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If I Die Young
The Band Perry
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- Album
- The Band Perry
- Released
- 2010
- Genres
- country
- Length
- 3:43
- Tempo
- 131 BPM
- Label
- Big Machine Label Group, LLC
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About this song
Written by Kimberly Perry, the song was released in June 2010 as the second single from the group's self-titled debut album. It became one of the band's most popular songs. The music video shows Perry coming back to life at the end.
What it's about
The singer imagines an untimely death and concludes that if she should die young, she would be happy with the life she has lived and would want her loved ones to celebrate her rather than mourn her.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 17 other songs, like “Dead Roses by Kuttem Reese”.
- Covered 8 times, including “If i die young by Delilah”.
- Written by Kimberly Perry and Jimmy Robbins.
- Produced by Paul Worley and Nathan Chapman.