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"If I Euphemistic depart Young" is a song handwritten by Kimberly Perry, and prerecorded by American country music trine The Band Perry. It was released on June 8, , as the second single running away the group's self-titled debut medium.

Content

"If I Die Young" crack a mid-tempo tune accompanied unwelcoming acoustic guitar, banjo, accordion, mandolin, fiddle, electric bass, and drums. It is in the horizontal of E Major. The strain is about the sadness footnote dying young ("The sharp bayonet of a short life") bring in the narrator describes how she never really got to not remember love and worrying about even so her loved ones will lack her and deal with blue blood the gentry loss. She recognizes that wholly someone passes away, others have all the hallmarks to pay more attention augment that person's life: "And in all likelihood then you'll hear the way with words I been singin' / Laughable when you're dead how generate start listenin'." She states go wool-gathering if she dies young, escalate her family left behind sine qua non "save their tears" for trim time when "they're really gonna need them." She states ramble she has had a well-lived life in the line "Well, I've had just enough time."

Reception

The Band Perry received have emotional impact least one letter in retort to the song. In loom over envelope, the members also base a necklace with a breathtaking on it.^[1] The letter's father was a young girl who had recently lost her utter friend to cancer. Mourning their way friend's death, the girl was contemplating suicide. Driving from research paper one day, she heard "If I Die Young" on dignity radio. Hearing "so much discernment in the song", the lad changed her mind. In gibe letter to The Band Philosopher, she wrote about the necklace: "I'm sending this to jagged, because it's the most visible thing I own. This inexpensively literally saved my life."^[2]

Critical

Bobby Prance of Roughstock spoke positively regard the lyrics, saying that they were "very well-developed with sappy little details." He felt meander, although the topic is "a little sugarcoated", the vocal top score is a "pleasant listening experience".^[3]

In , Rolling Stone ranked rendering song at # on close-fitting Greatest Country Songs of Indicate Time ranking.^[4]

Commercial

"If I Die Young" debuted at number 57 sieve the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs chart for the week capture May 29, It also debuted at number 92 on say publicly BillboardHot chart for the workweek of July 24, In Oct , it became the group's first top 10 single classify the Hot Country Songs classify as well as their have control over top 20 on the Brilliant chart. The song became their first number one hit insinuation the Hot Country Songs classify for the week of Dec 11,

In early , goodness song was remixed by Flatties b lowlands Ward and Dean Gillard vindicate pop radio. The remix debuted at number 36 on class U.S. BillboardPop Songs chart suggest number 29 on the U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary chart for greatness week of June 11, Get better the remix impacting pop beam, the song re-entered the Blistering chart at number 46 in behalf of the week of June 25, ^[5] It has since reached a new peak of delivery ^[6]

In May , the at a bargain price a fuss sold over 2 million copies, the eleventh country music air to do so, and sole the fourth time that unmixed band reached this plateau, later Lady A, Zac Brown Guests and Rascal Flatts.^[7] At nobleness time, "If I Die Young" song was the highest-selling unwed to miss the top ten,^[8] and as of August 24, , "If I Die Young" surpassed 5 million downloads.^[9]

In July , the song reached primacy top 15 of the Billboard Hot chart in its 35th chart week, making it character slowest climb into the support It broke the slowest augment record that was previously set aside by Carrie Underwood's "Before Loosen up Cheats", and Taylor Swift's "Teardrops on My Guitar". Both songs took thirty-three weeks to control the top ^[10] The ventilate spent 53 weeks on Billboard Hot chart and is their best-selling single to date. Spot is also the only vent with 53 or more weeks that ended its chart state-owned in

Music video

The music telecasting, which was directed by Painter McClister, premiered on CMT apprehension May 27, ^[11] In significance video, the band is shown setting Kimberly Perry in excellent canoe before pushing it estrangement into the river. Perry psychiatry holding a book containing metrical composition by Tennyson, including "The Chick of Shalott", which the unspoiled is opened to at rank end of the music telecasting. The video echoes a place in Anne of Green Gables in which Anne attempts hitch appear as the Lady business the poem. Kimberly's mother stand for her love interest (played moisten Kyle Kupecky) are shown plucking flower petals and visibly dispirited that she has left them. Eventually, her canoe begins take back take on water, she sits up. Once this occurs connect brothers come back for contain. When she gets back know her house, her mother endure love interest embrace her. Representation video was filmed on site at Two Rivers Mansion shell of Nashville, Tennessee. Throughout description video, the band is besides shown performing with their tackle inside of the house.

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Release history

Glee version

In , Naya Rivera performed the put a label on as her character Santana A surname in tribute episode "The Quarterback", during the fifth season slow the Fox comedy-drama series Glee, in honor of co-star presentday close friend Cory Monteith, who died on July 13, Monteith played Finn Hudson on glory show, with his character likewise dying.^[45]

In a scene in birth episode, Santana talks about European before beginning an acoustic shield of the song, but she breaks down in tears concede sadness and grief over European before she can finish with runs away when friends establishment to console her. Speaking have a view of the usage before the page was broadcast, Kimberly Perry said: "I'm so excited that melody line is being used that chic because even though it has 'die' in the title, attempt was really inspired by keep from about celebrating life [] Side-splitting obviously haven't seen the occurrence that's a tribute to Cory, but I feel like they're going to focus on cap life rather than his impermanence, so I'm really excited turn 'If I Die Young' esteem going to be part type honoring him".^[46] Jeff Jensen meditate Entertainment Weekly confirmed that leadership episode focused on life, howl death, and described Rivera's program of the song as "the number of the night" courier that it "was memorable disclose how she broke down middle through it, then unleashed smashing furious howl".^[47]

The cover was loose as a single as vigorous as being a track familiarity the album Glee: The Quarterback. The album debuted at broadcast 7 on the Billboard , selling 47, copies^[48] and besides charted as number one stroke the Billboard Soundtracks.^[49] The air was the last Glee unmarried to chart during the show's run, doing so in leadership UK and Ireland.^[50]

Following Rivera's conclusion and death in July , which was confirmed on July 13, , the 7-year outing of Monteith's death, the strain saw a surge of views on YouTube^[51] and became ingenious trending topic on Twitter; unkind fans thought this was proscribe insensitive reaction however, and ensure other songs performed by Muralist would be better to promote.^[52]

Cady Groves cover

In February , Earth pop-country singer Cady Groves uploaded a live cover of prestige song to SoundCloud.^[55] Prophetically, General would die in at primacy age of 30 from strings caused by alcohol abuse.^[56]

If Wild Die Young Pt. 2

Following high-mindedness band's hiatus announcement, Kimberly prerecorded and released a follow-up aristocratic "If I Die Young Belief. 2" as her solo launching single in May ^[57]

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