Lithium (Evanescence song)
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 Lithium (Part 1) |
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| Single by Evanescence | ||||||||||||
| from the album The Open Door | ||||||||||||
| B-side | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" | |||||||||||
| Released | January 1, 2007 (Ireland) February 13, 2007 (US) |
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| Format | CD single | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Symphonic Gothic Metal | |||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||||||||||
| Label | Wind-up | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Amy Lee | |||||||||||
| Producer | Dave Fortman | |||||||||||
| Evanescence singles chronology | ||||||||||||
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"Lithium" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It was released in February 2007, as the second single from their second studio album, The Open Door.
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[edit] Background
Amy Lee describes the song as a song "which embraces feeling over numbness." During an interview with VH1, Lee said,
| “ | I wrote the chorus on the guitar when I was about 16. I always thought it was a cool chorus, but I never used it for anything. I started playing it on the piano and the verses came out. I have a pile of pieces stowed away in my mind that maybe I'll use some day. In a way it's an old song, but not really. It grew up.[1] | ” |
In another interview with MTV Italy, Lee said,
| “ | It's not literal, it's not literal about the drug for me, I've never taken lithium before. It's sort of a metaphor about numbness and happiness and sort of like, it's me looking at happiness in a negative way because I've always been, you know, kind of afraid to be happy. Like with the band and the art and everything else, it's always like I'm never letting myself break through into the happiness it seems like, because it's not cool or something. And describing happiness is lithium, it's like saying 'that's numbness, I won't be able to be an artist anymore if I'm happy', which is hilarious because that's just not true, I'm happy. So it's like this fight within the song of like 'do I do this and get out of here and get happy or do I wallow in it like I always do?' and it's cool because at the end of the song I say 'I'm going to let it go', like I am going to be happy.[2] | ” |
The drug itself, lithium carbonate, is typically used as a mood stabilizer to prevent acute manic behavior in patients with bipolar disorder.
[edit] Music video
A music video directed by Paul Fedor was filmed between October 31 and November 1, 2006. It features Amy Lee and the band members performing in a snowy cemetery, and shows Lee representing the emotions of sorrow and happiness, and drowns in a pond of black liquid at the end of the video. The underwater scenes are similar to those of the music video for "Going Under", with the exception of the jellyfish. The setting is similar to that of the music video for AFI's "Love Like Winter".
During an interview with MTV News, Lee said,
| “ | There's the me in all white and it's really wintry, and then there's the all-in-black Amy under the surface of the water of this lake in the forest. So it's the happiness and the sorrow and we're almost singing to each other, trying to figure out how both of us can work.[3] | ” |
The music video premiered exclusively to Canadian audiences on MuchMusic.com on November 24, 2006, and was placed on other sites such as YouTube and Myspace afterwards. It was subsequently removed from MuchMusic.com, and restored on December 4. Wind-up initially released the video on the band's official website on November 27.[4] It was available for digital download on iTunes on December 19. Lee made a guest appearance on TRL on December 24 to premier the video on MTV.
[edit] Track listing
Single (Part 1)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lithium" | Lee | 3:44 |
| 2. | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" | Lee | 4:07 |
Maxi (Part 2)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lithium" | Lee | 3:44 |
| 2. | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" | Lee | 4:07 |
| 3. | "All That I'm Living For" (Acoustic version) | Lee, LeCompt | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Lithium" (Video/Acoustic version) | Lee | 3:50 |
7" Vinyl Picture Disc
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lithium" | Lee | 3:44 |
| 2. | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" | Lee | 4:07 |
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2006/2007) |
Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 26 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[6] | 41 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] | 13 |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[8] | 18 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[9] | 44 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[10] | 30 |
| Italy (FIMI)[11] | 2 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] | 16 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[13] | 55 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 23 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 40 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] | 32 |
| UK Rock Chart (The Official Charts Company) | 1 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17] | 24 |
| US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[18] | 39 |
| US Hot Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[19] | 37 |
[edit] References
- ^ Bottomley, C. (2006-09-18). "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs". VH1.com. http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml. Retrieved November 6, 2006.
- ^ "Tutto su Evanescence". MTV.it. 2006-10-12. http://www.mtv.it/news/news_page_int.asp?IDINT=6499. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ Moss, Corey (2006-11-02). "After Facing Big Bad Wolf, Amy Lee Faces Herself In Evanescence Clip". MTV News via VH1.com. http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1544656/20061101/index.jhtml. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
- ^ "New "Lithium" Video". Evanescence.com. 2006-11-27. http://www.evanescence.com/news.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Evanescence – Lithium". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Evanescence – Lithium – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Evanescence – Lithium" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200722 into search. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Evanescence – Lithium". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Evanescence – Lithium". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Evanescence – Lithium" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Evanescence – Lithium". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Evanescence – Lithium – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Bubbling Under Top 100 Singles". Billboard.com. 2007-02-10. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929091611/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&cdi=9186529&cid=02/10/2007. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Evanescence Chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=510526&model.vnuAlbumId=598567. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ "Evanescence Chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=377&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Modern+Rock+Tracks&ci=3082362&cdi=9195575&cid=02/24/2007. Retrieved 2008-11-02.[dead link]
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