I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
Recorded2004
Genre
Length3:08
Label
Songwriter(s)My Chemical Romance
Producer(s)Howard Benson
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Headfirst for Halos"
(2004) 		"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
(2004) 		"Thank You for the Venom"
(2004)
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge track listing
13 tracks
  1. "Helena"
  2. "Give 'Em Hell Kid"
  3. "To the End"
  4. "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"
  5. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
  6. "The Ghost of You"
  7. "The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You"
  8. "Interlude"
  9. "Thank You for the Venom"
  10. "Hang 'Em High"
  11. "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish"
  12. "Cemetery Drive"
  13. "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living"
Music video
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (Dialogue/MTV Version) on YouTube

"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is the lead single and fifth track from My Chemical Romance's second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" was released to radio on September 28, 2004.[9] The song is also featured on the soundtrack of Burnout 3: Takedown.[10]

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