We Die Young
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| EP by Alice in Chains | |||||
| Released | July 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | 1989 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal Grunge |
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| Length | 9:49 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
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"We Die Young" is a single EP by Alice in Chains. It was released in July 1990, and became a top 5 metal track at the time of its release.
Jerry Cantrell on the song, from the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection: "I'd just temporarily moved in with Susan Silver because Sean and I had just had a fight. So I was riding the bus to rehearsal and I saw all these 9, 10, 11 year old kids with beepers dealing drugs. The sight of a 10 year old kid with a beeper and a cell phone dealing drugs equaled 'We Die Young' to me."
The video features the band performing while various people drown in pools of blood.
A demo version of the song was released on Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, the only song released on the compilation which was not available on Music Bank.
[edit] Track listing
- "We Die Young" (2:31)
- "It Ain't Like That" (4:38)
- "Killing Yourself" (2:38)
"We Die Young" and "It Ain't Like That" also appeared on Alice in Chains debut full-length album, Facelift. A demo of "Killing Yourself" was later released on their box set Music Bank.
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