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"Pull Me Under" is the first track and first single from Dream Theater's 1992 album Images and Words. It is also featured on the Live at the Marquee CD, Once in a LIVEtime CD, Live at Budokan CD and DVD, the Images and Words: Live in Tokyo VHS and DVD, and the Live at Luna Park DVD. It was released as the first single from Images and Words, and received positive critical reception and extensive MTV rotation.[1] It is widely considered to be Dream Theater's signature song.^{[citation needed]}

"Pull Me Under"
Single by Dream Theater
from the album Images and Words
B-side	Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"
Released	August 29, 1992 (1992-08-29)
Recorded	October 1991 – December 1991 at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	8:11
Label	Atco
Songwriter(s)	James LaBrie Kevin Moore John Myung John Petrucci Mike Portnoy
Producer(s)	David Prater
Dream Theater singles chronology
"Afterlife" (1989) "Pull Me Under" (1992) "Another Day" (1993)
Music video
Official video on YouTube

Overview

During development, the song held the working title "Oliver's Twist". In a radio interview, Mike Portnoy stated that "...it was just an 8 and a half minute song, and it was just a fluke for MTV and radio play to happen."^{[citation needed]}

The song's abrupt ending was modified in their Greatest Hit compilation. When asked about the abrupt ending while at a drum clinic in Atlanta in 1999, Mike Portnoy explained "We had all this tension, and it just kept building and building, and we had no idea where to take it, you know? So we decided to just pull the plug on it, like The Beatles did with 'She's So Heavy'."^{[citation needed]}

The song was released as a promotional single and as a music video. Based on a shortened version of the song at 4:48 in length, the video alternates between clips of the band performing and an obscure storyline. The band members were reportedly unhappy with the storyline, saying that it doesn't have anything to do with the song's subject matter.^{[citation needed]}

Because it was the only Dream Theater single to achieve such success, "Pull Me Under" is the "hit" referred to in the Dream Theater compilation Dream Theater's Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs).

Lyrics

Lyricist Kevin Moore refers to Shakespeare's Hamlet, as told from Prince Hamlet's point of view.[2] The lyrics allude heavily to the play, echoing Hamlet's desire to give in to his urge to gain revenge for his father at the cost of his own sanity. Over the final moments of the song, James LaBrie can be heard singing the song's only direct quote from the play: "O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt". Therein, Prince Hamlet is pleading for escape from his mortal trappings.

Track listing

Personnel

• James LaBrie – background vocals, lead vocals
• Kevin Moore – keyboards
• John Myung – bass
• John Petrucci – guitars
• Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion

Credits

• David Prater – production

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4][5]	10

Releases

• CD, Single, Promo – Atco Records PRCD 4624-2, US 1992
• Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single, Promo – Rock Ahead SAM 1030, UK 1992
• CD, Single, Promo – Atco Records PRCD 4724-2, US 1992
• CD, Single, Promo – Atco Records PRCD 4928, US 1992

References

На других языках

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- [en] Pull Me Under

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[es] Pull Me Under

«Pull Me Under» es la primera canción del álbum Images and Words hecho por la banda de metal progresivo, Dream Theater en 1992. Fue muy bien recibida por la radio y la extensa rotación que tuvo en la cadena televisiva MTV.

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[ru] Pull Me Under

Pull Me Under — первый трек и первый сингл в альбоме Images and Words американской прогрессив-метал группы Dream Theater, выпущенный на лейбле Atco Records в 1992 году.

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