The Ghost of You

This article is about the My Chemical Romance song. For the Caro Emerald song, see The Ghost of You (Caro Emerald song). For the Outline in Color song, see Outline in Color.
"The Ghost of You"
Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
ReleasedAugust 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)
Recorded2003
Genre
Length
  • 3:58 (May Death Never Stop You mix)
  • 3:25 (album version)
  • 3:15 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)My Chemical Romance
Producer(s)Howard Benson
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Under Pressure"
(2005) 		"The Ghost of You"
(2005) 		"Welcome to the Black Parade"
(2006)
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
"The Ghost of You" on YouTube

"The Ghost of You" is the fourth and final single and sixth track from My Chemical Romance's second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. "The Ghost of You" was released to radio on September 27, 2005.[1] The song deals with the fear of loss. The song's title is an allusion to an ad from Watchmen, reading "Oh, how the ghost of you clings".[2] The ad itself was an allusion to the song, "These Foolish Things". The song's lyrics deal with losing a loved one.

  1. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  2. ^ My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way says it's been 'so difficult' to keep 'Watchmen' Bob Dylan cover under wraps