanescence-rehearsal-sully-sullenberger-nathan-fielder-amy-lee-interview.html|title=Evanescence’s Amy Lee Thinks Nathan Fielder Is ‘Some Kind of Genius’|publisher=Vulture|access-date=13 May 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2025/05/08/evanescence-gets-a-cameo-on-nathan-fielders-the-rehearsal|title=Evanescence gets a cameo on Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal|publisher=Arkansas Times|access-date=13 May 2025}}

See also

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Category:Number-one singles in Australia

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Category:Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

Category:Rap rock songs

Category:Halloween songs

Category:Wind-up Records singles

Category:Epic Records singles

Category:BMG Rights Management singles

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