"Save Me" is a song by American

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band

Remy Zero Remy Zero was an American alternative rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 1989. It was composed of August Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar), Shelby Tate (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Cedric LeMoyne (bass), Jeffrey Cain (guitar, vocals), and ...

, released as a single on September 10, 2001 via

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. Taken from their third and final studio album ''

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'', it reached number 27 on the United States ''

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charts, and became a moderate hit in several countries. "Save Me" is best known as the

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for the successful

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-based television series ''

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'' (2001–2011). In a callback to ''Smallville'', the song was later used on ''

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'' episode " Elseworlds, Part 1", which featured part of the original ''Smallville'' set. The shorter version of this song is from the Smallville compilation CD: ''Smallville: The Talon Mix'' (2003). The Season 1 finale, titled " Tempest", features Remy Zero appearing at the Spring Formal and performing the theme version of "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory (I'll Remember You)".

Music video

The

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for "Save Me", directed by Phil Harder, was filmed in

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and features clips of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota State Fairgrounds and of the bridges along the

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, including the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, which collapsed in August 2007. In the music video, Cinjun Tate is different from everyone else. Everyone around him walks in reverse and cars drive backwards. The band performs inside a giant room with background projections of unrelated images (a lizard for example). In the end, everyone who walked backwards stops. Tate looks around, later shrugs, and walks backwards the same as everyone else before the video fades to black.

Track listing

CD and
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#"Save Me" (Radio Edit) - 4:01 #"Save Me" (Album Version) - 4:23

''Smallville'' single – Intro

#"Save Me" – 0:51

Personnel

Remy Zero

* Remy Zero: Songwriter and composer * Cinjun Tate: Vocals * Shelby Tate: Guitar, keyboards * Cedric LeMoyne: Bass * Gregory Slay: Drums * Jeffrey Cain: Guitar

Additional Musicians

* Tim Pierce: Background vocals

Production

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: Mixing engineer and producer * Jason Lader: Engineer

Charts

Notes

# Besant, Janna: "A Super Soundtrack from 'Smallville'
The Buffalo News
April 30, 2003. # CNET Networks Entertainment: "Smallville: Tempest (1)"

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