"If I Die Tomorrow" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe released on their 2005 compilation album '' Red, White & Crüe''. The song was one of the new songs recorded by Mötley Crüe for the album and the single charted at number 4 on the

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charts. It is the first single since "

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" to feature drummer

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Composition

Originally written by the Canadian

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band Simple Plan, "If I Die Tomorrow" was left off their 2004 album '' Still Not Getting Any...'' as the band did not feel that it fit in with the rest of the album.Bliss, Karen. Dec 15, 2004
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. Retrieved on January 2, 2007. After finishing work with Simple Plan, producer

Bob Rock Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Tragically Hip, the Cult, ...

brought the song to Mötley Crüe knowing that they were looking to record new material to include on their new compilation album. After hearing the song, Mötley Crüe bassist

Nikki Sixx Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.; December 11, 1958) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a me ...

made several lyrical and music changes to it before the band recorded it.

Music video

A video was made to promote the single, which featured each one of the band members, which includes Sixx, vocalist Vince Neil, drummer

and guitarist Mick Mars each individually in a nightmarish scene from their past. Sixx's scene shows him overdosing on heroin; Neil's scene shows him accidentally killing his friend, Razzle from

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; Mars' scene shows him in a hospital bed, battling

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; and Lee's scene shows him in prison. Also starred actress

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.Odell, Michael. Mar 2005
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.

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. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.

Personnel

* Vince Neil - vocals * Mick Mars - guitar *

- bass *

- drums

Charts

Florida Georgia Line cover

In 2014,

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released a

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of "If I Die Tomorrow". The song appeared on a

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to Mötley Crüe, '' Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe'' (2014). Florida Georgia Line version charted on the Hot Country Songs (#33).

References

{{Authority control 2005 singles Mötley Crüe songs Songs written by Nikki Sixx Song recordings produced by Bob Rock Alternative metal songs