Can You Hear Me? (Evermore song)

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"Can You Hear Me?"
Canyouhearmesingle.jpg
Single by Evermore
from the album Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show
Released22 May 2009 (22 May 2009)
Format CD, Digital download
RecordedRoom 101, Dragonfly Studios, Melbourne, Australia between July 2007 and Jan 2009
Genre Alternative rock, electronic rock
Length6:43 (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
"Hey Boys and Girls (Truth of the World pt.2)"
(2009)		"Can You Hear Me?"
(2009)		"Underground"
(2010)

"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.

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Evermore (band) rock band from New Zealand

Evermore are a band originally from Feilding, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of brothers Jon, Peter and Dann Hume. The band have released three platinum-selling albums, Dreams (2004), Real Life (2006) and Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show (2009) and a self-titled greatest hits album including three new songs. They have been nominated for seven ARIA Awards, and have won two Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. They have won the APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award, and the Channel V Oz Artist of the Year Award.

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Music video

Evermore in the official music video for "Can You Hear Me?" Evermoremusicvideocanyouhearme.jpg
Evermore in the official music video for "Can You Hear Me?"

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'

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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

All tracks written by Evermore.

iTunes single
No.TitleLength
1."Can You Hear Me?" (Single Version)5:39
Total length:5:39
CD single
No.TitleLength
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

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Australia 22 May 2009 Warner Digital download
5 June 2009 CD 5186545272
United Kingdom 14 September 2009 AATW CD

Official Versions

References

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