SINGLE INFO.

"Join Me in Death" is the first single from the second studio album 'Razorblade Romance'. It was also released as "Join Me", since the band wasn't allowed to include 'Death' in the title for the US version.

This is the band's best-known song in Europe, after being featured in the sci-fi movie 'The Thirteenth Floor'.

There are four versions of the music video: three 'laser versions', two include different scenes from 'The Thirteenth Floor' movie, and the fourth- the 'ice version', with a vague Romeo and Juliet theme.

Its had some controversy regarding its subject matter: "A couple of people blamed me for a suicide someone committed over here saying that 'Join Me' is an invitation to kill yourself", frontman Ville Valo told UK magazine Metal Hammer in 2003. "What I was trying to do was sort of rip-off 'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Öyster Cult, making a rock track of Romeo And Juliet." Lyrics such as 'Would you die tonight for love?' have added to the misconception that the song is about suicide, which Valo denies, claiming the lyrics refer to giving things up for the sake of love. "It's not about suicide, that song. It's about giving it all away," Valo told the magazine Modern Fix.

TRACKLISTING

International Release

1. Join Me in Death
2. Join Me in Death
(13th Floor mix)
3. It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)
(Unplugged Radio live)
4. Rebel Yell (Live version)
(Billy Idol cover)

Swedish Release

1. Join Me in Death
2. Rebel Yell (Live version)
(Billy Idol cover)

German Release

1. Join Me in Death
2. It's All Tears
(Drown in This Love)
(Unplugged Radio live)
3. Rebel Yell (Live version)
(Billy Idol cover)
4. Dark Sekret Love *

* - Only available on a limited edition version of the German release

'HER' Release

1. Join Me

Portuguese Release
(Featured as a McDonald's Promo)

1. Join Me in Death
2. Join Me in Death (Video)

ADD'L INFO.

This song had recently sparked more controversy in South Carolina, USA, where a music instructor allowed her 6th grade students to listen to the song.

In addition to its release on 'Razorblade Romance' & in the film 'The Thirteenth Floor' (though not on its soundtrack), "Join Me" was included on the 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse' soundtrack in 2004.

It has been covered by the band, Gregorian, with Sarah Brightman on their album Masters of Chant: Chapter III as well as on Brightman's Limited Edition The Harem Tour album. Another Gregorian cover version exists with vocals performed by Amelia Brightman.

HIM performed this song for the (first time) in Ilosaarirock, Finland on the 12th of September, 1998, which featured a whole extra verse which is not included in the studio versions.

Alternate Covers