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Wikipedia article




"'Save Me'" is a song by the American songwriter Aimee Mann. It appears on the 'Magnolia' soundtrack, which was released on December 7, 1999.

Reception



"Save Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song; Mann performed it at the 72nd Academy Awards. It lost to "You'll Be in My Heart", by Phil Collins, from the Disney movie 'Tarzan'. By way of introduction to a live performance, Mann has referred to "Save Me" as "the song that lost an Oscar to Phil Collins and his cartoon monkey love song." "Save Me" was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal;

Mann later said the song "really gave a blood transfusion to my career. But it wasn't like I went from playing to five people to 5,000 people. It was just a real influx of energy."

Music video



The music video, shot during the filming of 'Magnolia', was directed by the film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, and uses many of the film's actors, including Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, and John C. Reilly. The video inserts Mann into various scenes from the film as she performs the song. Unlike many such music videos, the "Save Me" video used no digital manipulation; the scenes were shot at the end of filming days with Mann and actors who were asked to stay in place.

References



Category:1999 songs

Category:Aimee Mann songs

Category:Songs written for films

Category:Songs written by Aimee Mann

Category:Rock ballads

Category:Music videos directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Category:Reprise Records singles


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