Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song)
| "Can You Hear Me?" | ||||
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| Single by Evermore | ||||
| from the album Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show | ||||
| Released | 22 May 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Room 101, Dragonfly Studios, Melbourne, Australia between July 2007 and Jan 2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 6:43 (album version) 5:39 (single version) 4:09 ("Evermore" album edit) | |||
| Label | Warner AATW | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Evermore (Dann Hume, Jon Hume & Peter Hume) | |||
| Producer(s) | Jon Hume | |||
| Evermore singles chronology | ||||
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"Can You Hear Me?" is a song by New Zealand rock band Evermore, it is the third single from their third studio album Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show and is one of the band's personal favourites, seeing it as one of the most emotional and rewarding songs they've ever written[citation needed]. It's the last track on the album and tells the story of the main character, Max, who crashed his car into a river and sees his whole life run before his eyes. The song is currently[when?] being used for a Westpac television commercial. It is also currently being used for the Seven Network promotion of the Grey's Anatomy season five season finale.
Music video[edit]
The band finished filming the video which was filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa and directed by Tristin Holmes. It became available to Evermore's fans at midnight on 3 June 2009. The beginning of the video features the track "Faster" from the same album and then progresses into the title song. The video has recently become available on iTunes in two versions: Single version which only consists of the title song and the extended album version which also features the track 'Faster'
Pete Hume, in a message about the video said:
"It's the last track on the album, the emotional high-point & is one of our favourites. We filmed in Johannesburg South Africa which seems like a strange place to film, and it is. We'd met the director Tristin Holmes a couple of years ago and always had him in the back of our minds because he made powerful emotional work and impressive vocabulary (he used the word 'maelstrom' in general conversation!). We wanted to do something different to anything we've done before so we took a long-shot. We had no idea what we were in for. In a 4 day shoot, on which I don't think Jon ever got out of sogging wet clothes, we were pummeled with fire-hoses & climbed through rotting drain-pipes. Despite this I think it was definitely worth it".
— Pete Hume[citation needed]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Evermore
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Can You Hear Me?" (Single Version) | 5:39 |
| Total length: | 5:39 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Can You Hear Me?" | 5:42 |
| 2. | "Seasons Will Change" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "The Beautiful Lie" | 3:15 |
| Total length: | 13.06 | |
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 22 May 2009 | Warner | Digital download | |
| 5 June 2009 | CD | 5186545272 | ||
| United Kingdom | 14 September 2009 | AATW | CD |
Official Versions[edit]
- "Can You Hear Me" (Album Version) – 6:43
- "Can You Hear Me" (Single Version) – 5:39
- "Can You Hear Me" (Radio Version) / ("Evermore" Album Edit) – 4:09