Summer 2003 may have been a scorcher, but a mighty chill was being felt across the Official Singles Chart. The cause? American band Evanescence, whose spooky goth-rock-pop stomper Bring Me To Life swooped in at Number 1.
Evanescence were an unlikely proposition - the Arkanas group's brand of Christian rock wasn't exactly a regular occurrence on the UK charts - but their unique blend of singer Amy Lee's ethereal soprano with head-bashing serrated guitar crunches turned out to be the perfect antidote to the scorching weather.
Appetite for the single was so great that Bring Me To Life spent three weeks in the lower end of the Top 100 on import sales alone, before charging to Number 1 on its official UK release week, shifting 57,000 copies.
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