Bring Me to Life Single
- This article is about the physical items released with the single. For the song itself, see Bring Me To Life (Song).
The Bring Me To Life single was commercially released worldwide on April 22, 2003. Prior to that—in late 2002—the song was released along with My Immortal on the Daredevil Soundtrack and received radio airplay. The soundtrack release springboarded Evanescence's music into the public's eye for the first time on an international scale. Wind-up did a fantastic job promoting the single by saturating the market with albums, images and the music video. As evident by the sheer number of single releases, this was—and still remains—Evanescence's biggest single. Bring Me to Life has been certified Gold in many countries.
From a collector's standpoint, finding most releases isn't all too difficult. It is still possible to find the standard UK single brand new in stores almost 5 years after its release. It is considered by fans to be one of the best singles because it included 2 unreleased songs (Farther Away and Missing) along with a significantly different version of the title track. This single also saw the only release in a Cassette format for a non-Asian country.
The cover image is actually 3 photos combined, all by Frank Veronsky. The leftmost photo is the same as the back of Fallen, the center is Fallen's cover and the right image is the photo from the back page of Fallen's booklet. The black 'Daredevil' releases also feature a three-photo collage with Ben, Amy and David in the only promotional photo that the band released pre-fallen since Origin. The photo is uncredited.
Commercial Releases
Items sold to the public via retail outlets.
UK CD Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673976 2
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- Farther Away [Album Version]
- Bonus Interactive Material*
*included a photo gallery and the video
Front Cover
Front Cover/Insert/Spine
Disc
UK DVD Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673976 9
- Bring Me To Life [Video]
- Bring Me To life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Live Acoustic Version]
- My Immortal [Live Acoustic Version]
- Interview footage
- This DVD is in PAL format and is Region 2 (UK Only).
- The interactive menus feature blue sparkly logos and elaborate snow effects. The logos are the older version of the 'Evanescence' logo that appears rougher and has the 'sparkle' between the 'a' and the 'n', instead of between the 'n' and the 'e' (see Fonts and Logos)
- An extensive photo gallery is also featured within the bonus material of the DVD.
Front Cover
Inside of Insert
Back of Insert and Disc
Back Cover
UK Cassette Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673976 4
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Farther Away [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- This is the only single by Evanescence to be released in the MC, or Cassette Tape format. Produced and sold exclusively in the UK. It is VERY limited; maybe only a few hundred or so were ever produced and only the one seen in the past few years is the one that appears in the scans (below).
- The cassette comes in a thin cardboard sleeve without the standard plastic cassette case.
- Both A and B sides of the tape play the same.
Front Cover
Back Cover
Spine
Tape
*please note that these scans were altered/re-touched because the cassette single was in poor condition when purchased. Only minor enhancements were performed to fill-in a tear on the front and back of the case.
Australia/US/Europe CD Single
The initial pressing of the Aussie single included the B-Side Missing, however after the initial pressing, the tracklisting was modified, replacing Missing with the enhanced music video. The initial pressing is highly valued by collectors and often sells for over $50 in online auctions.
Initial (Australia Only) Pressing
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673573 2
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- Farther Away [Album Version]
- Missing [Album Version]
Front Cover and Disc
Back Artwork
Secondary/US/Europe Pressings
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673573 5
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- Farther Away [Album Version]
- Enhanced Music Video (MPEG File)
Front Cover
Back Artwork and Disc
Austrian CD Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673488 5
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- Farther Away [Album Version]
Front Cover
Back Artwork and Disc
Austrian Cardsleeve Version
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 673488 1
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
Front Cover and Disc
Disc
Back Artwork
Canadian 2-Track
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: 34K 3428
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
White CD in slimline CD case with card insert.
Front Cover
Disc
Korean Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: CPK-2953 (673488 2)
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
- Farther Away
- Bring Me To Life [Video]
This single came with a bonus Holographic sticker of Amy Lee.
Front Case Scan
Disc
Back Case Scan
Sticker
German 3" (Pock-It!®) CD Single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/KINK
Cat.no: 673488 3
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
Front Cover
Insert and Disc
Sheet Music
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Warner Bros. Publications
Cat.no: PVM03051
Piano/Vocal/Chords sheet music in a custom printed 12" by 9" folder. See Bring Me To Life Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music for actual sheet music of the song.
Front Cover
Back and Publishing Info
Industry Promotional Releases
Various promo discs were produced and never intended for public sale.
European Daredevil Radio Promo
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-Up/Epic
Cat.no: SAMPCS 12382 1
- Bring Me To Life (3:58)
- This radio promo disc from late 2002 is highly valued by collectors because it symbolizes the springboard that the film provided for Evanescence.
- This is the only release from Wind-up Records that uses the old Evanescence logo.
- David Hodges is shown on the front cover (to the right of Amy) in his only promotional shot with the band since Origin.
Front Cover
Front Cover and Spine (HQ)
Back Artwork and Disc
Daredevil Japanese Radio Promo
Status: Out of Print
Label: Epic
Cat.no: none
- Bring Me To Life (3:58)
- This is a promotional 'Acetate' CD that was released in Japan to radio stations. The disc itself is a blue polycarbonate CD-R.
- It features an elaborate insert with a japanese text biography that outlines how Ben and Amy met and their first recordings (noteably mentioning Understanding and Origin).
- It also features track information as well as a short synopsis of the movie Daredevil featuring sections about the story, the cast and "The New Hero."
- This disc appears to have been released after the standard Daredevil promo, because it features (on the inside of the insert) the modern Evanescence Logo as well as the title 'Bring Me To Life' in the evanescent font.
Front Cover
Insert
Inside of Insert
Disc
Japanese Two-Track Promo
Status: Out of Print
Label: Epic
Cat.no: EDCI - 80095
CD-R in a slimline jewel case (not a slimline 'single' case). Has Band Bio in Japanese on the inside of the insert. Track one is the Fallen Album Version, Track two is the Bliss Mix.
- Bring Me To Life [featuring Paul Mccoy of 12 Stones]
- Bliss Mix [No Rap]
Front Cover
Back of Insert
Inside of Insert
Disc
Mexico Promo
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-up/Epic
Cat.no: PRCD 98870
Promo cd is the same as the normal consumer release, except it has some spanish on it explaining the cd is for Promotional Use only and not for sale ("CD Promocional, Prohibida su Veta") and has no barcode.
- Bring Me To Life
- Bring me To lIfe (Bliss Mix)
Front Cover
Insert
Disc
US Radio Promo
Status: Out of Print
Label: Wind-up
Cat.no: WUJC200352(R)
US promo disc. There was a Daredevil version (cat.no WUJC200352) produced before the release of Fallen and a blue version (cat.no WUJC200352R) reissued after the release of Fallen. Both are extremely rare and the re-issued version is known to sell for upwards of $1000 at auction.
- Bring Me To Life - 3:58
- Both are in a regular jewel case with a front picture insert and a tray insert containing the song information.
WUJC200352
Front Cover
WUJC200352
Insert
WUJC200352
Disc
WUJC200352
Back Cover
WUJC200352 R
Front cover
WUJC200352 R
Insert
WUJC200352 R
Disc
WUJC200352 R
Back
German Acetate
Status: Out of Print
Label: Epic
Cat.no: SAMPCS 12382
Two-track German CD-R in slim case. The cover is printed on cardstock paper (the german graphic is not a sticker!) The single is accompanied with a Sonymusic.de insert page written in German. The CD is silver with Black screened printing that states "For Promotional Use Only".
- Bring Me To Life [Album Version]
- Bring Me To Life [Bliss Mix]
Japan Promo DVD
Status: Out of Print
Label: Epic
Cat.no: EDBI 80002
1-track promo-only Region 2, NTSC DVD. Running time: approximately 4 minutes. Custom printed disc with japanese text.
- Bring Me To Life [Video]
Promo NTSC DVD
Status: Out Of Print
Label: Wind-up
Cat.no: ?
Contains the full promo video in NTSC-I format with 48 kHz LPCM (lossless) audio.
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