I Will Follow You Into the Dark
| "I Will Follow You into the Dark" | ||||||
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| Single by Death Cab for Cutie | ||||||
| from the album Plans | ||||||
| Released | June 26, 2006 | |||||
| Format | 7", CD single | |||||
| Recorded | Spring 2005 at Long View Farm in North Brookfield, Massachusetts | |||||
| Genre | Indie rock, acoustic rock | |||||
| Length | 3:09 | |||||
| Label | Atlantic | |||||
| Writer(s) | Ben Gibbard | |||||
| Producer(s) | Chris Walla | |||||
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"I Will Follow You into the Dark" is a song by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the third single from their fifth album Plans, released on August 30, 2005.
Written and performed by Ben Gibbard, it is an acoustic solo ballad, and was recorded in monaural with a single microphone and little editing.
The single was released on Atlantic Records, becoming one of Death Cab for Cutie's lowest-charting singles, peaking number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks, number 66 on the UK Singles Chart and failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; however, "I Will Follow You into the Dark" was certified as gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is the band's best-selling single to-date. Despite charting lower than other singles, the single is still one of the band's most played songs on commercial radio stations. The song's popularity has led it to be featured in a various television shows and movies, and has been covered by numerous artists.
The song was written entirely by Death Cab for Cutie's lead singer and guitarist Ben Gibbard.
Nearing age 29, Gibbard had never lost anyone really special in his life. Growing older during an ideal and comfortable time of his life led him to begin obsessing over death, the afterlife, and the weight of his relationships. He started to take stock of the importance of the people in his life and felt a need to say something about it, writing the song to deal with his problems of focusing on life by expanding his scope to include death and what comes afterward.
"It's just this idea that what if somebody dies and we're just floating, just stumbling around in infinite darkness, and I'm just trying to find some kind of spiritual kind of peace with myself, and the world."
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