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Vampires Will Never Hurt You

"Vampires Will Never Hurt You"
Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
B-side
  • "Skylines and Turnstiles"
  • "Cubicles"
Released2002
Recorded2001–2002
Genre
Length5:27
LabelEyeball
Songwriter(s)My Chemical Romance
Producer(s)Geoff Rickly
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Vampires Will Never Hurt You"
(2002) 		"Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us"
(2003)
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love track listing
11 tracks
  1. "Romance"
  2. "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us"
  3. "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"
  4. "Drowning Lessons"
  5. "Our Lady of Sorrows"
  6. "Headfirst for Halos"
  7. "Skylines and Turnstiles"
  8. "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville"
  9. "This Is the Best Day Ever"
  10. "Cubicles"
  11. "Demolition Lovers"
Music video
"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" on YouTube

"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is the debut single of American rock band My Chemical Romance, as well as the lead single for their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.

Background

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Gerard Way has said this song, "Skylines and Turnstiles" and "Headfirst for Halos" are the most important songs on the album.[3] Way has also stated "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is his favorite song of all time, and his favorite vocal performance he has ever done.[4][5]

Music video

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The music video consists of My Chemical Romance tightly packed into a room where they play their instruments in very little color. In the video, Frank Iero is seen singing backup for Gerard Way along with lead guitar player Ray Toro. Though the video was shown at the record release show for My Chemical Romance's first album, it was only officially released when the album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was re-released in 2005. The re-release included this music video, as well as the one for "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us".[citation needed] The re-release also had an Eyeball Records CD included along with it.

Promotion

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For the 20th anniversary of I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love's release, a very limited amount of copies of a Flexi disc featuring the song were released. On the same day, the Instagram page for Nada Recording Studio, the place where Vampires as well as the rest of the Bullets album was recorded, uploaded a clip of a demo version of the song which had not been released before.

Track listings

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No.TitleLength
1."Vampires Will Never Hurt You" (rough mix)5:28
2."Skylines and Turnstiles"3:25
3."Cubicles" (demo)3:53

References

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  1. ^ "Album review: My Chemical Romance – 'May Death Never Stop You'". The Galleon. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015. 'Honey This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us' and 'Vampires Will Never Hurt You' (taken from their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love), are both ramshackle post-hardcore numbers
  2. ^ Scivally, Bruce (2015). Dracula FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Count from Transylvania. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781617136368. In 2002, the New Jersey rockers My Chemical Romance released their debut single, "Vampires Will Never Hurt You," which immediately established the band as one that mixed horror and sci–fi with emo melodrama.
  3. ^ Life on the Murder Scene
  4. ^ "Gerard Way about "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"". April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  5. ^ "Gerard Way about "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"". April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.