Editing Bring Me to Life (section)

== 2017 ''Synthesis'' arrangement ==
{{Infobox song
| name     = Bring Me to Life
| cover    = Evanescence - Bring Me to Life (Synthesis version).png
| type     = promo
| artist   = [[Evanescence]]
| album    = [[Synthesis (Evanescence album)|Synthesis]]
| released = {{start date|2017|08|18}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Bring Me To Life (Synthesis) | website=Spotify | date=2017-08-18 | url=https://open.spotify.com/album/75txZS6Wt4fL3rFrrSJtzC | ref={{sfnref|Spotify|2017}} | access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
| genre    =
* [[Orchestra]]l
* [[electronica]]
| length   = 4:18
| label    = [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]
| writer   =
* Amy Lee
* Ben Moody
* David Hodges
| producer =
* Will Hunt (Spaceway)
* Amy Lee
| misc     = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|k5QFLV_lzeQ|"Bring Me to Life"}}|header=Audio video|type=song}}
}}

In 2017, an orchestral and [[electronic music|electronic]] version of the song was recorded for the band's fourth studio album ''[[Synthesis (Evanescence album)|Synthesis]]''. It was made available for digital download and streaming on August 18, 2017; it was also made available for instant download for concertgoers of the band's [[Synthesis Tour]].<ref name="loudwire">{{cite news|url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-live-tour-fall-2017/|title=Evanescence Announce 'Synthesis Live' Tour for Fall 2017|first=Chad|last=Childers|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 14, 2017|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531155920/https://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-live-tour-fall-2017/|archive-date=May 31, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Synthesis'' version of "Bring Me to Life" replaces the drums and guitar from the ''Fallen'' version with string arrangements accompanied by crashing [[cymbal]]s, "tension-building" [[timpani|timpani drum]]s and various electronic elements throughout.<ref name="dram">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-bring-me-to-life-orchestral-synthesis-stream-7934110/|title=Evanescence Share Orchestral 'Bring Me To Life' Reworking Off New Album 'Synthesis'|magazine=Billboard|first=Sadie|last=Bell|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202090017/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/evanescence-bring-me-to-life-orchestral-synthesis-stream-7934110/|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Evanescence Reveal Reimagined">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-synthesis-version-bring-me-to-life/|title=Evanescence Reveal Reimagined 'Synthesis' Version of 'Bring Me to Life'|work=[[Loudwire]]|first=Chad|last=Childers|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> It also removes McCoy's vocal feature. Several critics described its new arrangement as "dramatic", with ''Billboard''{{'}}s Sadie Bell deeming it "just as rich" as the original and ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Brittany Spanos calling it a "cinematic take".<ref name="dram" /><ref name="rs1" /> Lee described the song as "new" to her again as she incorporated musical elements and vocals which she had "heard in [her] head" since its release.<ref name="rs1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-amy-lee-and-evanescences-orchestral-bring-me-to-life-w498314|title=Hear Evanescence's Orchestral Reworking of 'Bring Me to Life'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brittany|last=Spanos|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819045626/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-amy-lee-and-evanescences-orchestral-bring-me-to-life-w498314|url-status=dead}}</ref>