| "Lift Me Up" | ||||
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| Single by Five Finger Death Punch featuring Rob Halford | ||||
| from the album The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 | ||||
| Released | May 2, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Prospect Park | |||
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"Lift Me Up" is the first single and opening track from The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1, the fourth studio album from Five Finger Death Punch, and is the fifteenth single overall from the band. The song features Rob Halford, lead vocalist for Judas Priest. Halford joined the band at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards on May 2, 2013 to premiere the tune, with lead singer Ivan Moody referring to himself as being "the guest (vocalist)" on the song.[1]
The song was number one in the Internet music app Spotify in its first week of release over pop songs from Mariah Carey, Daft Punk, Fergie, and others. The list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.[2]
In April 2014, the song won a Revolver Golden Gods Award for "Song of the Year."[3]
- ^ "FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: 'Lift Me Up' Single Featuring ROB HALFORD To Be Released Tomorrow". Blabbermouth.Net. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ "Five Finger Death Punch, Mariah Carey, Macklemore rule Spotify this week". Hitfix.com. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ "And the winners of the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are…". Metalinsider.net. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2015-06-26.