| "Lithium" | ||||
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| Single by Evanescence | ||||
| from the album The Open Door | ||||
| B-side | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" | |||
| Released | December 4, 2006 | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Wind-up | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Amy Lee | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Fortman | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Lithium" on YouTube | ||||
"Lithium" is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their second studio album, The Open Door. It was released by Wind-up Records on December 4, 2006 as the album's second single. "Lithium" was written by singer and pianist Amy Lee and produced by Dave Fortman. Lee initially wrote it on guitar when she was 16 years old, and later reworked it on piano, recording it with the band's performance. The song is a power ballad with lyrics about uncertainty between feelings of sorrow and happiness.
"Lithium" received generally positive reviews from music critics. The single entered the top 40 in multiple countries, where it spent several weeks charting. The music video was directed by Paul Fedor, and features Lee and the band performing the song in a dark snowy forest, where Lee sinks in a lake of black water. An alternate version of the song appears on the band's fourth studio album, Synthesis (2017).