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Written by: A. Lee and B. Moody

“My Immortal” is one of the most popular songs ever recorded by Evanescence. This song lasts the entire span of Evanescence’s recording history. It is credited as the 4th song ever written for Evanescence. Ben Moody wrote the original in full when he was 15 years old. It is the second song that he wrote for the band (Understanding is credited as his first). In the later versions of the song, Amy Lee is credited to have written the bridge and the coinciding piano part to the song. There are seven different recorded versions of the song. The Fallen version of the song has strings by composer Graeme Revell.

Until near the end of 2002, the Fallen version was played live. They then began playing the Band version, which later became the version they released as a single. When performed live, Amy is playing the piano herself, but the notes are changed into a much simpler melody, probably to avoid mistakes during live playing. Amy has stated she hates the song because she can never really relate to it (and that you can notice when performing live), since it is not hers and not based on real events.

The Mystary EP version is like the band version’s demo recording. Amy is playing piano with added strings in the background. It also has some similarities to the Fallen version, although a lot of fans say that this one has a more sophisticated piano arrangement. Amy also takes short pauses in the choruses. The verses don’t have much of a difference to the band version. Like the Fallen version, this version doesn’t include the rock part at the end. Wind-up Records were unhappy with this version and decided that the Origin version was best, but with more strings in the background.
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  • laubott

    Perfect ♥♥♥♥♥

    Monday morning

  • paradrome

    Lovely......evocative! <3

    last week

  • ArielxArchangel

    nostalgically bittersweet - the first song ive learned on the piano.

    13 days ago

  • AlinkaPirate

    brilliant

    13 days ago

  • Harley1337

    ♥♥♥

    14 days ago

  • Sound-Of-Nature

    One of the best songs of our time. [2]

    17 days ago

  • BikerWriter

    I want Amy as my next wife....she is amazing. Both haunting and beautiful....

    19 days ago

  • ewcia93

    Beautiful and haunting [12]

    21 days ago

  • GeoMaggs

    Violin only?!?!? How do I ban this specific version, and not the real song?

    23 days ago

  • Ivyxxo

    One of the best songs of our time.

    24 days ago

  • gabidranka

    Beautiful and haunting [11]

    24 days ago

  • han-zo

    best song from Evanescence! ♥ [2]

    25 days ago

  • taru_himawari

    best song from Evanescence! ♥

    last month

  • jembf

    I'll keep tryin' it and see if its worth :-))) :-D

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  • ladycaroledowns

    :-)))

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  • jembf

    :-))

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  • ladycaroledowns

    Love this!!

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  • lidka0374

    NO TAK ZROBIŁO SIĘ TROCHĘ SMUTNO ALE KAWAŁEK FAJNY

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  • canaria1

    It´s beautiful <3. Pronto disfrutaremos de sus nuevos temas y espero que cante, " My Inmortal".

    last month

  • Akira_Mirage

    wonderful

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