I'm So Tired (Fugazi song)

"I'm So Tired"
Song by Fugazi
from the album Instrument Soundtrack
ReleasedMarch 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)
GenrePop,[1] emo
Length1:59
LabelDischord
Producer(s)Fugazi

"I'm So Tired" is a song by the American punk rock band Fugazi. Released on their 1999 album Instrument Soundtrack, the song is a piano ballad[2] played and sung by vocalist Ian MacKaye, a departure from the band's typical post-hardcore output.

Commentators have described the song's lyrics as pertaining to depression and suicidal ideation.[3][4][5]

Reception

In her review of Instrument Soundtrack, Amy Sciarretto of CMJ New Music Report wrote, "'I'm So Tired' stands out as the moody highlight of this quietly enveloping, unexpected release."[6] Pitchfork's Brent DiCrescenzo referred to "I'm So Tired" as "A wonderfully surprising moment of [Instrument Soundtrack] ... Heart-breakingly beautiful (yes, beautiful), it shows that Fugazi have more talent than their genre can tolerate. Hopefully, the band will turn punk on punk itself and record more sweet pop songs."[1]

Cover versions

"I'm So Tired" has been covered by Fog Lake,[7] Gengahr,[8] Jennylee,[9] Lala Lala,[10] Ultimate Painting,[11] and Eddie Vedder.[3][4][5]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b DiCrescenzo, Brent (April 27, 1999). "Fugazi: Instrument Soundtrack Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Gross, Joe (2018). Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker. 33⅓. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1501321399.
  3. ^ a b Helman, Peter (May 29, 2017). "Eddie Vedder's Amsterdam Tour Opener Was A Subtle Chris Cornell Tribute". Stereogum. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Colburn, Randall (May 30, 2017). "Eddie Vedder's cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired" is sad, pretty, and powerful — watch". Consequence. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Blais-Billie, Braudie (May 30, 2017). "Watch Eddie Vedder Cover Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  6. ^ Sciarretto, Amy (May 24, 1999). "Reviews | Fugazi - Instrument (Dischord)". CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 58, no. 9 #619. CMJ. p. 26. ISSN 0890-0795.
  7. ^ "Fog Lake - I'm So Tired (Fugazi Cover)". Birp.fm. February 3, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  8. ^ Day, Laurence (June 4, 2015). "Gengahr share cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  9. ^ Daly, Rhian (March 6, 2020). "Warpaint's jennylee shares bewitching cover of Fugazi classic 'I'm So Tired'". NME. Retrieved January 29, 2024. I love, admire and respect Fugazi with my whole heart… always have. The sentiment of 'I'm So Tired' is deeply moving and extremely relatable. It was such a pleasure and a pleasant surprise I was able to pull this off. I hope I did it justice, it sure was FUN (and that's the point of it all). Big love and kudos to Fugazi forever.
  10. ^ "Lala Lala shares a crushed cover of Fugazi's "I'm So Tired"". The Fader. November 21, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "The Lagniappe Sessions : Ultimate Painting (Cover Fugazi, Times New Viking, Sheryl Crow & More...)". Aquarium Drunkard. December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2024.