Kill Me

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"Kill Me"
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Single by the Pretty Reckless
ReleasedDecember 7, 2012 (2012-12-07)
Genre
Length3:47
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Kato Khandwala
The Pretty Reckless singles chronology
"Just Tonight"
(2010)		"Kill Me"
(2012)		"Going to Hell"
(2013)

"Kill Me" is a song by American rock band the Pretty Reckless, released as a single on December 7, 2012, by Interscope Records. The song was initially intended to serve as the lead single from the band's then-untitled second studio album, as announced by lead singer Taylor Momsen through her Twitter account. [1] However, after the Pretty Reckless moved record labels from Interscope to Razor & Tie, "Kill Me" was left out of the band's second album, Going to Hell (2014), although it was included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album. [2] [3]

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On December 17, 2012, the track was featured at the end of the final episode of the television series Gossip Girl , [4] [5] where Momsen made a guest appearance as her character Jenny Humphrey, [6] having previously left the show in May 2011. [7]

Track listing

  1. "Kill Me" – 3:47

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [9] 22

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
IrelandDecember 7, 2012 Digital download Polydor [10]
AustraliaDecember 11, 2012 Universal [11]
United KingdomPolydor [12]
United States Interscope [8]
GermanyMarch 6, 2013Universal [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Momsen, Taylor [@taylormomsen] (November 30, 2012). "New single off the new record coming December 11th...retweet!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 1, 2012– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ ゴーイング・トゥ・ヘル [Going to Hell] (in Japanese). Victor Entertainment . Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Going to Hell by The Pretty Reckless". iTunes Store (Japan). Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ dos Santos, Kristin (December 18, 2012). "Gossip Girl Finale: Dan Was Almost Revealed in Episode 1—and More Surprises You Didn't Know!". E! News . Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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  7. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (May 9, 2011). "Gossip Girl Exclusive: Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr Not Returning For Season 5". TVLine . Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Kill Me [Explicit]: The Pretty Reckless: MP3 Downloads". Amazon (US). Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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