Call Me When You're Sober
General Information
Written by: A. Lee and T. Balsamo
The official first single off of The Open Door by Evanescence. Amy's sisters, Carrie and Lori, performed background vocals for the song. Call Me When You're Sober officially went for radio adds on August 7th, 2006, but the song had been leaked on July 30th, 2006 forcing radio stations to play the song early.
The song has been described as a "a bluesy arrangement of strings and organ" that "sounds more Fiona Apple than new metal".[1]
The song is about the relationship of Amy Lee and Shaun Morgan had. Around when the single was out on the radio, Shaun Morgan announced that he is going into rehab. The songs talks about Shaun preferring his addiction object over Amy and her deciding to get out of the relationship when realizing it.
Amy's description of the song: [2]
"It's very obvious who it's about. I know that people would read between the lines and think it's about my ex-boyfriend Shaun Morgan [of Seether], but I wanted to be completely clear. I needed so bad to say exactly what I was feeling for so long. Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful."
Versions
Studio versions:
Call Me When You're Sober
- Recording date: September 2005 - March 2006
- Status: Released
- Released on:
- The Open Door (track #2) – the first single off the album
- All Call Me When You're Sober singles
Live versions:
Call Me When You're Sober [live][3]
- Performing period: October 5, 2006 - ?
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Live @ KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2006
Call Me When You're Sober [acoustic] [4]
- Performing period: August-September 2006
- Status: Released
- Released on: All Call Me When You're Sober singles
- Recording date: August 13, 2006
- Recording place: New York City
Media
- Listen to the radio teaser mms://media.mad.gr/stream/evanescence/teaser.wma
- Listen on-line via AOL Music
- Listen on-line via MySpace.com
- Watch The Making of the Video on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Lyrics
Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind
Should I let you fall
Lose it all
So maybe you can remember yourself
Can't keep believing
We're only deceiving ourselves
And I'm sick of the lie
And you're too late
Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind
Couldn't take the blame
Sick with shame
Must be exhausting to lose your own game
Selfishly hated
No wonder you're jaded
You can't play the victim this time
And you're too late
Don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
You want me
Come find me
Make up your mind
You never call me when you're sober
You only want it 'cause it's over
It's over
How could I have burned paradise
How could I - you were never mine!
So don't cry to me
If you loved me
You would be here with me
Don't lie to me
Just get your things
I've made up your mind
Video
The video for Call Me When You're Sober, produced by Marc Webb, was officially released on August 7th, 2006 on MTV, MTV2, VH1, and Fuse. It features a theme that is loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood.
The Big Bad Wolf in the video, Oliver Goodwill, is from the UK. He has been playing drums for 17 years. He posts on EvBoard.com under nickname realwolf, though EvBoarders affectonately call him 'Wolfie'. More information about him can be found on his MySpace profile.
Watch the video on [Evanescence.com].
Commercial Release
- Main Article: Call Me When You're Sober Single
The Call Me When You're Sober single was released to most of the world on September 18, 2006, and to the UK on September 25, 2006.
Tracks released with this single include:
- Call Me When You're Sober [Album Version]
- Call Me When You're Sober [Acoustic Version]
- Making Of Call Me When You're Sober [Enhanced CD Feature] (05:23)
- Call Me When You're Sober Video [Enhanced CD Feature]
- The 'Making Of' clip is a shortened version of the program broadcast by MTV (View the full program on YouTube Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music
External links
References
- ↑ Evanescence - Set to Return - Amy Lee Had a Rough Few Years - SMNnews.com
- ↑ C. Bottomley. Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs - VH1.com
- ↑ Has an additional full band outro
- ↑ Performed by Amy Lee (piano, vocals), John LeCompt (acoustic guitar) and David Eggar (cello)
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