Editing Bring Me to Life (section)

== Release ==
"Bring Me to Life" first appeared in a scene of the film ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'' and was included on the [[Daredevil: The Album|film's soundtrack]], released in February 2003. The song was released as ''Fallen''{{'}}s first single on April 7, 2003.<ref name="dazed">{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|title=Amy Lee tells the real story behind Evanescence's 'Bring Me to Life'|work=[[Dazed]]|date=September 1, 2022|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927023618/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|archive-date=September 27, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wind-up Records|Wind-up Entertainment]] president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label first introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, "A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/|title=Evanescence, 'Fallen': Classic Track-By-Track|magazine=Billboard|date=March 4, 2013|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101134203/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-fallen-classic-track-by-track-1550567/|archive-date=November 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Some program directors would hear the female voice and piano at the start of the song and turn it off without listening to the rest of the song.<ref name="Paul">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Metal Edge]]|title=Evanescence Brought to Life|first=Paul|last=Gargano|date=August 2003|pages=15–18|volume=49|issue=4}}</ref> A female voice on rock radio was a rarity, and the song was considered for airplay only after there was a male vocal on it.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee finds a new voice in 'The Bitter Truth'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 5, 2021|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510154718/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a|archive-date=May 10, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Harrington">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|title=Evanescence: Rock's New Dynamic Duo|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118015405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|archive-date=November 18, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CoS">{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/|title=Beyond the Boys' Club: Amy Lee of Evanescence|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|date=May 23, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172532/https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/|archive-date=July 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> After the song was released on the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack, listeners began requesting air play for it, compelling radio stations to reconsider Evanescence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html|title=Evanescence looks to future|work=[[The Age]]|date=July 30, 2004|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102095954/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-looks-to-future-20040730-gdycsr.html|archive-date=November 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2021/12/8/22824602/afternoon-edition-dec-8-2021|title=Afternoon Edition: Dec. 8, 2021|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=December 8, 2021|accessdate=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101121936/https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2021/12/8/22824602/afternoon-edition-dec-8-2021|archive-date=November 1, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Times"/>

Lee said that with the success of the single they "went from playing clubs to arenas in a matter of months" and "people in other countries were listening to it".<ref name="dazed"/> On its international success, she stated: {{blockquote|"Since we released [the song] on ''Daredevil'' it went all over the world, whether they wanted it to or not, so we had fans in countries we had never been to because they had the soundtrack and they heard it on the radio. So, it started blowing up all over the world and then we had a reason to tour all over the world. And that's how the whole international thing happened this early."<ref name="therapy" />}}

The single includes "Farther Away" as a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]. The first pressing of the Australian single contained the track "Missing" as a B-side,<ref name="bside">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00008MPB9/ |title=Bring Me to Life / Farther Away / Missing <nowiki>[Single, Maxi, Import]</nowiki> |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118122827/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bring-Life-Farther-Away-Missing/dp/B00008MPB9|archive-date=November 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> but this was omitted from later pressings and later released as a bonus track on the band's first live album, ''[[Anywhere but Home]]''.<ref name="anywhereamazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MMJAZU/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419164728/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MMJAZU/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |title=Anywhere But Home (Live) |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> An acoustic version was recorded and released on the "Bring Me to Life" DVD. In 2003, the song served as the official theme song for [[WWE]]'s 2003 [[No Way Out (2003)|No Way Out]] event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1412406-wwe-theme-songs-the-best-pay-per-view-theme-songs-in-recent-memory|title=WWE Theme Songs: The Best Pay-Per-View Theme Songs in Recent Memory|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|last=Musso|first=Alex|date=November 17, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501012134/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1412406-wwe-theme-songs-the-best-pay-per-view-theme-songs-in-recent-memory|archive-date=May 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>