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“Call Me When You're Sober” by Evanescence

From the album The Open Door (2006)

“Call Me When You're Sober” by Evanescence appears on 14 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2006 and 2010. It was first released in 2006 on the album The Open Door. Its best result is #9 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 2006 and #430 of the '00s.

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"Call Me When You're Sober" launched The Open Door, Evanescence's second studio album, as its lead single in September 2006. Amy Lee wrote it with guitarist Terry Balsamo, drawing on the end of her relationship with singer Shaun Morgan and other things she was living through, and Dave Fortman produced and mixed.

It's a kiss-off with a symphony behind it: alternative metal crunch, symphonic sweep and an electropop pulse, with Lee's voice climbing from a sneer to a full-throated roar and Carrie Lee and Lori Lee adding backing vocals. It reached ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and four on the Alternative Songs chart, went top 10 in the UK, Australia, Italy, Canada and New Zealand, and was certified platinum in the US. Marc Webb's video spun it into a dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2006	33	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006	107
2006	51	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2006	91
2006	25	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006	106
2006	44	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006	101
2006	25	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2006	89
2006	47	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006	102
2006	16	The Bear Ottawa, ON	The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006	107
2006	18	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006	97
2006	9	WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006	106
2006	12	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006	88
2006	27	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006	100
2007	98	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007	106
2007	61	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007	101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2010	86	94.1 The Zone	94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade	210

Also listed as: Call Me When Your Sober; Call Me When You're Sobert; Call Me When You're Sobe.

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