Who I Am Hates Who I've Been

Who I Am Hates Who I've Been

Infobox Single
Name = Who I Am Hates Who I've Been



Artist = Relient K
from Album = Mmhmm
Released = 2005
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Christian rock
Length = 03:53
Label = Gotee, Capitol
Writer = Matt Thiessen
Producer = Mark Lee Townsend
Matt Thiessen
Certification = Platinum
Chart position = * #58 (USA Hot 100)
** #37 (Pop 100)
Last single = "Be My Escape"
(2005)
This single = "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"
(2005)
Next single = "The Truth"
(2005)

"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" is the second single by the Christian rock band Relient K, from their 2004 album "Mmhmm". An acoustic version, originally recorded for "Apathetic EP", is included on the B-side, and will also be included on the upcoming "The Bird and the Bee Sides" album. The music video entered TRL's Top 10 in 2005, reaching as high as 8th on the countdown.

Matt Thiessen wrote the song in Australia in light of a feud with a friend. The lyrics reflect remorse for his behavior, as well as pleas for forgiveness.

The music video for the song shows a woman encountering various events being rewound and replayed, interposed with scenes of Relient K performing on an urban rooftop. As the woman moves, her actions control everyone around her. As she begins to see how she is affecting people around here, she retraces her steps to set things right. There is a short piano-only chorus in the middle of the song that was cut from the video. As with the "Be My Escape" video, exclusions visually include Dave Douglas singing background vocals, and Matt Thiessen playing the piano. The video was released in October 2005.

The song is Relient K's #1 song on iTunes in popularity.

ingle track listing

#"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" (radio edit)
#"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" (acoustic)

Video credits

*Matt Thiessen: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano
*Matt Hoopes: Guitar, backing vocals
*Dave Douglas: drums, backing vocals
*John Warne: Bass, backing vocals
*Jon Schneck: Guitar

*C.C. Sheffield: Girl on the street who controls time.


Trivia

*For the music video, Matt Hoopes had the idea to have a flower pot with Relient K's flower in it on top of the roof. Matt Thiessen would kick it off, and that would be the reason the girl would stop suddenly.

*Matt Thiessen was originally supposed to be the person in the music video that had the power to control time and to fix things. In the end, he was replaced with the girl, C.C. Sheffield.

*As the girl walks down the street in the music video, she sees a man come within inches of being hit by a car. This car is actually a Plymouth Reliant K car, which is what the band is named after.

*The picture used for the single's cover is in the "Mmhmm" album booklet (next to the lyrics for "My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend").

*In the opening line of the music video, when Matt Thiessen sings "I watched the proverbial sunrise coming up over the Pacific", it appears that he has two different colored eyes, one brown, and one blue. This has not been entirely confirmed, however, as almost every picture Matt Thiessen is in shows that he has two blue eyes. It's also most likely the position of the shot, as Thiessen appears to have two blue eyes in the same shot when he turns his head.

*The girl in the video is said to also be the girl in "The Best Thing" video, though this is not confirmed.


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