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"Call Me When You're Sober" is an alternative rock song written by Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo recorded by the American band Evanescence. It was released on September 25, 2006 on the radio as the first single from the band's second studio album, The Open Door (2006). On iTunes, the single was released in mid August. Amy Lee's sisters, Carrie and Lori, are credited with doing background vocals. In late July of that year, the song and the music video were leaked on to the internet before their official release dates. "Call Me When You're Sober" has reached the Top 5 on the Canadian BDS Airplay charts and the U.S. The music video for the song was delayed, originally slated to be shot at the end of June. It was then shot and finished in the second week of July,[3] by Marc Webb. The video debuted on 7 August 2006 on MTV2 in the U.S., while in Canada it debuted on MuchOnDemand the same day at 5 p.m. EST. It was stated by sources close to Wind-Up on a forum for the band, Evboard.com, that the concept for the video is based on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. The lead male character featured in the video is British actor Oliver Goodwill. The inspiration for 'Sober' was made clear after Amy Lee's former boyfriend, Seether frontman Shaun Morgan, checked himself into rehab for "unspecified problems" in late July 2006. Lee stated that she's not worried about listeners knowing what inspired the song: 'Call Me When You're Sober' says something that's impossible to hide from. I'm stuck with everyone knowing exactly what I'm talking about. And if there's consequences for that, which there are, then I have to face them. But it's true, and it really happened, and it meant so much to me and felt so good to just blurt it out that it was worth it. And I think it's a really great song and I'm really proud of it." In response, Morgan has said: "It saddens me that our whole relationship was reduced to that. That, you know, almost three years we spent together comes down to 'Oh, woe is me, you don't care about me.' I'm disappointed that that's all that really mattered. I'm kind of irritated that our dirty laundry had to be aired, you know, all over the world. I wouldn't do that to somebody." Morgan was discharged August 28, 2006, according to Seether's publicist.