We Die Young

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"We Die Young"
Single by Alice in Chains
Released	July 1990
Genre	Grunge
Length	9:49
Label	Columbia Records
Alice in Chains singles chronology
	We Die Young (1990)	Facelift (1990)

We Die Young is a single EP by Alice in Chains. It was released in July 1990, and became a top 5 metal track at the time of its release.

Jerry Cantrell on the song, from the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection: "I'd just temporarily moved in with Susan Silver because Sean and I had just had a fight. So I was riding the bus to rehearsal and I saw all these 9, 10, 11 year old kids with beepers dealing drugs. The sight of a 10 year old kid with a beeper and a cell phone dealing drugs equalled 'We Die Young' to me."

The video features the band performing while various people drown in pools of blood.

[edit] Track listing

1. "We Die Young" (2:31)
2. "It Ain't Like That" (4:38)
3. "Killing Yourself" (2:59)

"We Die Young" and "It Ain't Like That" also appeared on Alice in Chains debut full-length album, Facelift. A demo of "Killing Yourself" was later released on their box set Music Bank.

Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall
Layne Staley | Mike Starr
Discography
Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains
EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies
Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live
Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains
Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices"
Videos
Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos
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Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs