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Help Me (Alkaline Trio song)

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I've always been a big Joy Division fan and I was quite touched by the film. I thought it captured Joy Division and Ian Curtis' life beautifully. The sincerity of their music combined with their imagery and art is like nothing else. Everything about them was artistic and unique. Our artwork and song
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emblazoned with their logo. Skiba evades the villain by flying through a narrow opening in a canyon wall which the villain's aircraft crashes into. The video makes heavy use of
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and is interspersed with footage depicting the band performing the song on a rooftop.
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notices another locomotive approaching on a collision course, driven by a
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is a tribute to a melancholic beauty that can never be replicated.
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for "Help Me", directed by Josh Forbes, depicts the band in a
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The single's cover art was inspired by the artwork of
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Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Single
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony
Studio
Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
St. Augustine, Florida
Genre
Pop punk
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Matt Skiba
Dan Andriano
Derek Grant
Producer(s)
Josh Abraham
Alkaline Trio
Off My Mind
Love Love, Kiss Kiss
Chicago
punk rock
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony
Billboard's
Modern Rock Tracks
B-side
cover version

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