Some Die Young

The song garnered positive critical response, with Anders Nunstedt, music editor from the Swedish tabloid Expressen, describing the song's "Abba-drama that blooms in the chorus" as "great".{{cite web |last=Nunstedt |first=Anders |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.2685427/laleh-sjung |language=Swedish|title=Laleh – Sjung |work=Expressen |publisher=Bonnier Group |date=20 January 2012 |accessdate=29 January 2012}} Dan Backman from Svenska Dagbladet described "Some Die Young" as "effective",{{cite web |last=Backman |first=Dan |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/musik/skivor-onsdag-laleh-ar-sa-mycket-battre_6793719.svd |language=Swedish|title=Laleh är så mycket bättre |work=Svenska Dagbladet |publisher=Schibsted |date=25 January 2012 |accessdate=27 January 2012}} whilst the music website Scandipop described the single as "a rousing, building, mid-tempo track. An endearing vocal melody combined with a strong melody within the music [and] a gorgeous chorus in particular. Needless to say, if you were a fan of her old material then you’ll enjoy this".{{cite web|title=Laleh: 'Some Die Young'|url=http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=8738|publisher=Scandipop.co.uk|accessdate=3 March 2012|date=22 January 2012}} Peter Carlsson in Nerikes Allehanda noted that the song was "[refrained] like "Elephant" and "What You Want", but it is perhaps, above all, the high-quality smoothness that will impress in the long run".{{cite web |last=Carlsson |first=Peter |url=http://allehanda.se/noje/skivor/1.4319703-imponerande-jamnhet-av-laleh |language=Swedish|title=Impressive smoothness of Laleh |work=Nerikes Allehanda |publisher=LT Liberala Tidningar AB |date=25 January 2012 |accessdate=27 January 2012}}

The initial music video for the song premiered on the Aftonbladet website and Lost Army's official YouTube channel on 26 January 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-bxuRKbFLk|title= LALEH – Some Die Young (Officiell) – YouTube|publisher=YouTube |date=26 January 2012|accessdate=29 January 2012}} It features Laleh singing to camera and being shot wrapped around different fabrics. The video has been described by Scandipop as "something of an explosion of fabric and colour – and so looks more like a commercial for laundry detergent. But a stylish commercial for laundry detergent at that. And one with a great soundtrack".{{cite web|title=Laleh: 'Some Die Young' – the video!|url=http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=8785|publisher=Scandipop.co.uk|accessdate=3 March 2012|date=26 January 2012}}

A second music video was created for the German release of "Some Die Young".

"Some Die Young" was a commercial success. Following the digital release of the single, "Some Die Young" charted at number twenty-five on the Swedish Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Laleh&titel=Some+Die+Young&cat=s |title=swedishcharts.com – Laleh – Some Die Young |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=5 February 2012}} Meanwhile, its debut week on the Swedish DigiListan, which is based on legal online download sales data, saw the song peak at number two{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/topplista.aspx?programid=2697&date=2012-02-05|title=DigiListan 2012-02-05|publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=5 February 2012 |accessdate=5 February 2012}} After steady progress each week thereafter, rising 25, 15, 10, 10, on the main singles chart, the song reached a peak of number nine in Sweden in its fifth week, becoming only her third song to place within the Swedish top ten after debut single "Invisible (My Song)" and the non-single release interpretation of Eva Dahlgren's "Ängeln i rummet". Following this peak, the single dropped a little but remained remarkably steady, settling for nine consecutive weeks between number twelve and number seventeen.

Furthermore, it became Laleh's first song to chart in Norway.{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Laleh |title=norwegiancharts.com – Discography Laleh |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=10 May 2012}} Entering the chart at number seven in February 2012, the single rose 7-3 before dropping the next week to number five. After this the song picked up traction, spending four weeks at number two before peaking at number one for eight weeks.{{cite web|url=http://lista.vg.no/artist/laleh/singel/some-die-young/5975 |title=VG-lista – Laleh / Some die young |publisher=VG-lista |accessdate=10 May 2012}} Its success saw it track at number one on the Norwegian Airplay Chart for more than five weeks, in addition to peaking at three on Swedish stations.{{cite web |url=http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1W4f60d2a5dd826588.cde |title=Charts EU Airplay Week 9 (p.32) |publisher=Music Week (Subscription Required) |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317000134/http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1W4f60d2a5dd826588.cde |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Despite being released at the same time across Scandinavia, "Some Die Young" had its first chart placing in Denmark in May 2012, debuting at number thirty-eight.{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Laleh&titel=Some+Die+Young&cat=s |title=danishcharts.dk – Laleh – Some Die Young |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=10 May 2012}} This became Laleh's second single to chart in the region, following "Live Tomorrow's placing at number eleven in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Laleh&titel=Live+Tomorrow&cat=s |title=danishcharts.dk – Laleh – Live Tomorrow |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=10 May 2012}}

The song was performed by Laleh for the first time at the P3 Guld Awards, a major Swedish annual awards show presented by youth orientated station Sveriges Radio P3, on 21 January in the Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg.{{cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3964&artikel=4195905 |title=About the P3 Gold Awards – P3 Guld 2012: Sveriges Radio |work=Sveriges Radio |date=21 November 2010 |publisher=Sveriges Radio P3 |accessdate=31 January 2012}} The event was shown on SVT1 and the single was released the day after the show aired.{{cite web |url=http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=8738|title=Laleh: 'Some Die Young' |work=Scandipop|date=22 January 2012|accessdate=24 January 2012}} Laleh also performed the single and participated in an interview with Fredrik Skavlan on Skavlan, a Norwegian-Swedish talk show which is shown on both NRK and SVT, and repeated on BBC Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://svtplay.se/v/2692180/skavlan/laleh_-_hela_oredigerade_intervjun|title=DigiListan 2011-12-11|author=Laleh – hela oredigerade intervjun – Skavlan: SVT Play|publisher=Sveriges Television|accessdate=29 January 2012}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• Digital download

1. "Some Die Young" – 3:48

• Laleh Pourkarim – vocals
• Henrik Edenhed – mixing
• Björn Engelmann – mastering

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