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Join Me in Death

{{Short description|1999 single by HIM}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Join Me in Death

| cover = Join Me in Death.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = HIM

| album = Razorblade Romance

| released = {{start date|1999|11|2|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:39

| label = BMG Finland, Terrier

| writer = Ville Valo

| producer = John Fryer

| prev_title = Wicked Game

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Right Here in My Arms

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Single

| cover = JoinMe13th.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = The Thirteenth Floor single cover

}}

}}

"Join Me in Death" is a single by Finnish gothic rock band HIM, taken from their second studio album, Razorblade Romance (2000). It was also released under the condensed title of "Join Me". The song is the eighth-best-selling single of all time in Finland.{{r|FIN best-selling all time}}

Overview

HIM performed this song for the first time in Ilosaarirock, Finland, on 11 July 1998, which featured an extra verse not included in the studio versions.

The song has been met with controversy regarding its subject matter. "A couple of people blamed me for a suicide someone committed over here saying that 'Join Me' is an invitation to kill yourself," HIM frontman Ville Valo told the European magazine Metal Hammer in 2003. "What I was trying to do was sort of rip-off 'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Öyster Cult, making a rock track of Romeo And Juliet.""Cold Fusion" by Martin Carlsson. Metal Hammer, April 2003. Lyrics such as "Would you die tonight for love?" have contributed to the misconception that the song is about suicide, which Valo denies, claiming the lyrics refer to giving things up for the sake of love. "It's not about suicide, that song. It's about giving it all away," Valo told the magazine Modern Fix.[http://www.modernfix.com/features/37/him.htm "HIM - interview"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526192906/http://www.modernfix.com/features/37/him.htm |date=26 May 2006 }} by Erin Broadley. Modern Fix, issue 37.

Four versions of the song's video exist: three "lazer versions", two of which include different scenes from the movie The Thirteenth Floor, and the fourth being an "ice version", with a vague Romeo and Juliet theme also attributed to the song.

"Join Me In Death" was included in the film The Thirteenth Floor (though not on its soundtrack) and on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack in 2004. The band Gregorian covered "Join Me" with Sarah Brightman on their album Masters of Chant: Chapter III and on Brightman's Limited Edition The Harem Tour album. Another Gregorian version exists with vocals performed by Amelia Brightman.

Track listings

Finnish and Australasian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Join Me|others=HIM|year=1999|type=Finnish & Australasian CD single liner notes|publisher=BMG Finland, Terrier Records|id=74321 727912}}

  1. "Join Me" – 3:39
  2. "Join Me" (13th Floor mix) – 3:39
  3. "It's All Tears" (unplugged radio live) – 3:48
  4. "Rebel Yell" (live version) – 5:12

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Join Me|others=HIM|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=BMG Finland, Terrier Records, RCA Records|id=74321 74552 2}}

  1. "Join Me in Death" – 3:39
  2. "Rebel Yell" (live) – 5:12

German CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Join Me|others=HIM|year=1999|type=German CD single liner notes|publisher=Supersonic Records|id=SUPERSONIC 042, 74321 70453 2}}

  1. "Join Me" – 3:39
  2. "It's All Tears" – 3:48
  3. "Rebel Yell" – 5:12
  4. "Dark Sekret Love" – 5:17
  • Some versions of this format omit "Dark Sekret Love"

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1999–2000)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Flanders|37|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-02-26.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=9|page=19|date=26 February 2000|access-date=4 October 2020}}

| 11

{{single chart|Finland|1|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Germany|1|songid=4094|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020|refname="ger"}}
{{single chart|Italy|30|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|18|year=2000|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|33|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2000.html|title=Topul anului 2000|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122081829/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2000.html|archive-date=22 January 2005|access-date=11 November 2020}}

| 15

{{single chart|Spain|15|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Sweden|52|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|8|artist=HIM|song=Join Me|rowheader=true|access-date=31 January 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2000|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2000|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=31 January 2020}}

| 40

scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-12-23.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=52|page=9|date=23 December 2000|access-date=4 October 2020}}

| 80

scope="row"| Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2000|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 2000|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=31 January 2020}}

| 19

scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100)

| 99

scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2000|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=31 January 2020}}

| 79

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|artist=HIM (His Infernal Majesty)|title=Join Me|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2000|access-date=4 October 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|type=single|artist=HIM|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|salesamount=30,628|domestic=true|access-date=4 October 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|artist=HIM|title=Join Me|award=Gold|relyear=1999|relmonth=11|certyear=2000|certmonth=|access-date=4 October 2020}}

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Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|Germany

|2 November 1999

|rowspan="3"|CD

|{{hlist|Supersonic|Terrier|BMG}}

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scope="row"|Finland

|rowspan="2"|22 November 1999

|{{hlist|BMG Finland|Terrier}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bmg.fi/product.asp?prd=522|title=Single Info: Join Me|website=BMG Finland|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001101052529/http://www.bmg.fi/product.asp?prd=522|archive-date=1 November 2000|access-date=29 November 2023}}

scope="row"|Sweden

|{{hlist|Supersonic|Terrier|BMG}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.click2music.se/product.asp?prd=522&art=155|title=HIM: Join Me|website=click2music.se|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114043456/http://www.click2music.se/product.asp?prd=522&art=155|archive-date=14 November 2004|access-date=29 November 2023}}

See also

References

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