Good Enough (Evanescence song)

Infobox Single
Name = Good Enough

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Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Evanescence
Album = The Open Door
B-side =
Released =
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Piano rock
Length = 5:31
Label = Wind-up
Writer = Amy Lee
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Sweet Sacrifice"
(2007)
This single = "Good Enough"
(2007)
Next single = "Weight of the World"
(2007)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Open Door
Type = studio
prev_track = "All That I'm Living For"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Good Enough"
track_no = 13 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single

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Lower caption = "Good Enough" (Disc 2)

"Good Enough" is the fourth single from American alternative metal band Evanescence's second studio album, "The Open Door", and was written by Amy Lee. The music video debuted on September 10, 2007.

Story behind the song

Lee has said that the intro for "Good Enough" was derived from a piece written for the movie "", which she says was eventually cut from the score for being "too dark".cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493917/20041118/evanescence.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Evanescence's New Sound Is Reminiscent Of ... Evanescence |work=MTV News |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |date=2004-11-18 |accessdate=2007-07-06] However, producers of the film later stated that Lee had never been approached about penning music for "Narnia" and that no Evanescence music had been planned for use.cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=7000569 |title=Wardrobe closed to Evanescence singer |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=2007-11-27 |accessdate=2007-07-06]

During an interview with "VH1 News", Lee revealed her state of mind while writing the song.cite news |first=C |last=Bottomley |title=Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml |work=VH1.com |date=2006-09-18 |accessdate=2007-02-02]

Lee says that her husband, Josh Hartzler, was the inspiration for this song, as he was for Evanescence's first single, "Bring Me to Life".cite news |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2076 |title=Amy Lee: Back in Black |work=Blender |first=Josh |last=Eells |month=October |year=2006 |accessdate=2007-01-09] She refers to Hartzler in the insert booklet for "The Open Door", which was published prior to the two becoming engaged:

Release

The CD single was at one point scheduled for release in Germany in both a basic and premium format. It no longer is being offered for pre-order through online retail outlets.cite web |url=http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000WXK7GM/ |title=Good Enough/Basic |work=Amazon.de |accessdate=2007-12-02] cite web |url=http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000WXK7GW/ |title=Good Enough/Premium |work=Amazon.de |accessdate=2007-12-02] The song was also scheduled for release in Australia. SonyBMG posted media releases on their website promoting the single, though a release date was never announced.cite press release |url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005038 |title=Evanescence Returns With New Single + Video 'Good Enough' |publisher=SonyBMG.com.au |date=2007-10-04 |accessdate=2008-08-09]

Track list

Basic SingleTracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Good Enough
note1 = Radio edit
writer1 = Lee
title2 = Good Enough
note2 = Acoustic from Intl Live
writer2 = Lee

Premium SingleTracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Good Enough
note1 = Radio edit
writer1 = Lee
title2 = Good Enough
note2 = Acoustic from Intl Live
writer2 = Lee
title3 = Your Star
note3 = Live from Tokyo
writer3 = Lee, Balsamo
title4 = Good Enough
note4 = Video
writer4 = Lee

Music video

The music video for "Good Enough" was filmed between June 11 and June 14, 2007 on Váci utca (Váci street) in Budapest, Hungary. The video was directed by Marc Webb and Rich Lee, and produced by production company DNA.cite news |url=http://www.mad.tv/news/?id=25137 |title=Η επίσημη ανακοίνωση των Evanescence |work=Mad.tv |date=2007-05-08 |accessdate=2007-05-08] cite news |url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/week23/index.html#entry-35080040 |title=BOOKED: Evanescence - Marc Webb & Rich Lee, directors |work=VideoStatic.com |date=2007-06-08 |accessdate=2007-06-08]

On July 30, 2007 an unfinished version of the video was leaked onto the Internet. This copy included minor unedited special effects replaced with descriptions (for example: "mirror melts"). The official, finished version was released on September 10, 2007 during the television series "Total Request Live" on MTV, with Amy Lee attending to present the video, as previously announced on the Evanescence website.cite web |url=http://evanescence.com/news.asp |title=MTV will premiere the new video for "Good Enough"... |work=Evanescence.com |date=2007-09-05 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5RdfCbbYo |archivedate=2007-09-05]

The video opens in a scene that shows Amy burying a photograph in a hole in the floorboards. The lyrics start, and she walks away, as the same hole closes up behind her. She picks up a book, heads towards her desk, and writes on it some verses of the song ("Can't let go of this dream/I can't breathe but I feel/Good Enough/for you to love me too", though the last line is not clear). A curly design grows on the diary as she approaches a tall mirror, she looks in it and it starts to melt. She walks away towards the piano in a raised floor. Some candles, a bulb and a glass start to melt, while the wall painting and a record begin to burn. Then, as she sings "And I've completely lost myself" a bookshelf catches fire, causing the whole room to burn ablaze. As the second chorus fades, raindrops fall on the piano's keys, and then all over the room, extinguishing the fire as she sings "And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall. Pour real life down on me". The room is shown burnt and wasted. Just as Amy sings "for you to love me too", a small vine grows up from a floorboard, and they expand to the whole set. The sun lights the room, and in the very end of the song, blue flowers blossom from the vines in the piano.

References in other media

"Good Enough" is used as both the intro and outro music for the "" episode "Fallen Idols".

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=174728 "Good Enough" music video] on MTV.com
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=zSxoKQ_sWYY "Good Enough" music video] on Evanescence's official YouTube channel