If I Die Young

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"If I Die Young"
Thebandperry - Ifidieyoung.jpg
Single by the Band Perry
from the album The Band Perry
ReleasedJune 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
Genre
Length
  • 3:43 (album version)
  • 3:35 (pop single mix)
Label Republic Nashville
Songwriter(s) Kimberly Perry
Producer(s)
The Band Perry singles chronology
"Hip to My Heart"
(2009)
"If I Die Young"
(2010)
"You Lie"
(2011)
Alternate cover
The Band Perry - If I Die Young (Alternate).png

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [34] Gold30,000
Canada (Music Canada) [35] Platinum80,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [37] 9× Platinum9,000,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryResult
2011 53rd Grammy Awards Best Country Song — "If I Die Young" [38] Nominated
Academy of Country Music Awards Single Record of the Year — "If I Die Young" [39] Nominated
Song of the Year — "If I Die Young" [39] Nominated
2011 Billboard Music Awards Top Country Song — "If I Die Young" [40] Nominated
CMT Music Awards Video of the Year — "If I Die Young" [41] Nominated
Group Video of the Year — "If I Die Young" [41] Nominated
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year — "If I Die Young" [41] Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Country Single — "If I Die Young" [42] Nominated
Inspirational Country Music AwardsInspirational Video — "If I Die Young" [43] Nominated
Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year — "If I Die Young" [44] Won
Song of the Year — "If I Die Young" [44] Won
Music Video of the Year — "If I Die Young" [44] Nominated

Release history

DateCountryFormat
June 8, 2010 United States Country radio
May 24, 2011 Mainstream radio
February 24, 2012 United Kingdom Digital download

Glee version

Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith performing during the Glee concert tour in 2011. Glee tour Cory Monteith Naya Rivera Somebody to Love.jpg
Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith performing during the Glee concert tour in 2011.

In 2013, Naya Rivera performed the song as her character Santana Lopez in tribute episode "The Quarterback", during the fifth season of the Fox comedy-drama series Glee , in honor of co-star and close friend Cory Monteith, who died on July 13, 2013. Monteith played Finn Hudson on the show, with his character also dying. [45]

In a scene in the episode, Santana talks about Finn before beginning an acoustic cover of the song, but she breaks down in tears of sadness and grief over Finn before she can finish and runs away when friends try to console her. Speaking about the usage before the episode was broadcast, Kimberly Perry said: "I'm so excited that song is being used that way because even though it has 'die' in the title, it was really inspired by and about celebrating life [...] I obviously haven't seen the episode that's a tribute to Cory, but I feel like they're going to focus on his life rather than his death, so I'm really excited that 'If I Die Young' is going to be part of honoring him". [46] Jeff Jensen for Entertainment Weekly confirmed that the episode focused on life, not death, and described Rivera's performance of the song as "the number of the night" and that it "was memorable for how she broke down halfway through it, then unleashed a furious howl". [47]

The cover was released as a single as well as being a track on the album Glee: The Quarterback . The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 47,000 copies [48] and also charted as number one on the Billboard Soundtracks. [49] The song was the last Glee single to chart during the show's run, doing so in the UK and Ireland. [50]

Following Rivera's disappearance and death in July 2020, which was confirmed on July 13, 2020, the 7-year anniversary of Monteith's death, the song saw a surge of views on YouTube [51] and became a trending topic on Twitter; some fans thought this was an insensitive reaction however, and that other songs performed by Rivera would be better to promote. [52]

ChartPeak Position
UK Singles Chart [53] 82
Irish Singles Chart [50] 56
Scottish Singles and Albums Charts [54] 73

Cady Groves cover

In February 2012, American pop-country singer Cady Groves uploaded a live cover of the song to SoundCloud. [55] Prophetically, Groves would die in 2020 at the age of 30 from complications caused by alcohol abuse. [56]

If I Die Young Pt. 2

Following the band's hiatus announcement, Kimberly recorded and released a follow-up titled "If I Die Young Pt. 2" as her solo debut single in May 2023. [57]

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