Bittersweet Memories

For the 2004 Quebec film, see Bittersweet Memories (film).
"Bittersweet Memories"
Single by Bullet for My Valentine
from the album Fever
A-side Bittersweet Memories (Radio Edit)
B-side The Last Fight (Live at XFM)
Released 14 December 2010
Format Digital Single
Genre Emo[1][2]
Length 5:09
Label Jive
Writer(s) Don Gilmore, Jason James, Michael Paget, Michael Thomas, Matthew Tuck
Producer(s) Don Gilmore
Bullet for My Valentine singles chronology
"The Last Fight"
(2010)		 "Bittersweet Memories"
(2010)		 "Fever"
(2011)

"Bittersweet Memories" is a power ballad by the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine. It is the third single from the band's third studio album, Fever. The music video for "Bittersweet Memories" was released on 25 November 2010.

Background

The band said:

" "Bittersweet Memories" is a classic Bullet for My Valentine f—ed [sic] up love song about a relationship breakup. [...] You know when you go through all the painful memories, but at the same time you're f—ing [sic] happy that you are now single, and you feel better off as you can now move on in your life? I guess it was chosen as the single as it's the closest thing we've got to a big ballad on our album, and it sounds great on the radio!"[3]

Music video

The music video for "Bittersweet Memories" starts with Matt Tuck in a room with no shirt on, singing the song. He then walks through a ruined shopping mall and it flicks to Jason James boarding up the windows and looking scared. Matt still wanders the mall. The music video shows Michael Paget playing his guitar. In the music video, Michael "Moose" Thomas smashes things with a baseball bat. Then, Matt is out of the mall, on the roof and he decides to run to the edge. However, he doesn't jump and the song ends.[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Bittersweet Memories" (Radio Edit) 3:52
2. "The Last Fight" (Live at XFM) 4:18
Total length:
 8:11

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 17
UK Rock 1

Critical reception

"Bittersweet Memories" did not seemed to be as welcomed as the other tracks off Fever; critics like BBC classified it as a song "[...] with lyrics of childish despair and forlorn desire, the weakest track here".[5] Or PopMatters, who also disliked the song, thinks it "[...] is absolutely terrible, having more in common with My Chemical Romance than any other band".[6] The song, however, was one of Allmusic's track picks.

References

  1. ↑ "Bullet For My Valentine - Fever". Talia Soghomonian. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bullet For My Valentine - Fever Review". Chad Bowar. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bullet for My Valentine, 'Bittersweet Memories' - New Song". Noisecreep.com. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  4. ↑ Bullet For My Valentine - Bittersweet Memories on YouTube
  5. ↑ "Music - Review of Bullet for My Valentine - Fever". BBC. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  6. ↑ Colgan, Chris. "Bullet for My Valentine: Fever". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2012-07-11.

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