What You Want

The first single from Evanescence's self-titled third studio album finally saw the light of day in the summer of 2011, four years after the band's previous single release, "Good Enough." Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee penned the song at her house in New York with bassist Tim McCord and guitarist Terry Balsamo. She told MTV News: "We were just jamming, like, recording demos, and obviously the song has grown a lot since then, with everyone else. For me, it was - and I need to remember this, so I can apply it in the future - it wasn't trying so hard to be some epic, massive chorus. I was just doodling around on the piano and the guys were like, 'Do that. Whatever you just did, that's an awesome melody.' And I was like, 'Really?' Sometimes you just need your friends to be like, 'Do that!'"

Lee explained the song's meaning to MTV News: "It's about freedom - that's definitely a constant theme on the record - but, it's like Evanescence, and me, and my relationship with the music and the fans, and coming to that [realization] of 'This is what I'm supposed to do ... I want to do this,'" she said. "And when it says, 'Remember who you really are,' that's exactly everything you could assume it means."

The song features strings arranged by Beck's father, David Campbell, who has also worked with Adam Lambert, Metallica and My Chemical Romance, amongst others. He also previously collaborated with Amy Lee and co on The Open Door.