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| B-side = "Farther Away" <!--other B-sides in secondary markets and later releases don't go in infobox: [[Template:Infobox_song#B-side]]-->
| released = {{start date|2003|01|13}} <!--Do NOT change it back to April 7, 2003. In fact, that date is for the CD format. The song was released on January 13, 2003 first.-->
| recorded = 2002
| studio = [[Ocean Productions|Ocean]] ([[Burbank, California]])
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The song was written by [[Amy Lee]] at age 19 about having been desensitized in an abusive relationship and realizing things she had been missing in life. Guitarist [[Ben Moody]] and [[David Hodges]] share songwriting credits on the song, which features guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band [[12 Stones]]. Produced by [[Dave Fortman]], "Bring Me to Life" is primarily a [[nu metal]] song. The male vocals were forced by the label against Lee's wishes in order to market it in the musical landscape of the time.
The song received a generally positive reception, with critics praising Lee's vocals and melody. It reached number fiveone onin theAustralia, USChile, [[BillboardColombia, HotItaly, 100|''Billboard''Scotland, Hotand 100]]the andUnited chartingKingdom inas well as the top tenfive ofin overBelgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the 20United countriesStates. One of Evanescence's most commercially successful songs, "Bring Me to Life" was certified triple-platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in 2019. It won the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] and was also nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]. Directed by [[Philipp Stölzl]], the music video shows Lee singing and climbing on a skyscraper while having nightmares in her room. The song was re-worked and re-recorded on Evanescence's [[orchestral]]-[[electronica]] fourth studio album, ''[[Synthesis (Evanescence album)|Synthesis]]'' (2017).
== Composition and recording ==
With pressure from the label to refine its production, Evanescence ultimately made around 10 demos of the song, which included changing the synths for the opening piano part, and the addition of real strings by [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]], an "expense" Lee "fought hard for over a less expensive synthetic alternative".<ref name="dazed"/><ref name="Rev 23"/> Most of the song was recorded for the ''Daredevil'' soundtrack at [[Ocean Productions|Ocean Studios]] in [[Burbank, California]].<ref name="mix" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Clients Quotes |url=http://oceanstudiosburbank.com/Ocean_Testing/quotes.html |publisher=Ocean Studios Burbank |access-date=June 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006151431/http://oceanstudiosburbank.com/Ocean_Testing/quotes.html |archive-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> It was mixed by [[Jay Baumgardner]] in his studio, [[NRG Recording Studios]] in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]], on an [[Solid State Logic|SSL 9000 J]]. A 22-piece string section was recorded by Mark Curry in Seattle, and mixed at the Newman Scoring Stage and Bolero Studios in Los Angeles.<ref name="mix">{{cite news|url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/ |title=In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen |work=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |first=Bryan |last=Reeseman |date=August 1, 2003 |access-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805032221/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/ |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>
"Bring Me to Life" is stylistically a [[nu metal]]-[[rap rock]] song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1220 |title=Top Ten Nu-Metal Bands |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |first=Andrew |last=Unterberger |date=September 10, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012143351/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1220 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mtv030813">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476773/evanescence-cold-play-chicago.jhtml |title=Evanescence Make Understatement Of The Year At Chicago Sweat Factory|work=MTV News |first=Blair R. |last=Fischer |date=August 13, 2003 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805035551/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476773/evanescence-cold-play-chicago.jhtml |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Billboard Summer 2003">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-ashanti-2003-summer-songs-7897976/|title=Beyoncé, Ashanti, and More—Tracks That Take You Back To Summer of 2003|workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Billboard Staff|date=August 23, 2017|accessdate=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119231052/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-ashanti-2003-summer-songs-7897976/|archive-date=January 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In order to market it, the label forced them to add the male rapping vocal, which Lee did not want, or the song and album would not be released.{{refn|<ref name="vh1058"/><ref name="Scuzz">{{cite interview|last=Lee|first=Amy|interviewer=Terry Bezer|publisher=|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&t=931 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319144353/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=March 19, 2013|title=Scuzz Meets Evanescence |work=[[Scuzz|Scuzz TV]]|date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="fact-or-fiction">{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' |work=[[Loudwire]] |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322081835/http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="OH">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ive0Nqv3p4A|title=The Oral History of Evanescence ft. Amy Lee|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=March 29, 2021|accessdate=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417170412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Ive0Nqv3p4A&feature=youtu.be|archive-date=April 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The male vocal was a compromise after the label originally demanded they include a rap on eight of the songs on the album.<ref name="K 23">{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|title=Evanescence: “I’m"I'm so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me”me"|work=Kerrang!|date=November 15, 2023|first=George|last=Garner|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121044525/https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|archive-date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> During an interview, Lee stated: "It was presented to me as, 'You're a girl singing in a rock band, there's nothing else like that out there, nobody's going to listen to you. You need a guy to come in and sing back-up for it to be successful.'"<ref name="guardianuk">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/captionherethepop? |title=Female rock stars not wanted in the UK. Apparently |work=The Guardian |first=Trevor |last=Baker |date=November 22, 2007 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006023425/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/captionherethepop |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> Lee wrote Paul McCoy's part.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-bring-me-to-life-by-evanescence|title=The story behind Bring Me To Life by Evanescence|work=[[Louder Sound]]|date=February 14, 2018|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512231801/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-bring-me-to-life-by-evanescence|archive-date=May 12, 2022}}</ref> On the chorus, Lee sings the lines "'Call my name and save me from the dark' over "surging guitars",<ref name="therapy">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/13/Weekend/_Music_is_my_therapy_.shtml |title=Weekend: 'Music is my therapy' |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |first=Brian |last=Orloff |date=May 13, 2004 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075920/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/13/Weekend/_Music_is_my_therapy_.shtml |archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref> and McCoy raps the lines "Wake me up/ I can't wake up/ Save me!".<ref name="mtv030813" /> The song is set in [[Time signature|common time]] and performed in a moderate [[tempo]] of 95 beats per minute. It is written in the key of E minor, and Lee's vocal range for the song runs from the low note of [[A (musical note)|A<sub>3</sub>]] to the high note of [[D (musical note)|D<sub>5</sub>]].<ref name="sheet">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0047198 |title=Evanescence – Bring Me To Life Sheet Music (Digital Download) |website=Musicnotes.com |date=July 12, 2004 |access-date=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Kirk Miller said that the song is stylistically a "case of mistaken identity", dooming the band to [[Linkin Park]] comparisons "thanks to [its] digital beats, clean metal-guitar riffs, scattered piano lines and all-too-familiar mix of rapping and singing."<ref name="roll200303">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fallen-20030325 |title=Fallen – Album Reviews |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Kirk |last=Miller |date=March 25, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108135604/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/fallen-20030325 |archive-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref> Blair R. Fischer of [[MTV]] called it a "ubiquitous rap-rock confection".<ref name="mtv030813" /> Richard Harrington from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described its sound as "crunching metallic".<ref name="washingtonpost">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500542.html |title=Another 'Door' Opens for Amy Lee |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Richard |last=Harrington |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112200454/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500542.html |archive-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said that "with its lyrical drama and crunchy guitars, [the song] branded the band as overdone nu-metal."<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-evanescence1-story.html|title = Rock’sRock's a hard place -- ask Evanescence|last = Powers|first = Ann|date = October 1, 2006|newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170145/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-evanescence1-story.html|archive-date = November 27, 2020|accessdate = March 5, 2024|url-status = live}}</ref> "Bring Me to Life" has also been classified as [[hard rock]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|date=January 5, 2009|website=[[Stereogum]]|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816063137/https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/news/|archive-date=August 16, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref name="consequenceofsound">{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|date=July 5, 2017|website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204815/https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|archive-date=October 6, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Blender (magazine)|''Blender'']] writer Nick Catucci described it as a "crossover [[gothic metal|goth-metal]] smash".<ref name="blender030807">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1169 |title=Evanescence (live concert) |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |author=Catucci, Nick |date=August 7, 2003 |access-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113092525/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1169 |archive-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> Nick Catucci of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote that "piano tinkles, Lee's breathless keen, dramatic pauses, guitars like clouds of locusts, [and] McCoy's passing-12-kidney-stones guest vocals" characterize the song, which "sounds like church-burning, brain-eating European dark metal."<ref name="sillytitle">{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-06-03/music/god-goes-goth/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209034538/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-06-03/music/god-goes-goth/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=God Goes Goth |work=The Village Voice |first=Nick |last=Catucci |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> Vik Bansal of ''[[MusicOMH]]'' said the track contains "Lee's temptress vocals, pseudo-electronic beats à la Linkin Park, understated but menacing metallic riffs in the background, and a ripping, radio-friendly rock chorus."<ref name="goirev">{{cite news|url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/evanescence.htm |title=Evanescence – Going Under (Wind-Up) |work=[[MusicOMH]] |first=Vik |last=Bansal |access-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121031749/http://www.musicomh.com/singles/evanescence.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> [[MTV]] described it as "an unrelenting paean that begins as hauntingly delicate before piling on crumpled guitar lines and a rap" while "Lee's vocals soar above the whole sludgy mixture".<ref name="mtv1471139" />
== Release ==
Bryan Reeseman of ''[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]]'' described "Bring Me to Life" as "grandiose and moody".<ref name="mix" /> Nick Catucci of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' deemed it a "fabulous breakthrough single" that sounds like "church-burning, brain-eating European dark metal."<ref name="sillytitle" /> Writing for ''[[Kerrang!]]'', Mike Rampton found the "manly rap" forced by their label to be "not good".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-13-most-nu-metal-moments-of-all-time|title=The 13 most nu-metal moments of all time|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=October 11, 2019|accessdate=June 1, 2023|first=Mike|last=Rampton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212614/https://www.kerrang.com/the-13-most-nu-metal-moments-of-all-time|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> John Hood of the ''[[Miami New Times]]'' said it is a "huge, heavy, and mightily histrionic" track that pits Lee's "soaring voice both with and against the rap-infused gruff of McCoy".<ref name="miami">{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|title=Through the Open Door|work=[[Miami New Times]]|date=October 18, 2007|accessdate=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164937/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In his review of Evanescence's second album, Don Kaye of [[Blabbermouth.net]] criticized the song for containing "annoying faux-rapping" as a "key component".<ref name="blab">{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/the-open-door|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028090656/https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/the-open-door|url-status=live|archive-date=October 28, 2022|title=Evanescence – The Open Door |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |first=Don |last=Kaye |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> For [[NPR]], Suzy Exposito wrote that McCoy "came in to insulate chauvinistic rock listeners from Lee's operatic subjectivity".<ref name="NPR 18">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/627397206/turning-the-tables-the-200-greatest-songs-by-21st-century-women-part-6|publisher=[[NPR]]|title=The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+|date=July 30, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129155549/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/627397206/turning-the-tables-the-200-greatest-songs-by-21st-century-women-part-6|archive-date=January 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Melissa Maerz of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said that Lee thematically tackles death on the song with "grandeur".<ref name="spinreview">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iemUgvxmQcYC&pg=PA67 |title=She sold more than 15 million albums with Evanescence, only to find herself in abusive relationships |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=October 2006 |first=Melissa |last=Maerz |volume=22 |number=10 |page=70 |issn=0886-3032 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called it "haunting, moody and cinematic".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/evanescence-fallen-2003-117450/|title=The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324164553/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/evanescence-fallen-2003-117450/|archive-date=March 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Bring Me to Life" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]] at the [[46th Grammy Awards]], where it was also nominated in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/46th-annual-grammy-awards|title=46th Annual Grammy Awards|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240720080203/https://www.grammy.com/awards/46th-annual-grammy-awards|archive-date=July 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/04/here-are-grammy-nominations-2/|title=Here are the Grammy nominations|workmagazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 4, 2003|access-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614222926/https://ew.com/article/2003/12/04/here-are-grammy-nominations-2/|archive-date=June 14, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2003 MTV Video Music Awards]] the band was nominated in the category for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] for "Bring Me to Life".<ref name="vmas2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/ |title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003 |work=[[MTV]] |access-date=August 7, 2011 |format=To see the nominations, click on the "winners" parameter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811195110/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/ |archive-date=August 11, 2011}}</ref> The song received a nomination at the [[2003 MTV Europe Music Awards]] for [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song|Best Song]].<ref name="mtv14794">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479406/mtv-europe-music-awards-noms-announced.jhtml |title=Justin, Christina, Stripes Lead MTV Europe Music Awards Nominees |work=[[MTV News]] |first=Corey |last=Moss |date=September 23, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210202/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479406/justin-christina-stripes-lead-mtv-europe-music-awards-nominees/|archive-date=November 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[Billboard Music Award|14th annual ''Billboard'' Music Awards]], it won the award for Soundtrack Single of the Year.<ref name="billsoundtrack">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481059/beyonce-r-kelly-win-big-at-billboard-awards.jhtml |title=Beyonce, R. Kelly Scoop Up Most Trophies At Billboard Music Awards |work=[[MTV News]] |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |date=December 11, 2003 |access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215083231/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481059/beyonce-r-kelly-win-big-at-billboard-awards.jhtml|archive-date=February 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Bring Me to Life" ranked number 69 on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s.<ref name="blog.vh1.com">{{cite web |url=http://blog.vh1.com/2011-09-29/the-100-greatest-songs-of-00s-complete-list/ |title=The 100 Greatest Songs of '00s – Complete List |work=[[VH1]] |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018211104/http://blog.vh1.com/2011-09-29/the-100-greatest-songs-of-00s-complete-list |archive-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> In 2018, [[NPR]] named it one of the 200 greatest songs by 21st century women.<ref name="NPR 18"/> In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the song at number 43 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 13, 2023 |title=The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313191405/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688425/ |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Chart performance ==
"Bring Me to Life" peaked within the top 10 of more than 15 countries, and within the top 20 of several other countries, making it the band's most successful single to date. It was certified [[Recording Industry Association of America|triple-platinum]] in 2019 for selling more than three million copies in the United States.<ref name="billboard2011">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-returns-to-an-altered-rock-landscape-466221/|title=Evanescence Returns to an Altered Rock Landscape |last=Titus |first=Christa |date=October 11, 2011 |workmagazine=Billboard |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317024839/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-returns-to-an-altered-rock-landscape-466221/|archive-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref> It topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] and [[Pop 100]] charts and peaked at number five on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="hot100" /> It also peaked at number four on the [[Adult Pop Songs]] chart. The song initially peaked within the [[Christian rock]] charts as well, because its lyrics were interpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ by several listeners.<ref name="ct-fallen">{{cite news |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2003/fallen.html |title=Fallen (Wind-Up) |work=[[Christianity Today]] |first=Russ |last=Breimeier |year=2003 |quote='Bring Me to Life,' as excerpted above, reads as a solid plea for spiritual revival. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026043225/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2003/fallen.html |archive-date=October 26, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ct-comatose">{{cite news|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/comatose.html |title=Comatose (Ardent/SRE/Lava/Atlantic) |work=Christianity Today |first=Russ |last=Breimeier |year=2006 |access-date=October 29, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026043305/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/comatose.html |archive-date=October 26, 2007}}</ref> "Bring Me to Life" charted at number 73 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Best of the 2000s Rock Songs Chart, the only song by a female-led band on that chart.<ref name="bbbestof">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/features/best-of-the-2000s-1004051233.story#/charts-decade-end/rock-songs?year=2009&begin=71&order=position |title=Best of the 2000s: Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |year=2009 |access-date=December 30, 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106023855/http://www.billboard.com/features/best-of-the-2000s-1004051233.story |archive-date=January 6, 2010}}</ref> The song topped the charts of Australia, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom. It peaked within the top 5 of Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, and Sweden. On the [[ARIA Singles Chart]], "Bring Me to Life" peaked at number one where it stayed for six weeks.<ref name="pan" />
"Bring Me to Life" charted within the top 20 of every other country of its release.
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