Editing Bring Me to Life (section)

== Music video ==
The music video for "Bring Me to Life" was directed by [[Philipp Stölzl]].<ref name="philippstoelzl2">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486942/evanescence-skewer-phoniness-new-video.jhtml |title=Evanescence Eviscerate Consumer Culture In Dramatic New Video |work=[[MTV News]] |date=May 11, 2004 |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |access-date=September 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107231843/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486942/evanescence-skewer-phoniness-new-video.jhtml|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stölzl stated: {{Blockquote|On the one hand, it brings out the most catchy part of the song, the bridge, the duet with the male and female vocals. On the other hand, it reflects the {{interp|'Daredevil'}} soundtrack background of the song. I did not know if I would have to use a [[stunt double]] for most of the angles, which would have restricted me a lot, but then it turned out that Amy did everything herself, hanging on Paul's arm for hours without getting tired. In the end, she is the one who made that shot strong."<ref name="philippstoelzl" />}}

According to Joe D'Angelo of MTV News, Lee's "teetering on a ledge" in the video shows a "distressed and emotionally wrought heroine."<ref name="split3">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_040227/index3.jhtml |title=Evanescence: The Split |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |page=3 |work=[[MTV News]] |access-date=September 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501234842/http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_040227/index3.jhtml |archive-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] from the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote: "You might not immediately recognize Amy Lee's name, but you would know her if she plummeted past you from the top floor of a tenement building."<ref name="latimes" /> Corey Moss of MTV felt that "as intense as a superhero movie, the sequence also gives a nice visual to the song's most memorable lyric, 'Save me.'"<ref name="philippstoelzl">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476942/sizing-up-money-shots.jhtml |title=Sizing Up The Money Shots Of 50 Cent, Sean Paul And Others |work=[[MTV News]] |first=Corey |last=Moss |date=August 18, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614143426/http://www.mtv.com/news/1476942/sizing-up-the-money-shots-of-50-cent-sean-paul-and-others/|archive-date=June 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> John Hood of ''Miami New Times'' wrote that the video's "gothopolis backdrop" would "make [[Tim Burton]] green with envy".<ref name="miami" />

The music video peaked at number nine on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'' in April 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/bands_on_trl_countdown|title=32 times the scene rocked the 'TRL' countdown|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|first=Rachel|last=Campbell|date=October 5, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163847/https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/bands_on_trl_countdown|archive-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> It was nominated at the [[2003 MTV Video Music Awards]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock Video]], but lost to [[Linkin Park]]'s "[[Somewhere I Belong]]".<ref name="vmas2003" /> On February 1, 2022, it surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming the first Evanescence music video to reach this milestone.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-youtube-billion-views-bring-me-to-life-1235026266/|title=Evanescence Join YouTube Billion Views Club With 'Bring Me to Life'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=February 2, 2022|access-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216115445/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-youtube-billion-views-bring-me-to-life-1235026266/|archive-date=February 16, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>