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About This Track
“Help I’m Alive” is the lead single from Canadian rock group Metric’s fourth studio album Fantasies. The song was released digitally on December 23, 2008.
Background:
The song was written by Emily Haines and produced by John O’Mahony. The song was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, being one of the first songs Haines had written in months.
On November 5, 2008 Metric updated their website with a video on how Haines writes a song. The video follows Haines through Argentina on a soul searching journey to find creativity and herself. “The songs that I wrote here were the simplest and clearest writing that I’ve done in I think in my whole life”, said Haines. “Help I’m Alive” was one of the first songs Haines had written in Buenos Aires.
The song has been very well-received by contemporary rock music critics.
On January 28, 2009, the band made the acoustic version of the single available for download from their website. The acoustic version features Emily Haines on piano and James Shaw on acoustic guitar.
Background:
The song was written by Emily Haines and produced by John O’Mahony. The song was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, being one of the first songs Haines had written in months.
On November 5, 2008 Metric updated their website with a video on how Haines writes a song. The video follows Haines through Argentina on a soul searching journey to find creativity and herself. “The songs that I wrote here were the simplest and clearest writing that I’ve done in I think in my whole life”, said Haines. “Help I’m Alive” was one of the first songs Haines had written in Buenos Aires.
The song has been very well-received by contemporary rock music critics.
On January 28, 2009, the band made the acoustic version of the single available for download from their website. The acoustic version features Emily Haines on piano and James Shaw on acoustic guitar.
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hahah_lol wrote:
Awesome. I love this song!
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Shadys321 wrote:
so relaxing
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nanasubways wrote:
live accoustic is nice, and not overrated to me..
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shagski wrote:
yup so over rated
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OGTL wrote:
shitty
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T0Rtur3 wrote:
Great song by a great band. I love the Acoustic Live & Rare version.
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StacyRenee09 wrote:
when I hear this I think of zombies. [2]
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cladycestlavie wrote:
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DarkMage530 wrote:
when I hear this I think of zombies.
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MercifulIdealis wrote:
An amazing song. I do wish the labeling was more specific, but I still adore any rendition.
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gferro1 wrote:
I love this song! Any version!!
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NiniJen05 wrote:
I love Metric!!!!
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palmsweat wrote:
Ahh.
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nuncarcu wrote:
nice!
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Ndizi wrote:
I love this version of the song
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pagroove wrote:
The iTunes festival version is beautiful!
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pasteluniverse1 wrote:
this song is too good to be true [2]
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CarolQz wrote:
I ♥ ♥ ♥ this!!!!
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crazymuzik47 wrote:
so f**ken beatiful.
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CrimsonXero wrote:
Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.
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