My Chemical Romance To Release Previously Unreleased Track Fake Your Death Next Week
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Written by Jon Stickler
My Chemical Romance are set to release a previously unreleased track, Fake Your Death, on February 17.
Their “last song” will feature on their imminent greatest hits album, which is set to drop on March 24, one year since the band announced that they had called it quits. The track will also be available on iTunes and if you’ve pre-ordered the album through the band's official website, you’ll get the song delivered to you that day.
Speaking about the final offering, frontman Gerard Way said:
“I consider Fake Your Death to be the ‘last MCR song’, and to me, it is absolutely the final fully realised collaboration between the members of the band. Oddly, or fittingly, it was written while the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils and won the Stanley Cup, though this did not inform or inspire the song as I was unaware (along with James and Doug) that this was happening and have only a small interest in sports. After the game, the rest of the band had arrived at the studio where we added elements to its existing structure, fleshing it out some more, and it started to form.
What was not so obvious at the time was that the song was, and would serve as, a eulogy for the band, though I should have known it from the lyrics. I think internally I did, as I felt an odd sense of sadness and loss after hearing back the words on top of the music. I also felt a strange sense of pride in how honest it was, and could not remember a band recording a song of this nature, being so self-aware. Ending felt like something honest, and honest always feels like something new.
So it will exist, and it is no cowardly act to release something of this nature, but a service to those who believed in a band that did not compromise, and a wave goodbye to all. And yes, it is fucking heartbreaking.
And while I don’t believe the lyrics of the chorus today - I did at the time, which to me is a core ingredient to the music of MCR. And it is through that belief, and yours, that we were able to achieve many beautiful things."
The greatest hits collection, titled ‘May Death Never Stop You', spans the decade-plus career of MCR and features their most beloved songs, including I’m Not Okay (I Promise),Helena and The Ghost Of You from 2004’s ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’; Welcome To The Black Parade, Famous Last Words and Teenagers from 2006’s ‘The Black Parade’; and Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) and Sing from 2010’s ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys’, plus many others.
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