"Mercy Me" is a song by the

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Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass) and Derek Grant (drums, vocals). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Do ...

, released as the second

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from their 2005 album ''

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''. "Mercy Me" was released to radio on September 27, 2005. It peaked at No. 30 on the

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and No. 89 on the

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. The single was released as a CD backed with an acoustic recording of "

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" as well as "Buried", a

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from the album's recording sessions. It was also released as a set of two 7" records, backed with acoustic recordings of "This Could Be Love" and "Crawl". It is also featured in videogame

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and as a DLC for

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. The song's

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was directed by Ben Goldman.

Track listing

CD version

*The data portion of the

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consists of the music video for "Mercy Me".

7" version 1

7" version 2

Personnel

Band

* Matt Skiba – guitar, lead vocals *

Dan Andriano Daniel Michael Andriano (born June 27, 1977) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist and bassist of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums to date. Andriano also rec ...

– bass, backing vocals * Derek Grant – drums

Production

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– producer, mix engineer *Ryan Hewitt – engineer *Seth Waldmann – assistant engineer *Dave Collins – mastering

References

{{authority control Alkaline Trio songs 2005 songs Songs written by Matt Skiba Songs written by Dan Andriano Songs written by Derek Grant (drummer) Vagrant Records singles 2005 singles