We Die Young
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| "We Die Young" | ||
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| Single by Alice in Chains | ||
| Released | July 1990 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 9:49 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Alice in Chains singles chronology | ||
| We Die Young (1990) |
Facelift (1990) |
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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 equalled 'We Die Young' to me."
The video features the band performing while various people drown in pools of blood.
[edit] Track listing
- "We Die Young" (2:31)
- "It Ain't Like That" (4:38)
- "Killing Yourself" (2:59)
"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.
| Alice in Chains |
| Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall |
| Layne Staley | Mike Starr |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains |
| EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies |
| Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live |
| Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains |
| Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices" |
| Videos |
| Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos |
| Related content |
| Articles: Grunge music | Singles | Mad Season | MTV Unplugged |
| Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs |
