"Katie" by Jack's Mannequin

[rangerup82]

i saw jack's mannequin april 20th, 2007 at the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH and my god love them but i think something corporate was so much better

[BeautifulTo1122]

Thank you, Katie.

[dcons001]

oh my gosh, thank you so much for posting this. I was at this exact same concert @ the Norva in 2006!  His performance was so powerful and this song has stuck with me ever since then. Glad they finally release this on EP last year! I looked for it everywhere after the show.

[iEricaN]

I love this song <3

[talbotroad]

I love this song so much <3

[LusciousLu102]

I'm crying so hard at this beautiful song right now. This is what all music should be like.

[sowhathomiec]

I have never disliked any one of his songs. ever. i'm in love with the glass passenger and everything in transit. I also love all his something cooperate albums. he's just awesome.

[banjojackson2]

This song makes me cry everytime I hear it. I would love to see Katie's reaction to it

[likelullabiesx]

this live version is so much better than the new version of it.

[wwfbtf54]

But you've got the strength that I've lost

Who'd of thought you would be carrying me

simply amazing <3

[DMBImogen]

Wow. Katie saved his life, he survived leukemia, ammonia after kemo took the life out of him, staying confined in the walls of a hospital room for months....and shit- look at him now. True inspiration. "This world can be ugly, but isn't it beautiful, but not really here. I'm not really there." horrible thing to happen to someone so talented and he overcame that hell. Wow I am inspired.

[camilla7b]

@DMBImogen pneumonia*

[DMBImogen]

@camilla7b Thanks for the correcting my stupidity.

[heresmuppet]

it's on his Dear Jack Ep but it's called "There, There Katie"

his music has the deepest meaning i've ever heard out of any artist... even his original album before his cancer they somehow still relate to his story... his music amazes me

[musiclover848]

Beautiful :) He's so amazing! I l <3 Andrew!

[xxJAKEnBAKExx]

i know seriously when is he goina record this song so we can hear it in good quality

[thewizard99]

@xxJAKEnBAKExx better be soon.

[moonlitstrike]

I hope he plays this when I go see see him. It's such a beautiful song.

[12dl196]

I seen this song being performed when they came to Glasgow. It had such an immense emotional impact on the audience including me. Everything just fell silent until the end. People were crying and it was just, amazing tbh.

[sQUisHyPAndA321]

so freakin beautiful!

[megang22]

i went to that last night, it was great.

[maireadthepirate]

I went to see Jack's Mannequin tonight in Glasgow and Andrew played this song during the encore. He said it wasn't rehearsed and almost didn't come back on stage! so happy he did.. :) beautiful song.

[Lolcilohi]

Jack's Mannequin wrote me my own song, <3

[toxicsluge]

shut up. .

we dont care if your name is katie.

this is a beautiful song.

[LOZroxurz]

That's so sweet. Beautiful lyrics.

When I opened The Glass Passenger record after I bought it and saw her name as the main dedication, I couldn't help but let out a big 'Aww.'

[gaudery]

The UK import of North has "Watch the Sky," $12 on Amazon. "Konstantine" is on Japanese import of "Song for Silent Movies," $20 on Amazon. I'm pretty sure Katie has not been released. Hopefully some day it will be as it's better than Konstantine, which was till this morning, the best song I'd ever heard.

I tried to post the Amazon links for you but YouTube doesn't let me. :O/

[heartsonstrings]

thanks! that was very helpful :)

oh i hope it's released somewhere...just like i hope Dear Jack becomes a reality!

[gaudery]

:O) Google "fishyrecordings." Katie is the 9th track on Ryan Fisher's recording of Jacks Mannequin's 09.20.06 Indianapolis Concert.

[heartsonstrings]

oh my gosh :D

ahh im such a happy camper right now haha

[heartsonstrings]

i HAVE to find out how to download this song...

there are so many songs of his that i can't find anywhere! like konstantine and watch the sky...it makes me really sad because i love andrew!

this song's amazing. just like all of his stuff.

[tasteslikemaddie5]

i love this song, so much.

Especially after what my friend Mike did for me.

He called me on my birthday, and sung this song to me but changed katie to maddie.

it was the sweetest thing. <3

[h3llokitty151]

I like something coroprate more, and why is it about his sister? It is a good song i just really don't understand though.

[valerie793]

His sister donated a bone marrow for him for his cancer

[Jsarje87]

Because she donated bone marrow to him, for his cancer.

[SwagggSmoner]

his sister was the donor for his bone marrow transplant so its like a thank you

[likelullabiesx]

He wrote it for his sister when she was hospitalized. He didn't get to finish it until after he received his stem cell transplant to treat his leukemia. He wrote it for her to thank her for her lifesaving gift.

[yourblackflower]

lyrics!anyone!

[Not4YuuRLuvRsXSounds]

best musician ever.

[rAp9513]

i adore this song, its so cute how he wrote it for his sister:)<3

[ILOVECHICKFLICKS]

yeh i know, after she donated for his bone marrow transplant

[Griff816]

exactly

so awesome

fav musician. hes gonna be historic

[wexknowxuxluvxus]

agreement. theyve gotta put him on the twenty dollar bill, atleast

[Griff816]

for real!

the Swim video is out FYI if you havent seen it - amazingggg

[wexknowxuxluvxus]

thank you

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[wexknowxuxluvxus]

thhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnkk­kkkkkkk yyyyyoooooouuuuuu aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnddddddddyy!!

by the way...does he have a youtube?

great voice, so original, no more cliche, yes, yes, love him!

[twilight0sylum0forme]

no no youtube : (((((( but i kno so very original, bet5ter in concert

[misscalijm]

It has been recorded with Something Corporate, just not actually released. Heard this from Andrew himself. I was like...awesome! Could you release it please!!??

[misscalijm]

aneastcoastwinter

I'm really sorry I pissed you off! I did Light the Night at UCLA, told Andrew how much I liked the song, and asked if he would please record it. He told me that it had already been recorded with Something Corporate, even though it has not been released. I do actually know what I'm talking about. Might I suggest not jumping down people's throats?

[boyslikegirlsthunder]

i fucking love you andrew mcmahon.

you saved my life.

<3

[winniethepooh55]

andrew mcmahon is one of the greatest musicians to ever hit the earth.

from something corporate to jacks mannequin his music has always amazed me

[snowball4324]

Does anyone know if this song is on an album?

[AnotherBatch]

no but if you find it let me know

[opethsoldier]

I have a live version, quality is bad but its still listenable. I really dont think theres a studio version

[EdCullen4EVR]

good song with good message :-)

[shaeraetard]

beautiful song by a beautiful person.. id like to kick the people who are talking in the teeth

[zyaunna]

This makes me love my name. Absolutely amazing.

[katiedynamite]

this is beautiful. wow

[franniiitotallydude]

The crowd needs to shut the fuck up and listen.

Andrew, you're so beautiful. <3

[RainbowsOnLegs]

Andrew McMahon, I hope this comment reaches you somehow. Please never change.

[JMluv33NickJluv]

favorite jm song ever. makes me cry everytime.

[tAk3mE2pARAd1s3]

this song is absolutely beautiful. my name is katie and my older sister, pretty much my hero, showed it to me and i cried. i cant stop listening to it.

[JMluv33NickJluv]

thats so sweet. my best friend is named katy, and i always sing this to her when shes sad.

[tAk3mE2pARAd1s3]

thats really cutee. i would love if someone did that to me

[JMluv33NickJluv]

thx! it is a sweet song!

[klusofcool2]

this song is so moving it is great

[actorchild]

omg.

I'm gonna cry.

"The sunshine's been missing but Katie,

Don't believe that it isn't there."

<3

[andrewsluckybreak]

I have a school presentation on him tomorrow, I'm hoping to get him a few more fans. His music's so personnal you feel as though you know him

[bononica]

That's so awesome!! I wish I could give a school/work presentation about him! Who are you presenting to?

[ohmahon0903]

this song is so moving.

i'm getting "the world can be ugly, but isn't it beautiful?" tattooed onto my forearm(:

[JMluv33NickJluv]

beautiful.

[JackFrawley101]

this song chokes me up

[xojenflanx3]

the story is he started writing this when his sister katie was in the hospital because she was sick but he just never finished it until he was diagnosed with leukemia and she gave him her bone marrow to save him. and then he finally had the right type of inspiration to finish it.

and might i add this is the most beautifully honest thing i've ever heard. god bless them both.

[HottChick0408]

i love him to death

this makes me melt

[fjkhn]

katie is his sister who gave him her bone marrow

[EvangelionAiden]

I really don't know... I've been searching for it for the last month now...can't find a single recording.. come on, at least a demo!?

[likelullabiesx]

I agree. I hope he releases it at some point.

[misscalijm]

It exists. He's recorded it with Something Corporate, but it has not been released. I actually talked to him about at Light the Night this summer, I asked him because it's such an incredible song...

[treysloan]

anyone know where you can download this song?

[yourjustDIORable0]

awwh my name is katie (:

this song is beautiful though!

What is the history behind it?

[katieputsthekinjahk]

this is the most beautiful song i've ever heard...

i love andrew and his sister very much for saving his life... the world would be a very sad place without him

[charlotteDFL]

*sigh* i love Andrew.

and his sister for saving his life.

without her, i might've never knew him.

[Jibro]

Absolutely beautiful

[Not4YuuRLuvRsXSounds]

"be happy this world can be ugly but isn't it beautiful?" andrew is so amazing

[shlongtimenoc]

anyone know where i can find this song liek recorded?

[jmjoneswu]

It's never been studio recorded. Or, at least, it hasn't been released as such.

[Cunnas]

Wait what the hell was I talking about... Umm disregard my last comment!

[beardcamfitme]

ahahaha, its amazing

[natel68]

man, that's amazing. i hope they put this on the new album

[vikkipeepants]

katie isnt his konstantine, cause katie is his little sister who he wrote a song for when she was in the hospital sick.

but beautiful song. one of my favorites even if i can't find it anywhere so i just have to watch it in videos.

[yourewrongactually]

Actually, Katie was never sick...Andrew was sick (with Leukemia- search Dear Jack for more information). Katie (his sister) donated bone marrow to save his life... Andrew wrote this song while she was recovering after the transplant.

[Cunnas]

You don't really get sick with leukemia, that's the treatment. What type of cancer did he have?

[iheartbanana]

the first verse he wrote when katie was sick, a year before he had to go to the hospital himself, and the he found out he had no inspiration left, so the song remained unfinished. When she donated her bone marrow and saved him he wrote the last part. you can see he says "the tables turned".

[superllama80]

no, katie got sick too. which is why he started this song in the first place. she just didn't get leukemia like andrew did.

[caughtinthefray]

Is Katie also his Konstantine??

(Anyone know??)

Wow, Andrew really outdid himself with this one. I mean, right on par with his other amazing things, but like, so poetic. It makes me crazy. Thank god he's doing well and recovered, I think the world is better with his music in it.

[thnickster21]

Katie is not Konstantine. Krystal is Konstantine, who was his first love.

Andrew is the love of my life, his way with words makes me MELT!

[xosanti4cobraox]

He's amazing.

[veritaserum]

god, hes amazing.

absolutely beautiful.

[lolinterets]

he's perfect. absolutely perfect.

[asyousleepxx]

In the Bamboozle video, Andrew said that for SoCo's 10 year anniversary, they might put out an album or their favorite or unreleased tracks. So maybe Katie will be on it. I really hope so.

[likelullabiesx]

I hope that he puts Katie on the new release.

[asyousleepxx]

Same. This song is amazing when he plays it live, I can't even imagine how great a studio recording would be.

[neatem]

OMG where did you hear that?!

[asyousleepxx]

The Bamboozle interview from AP. I'm sure you can find it somewhere on here.

[DoeOfTheWood]

I really hope this song is on the new album because it's sooooo beautiful...

[soccermusicman]

ya it was bone marrow this song is awsome im gonna send it to a girl in my class and her name is katie

[haw002]

it was a bone marrow transplant.. watch the interviews with andrew. you can't rely on such things as wikipedia

[andrewsluckybreak]

and to top it off, wikipedia biography also say's "a bone marrow transplant"

[Yoanty]

Secondly, it was the day he received a stem cell transplant, with his sister Katie McMahon serving as the donor.[7] As a thank-you, he and the rest of Something Corporate wrote and recorded a song called "Katie" for her. The song finally was played live at a Jack's Mannequin concert on 7/11/2006 in Cleveland, Ohio. Katie was in attendance for the performance. In October 2005,

[aceydope]

she gave him bone marow not stem cells just fyi

[ruinedwithregret]

Actually, it was Stem cells. Read about it on any bio of Andrew McMahon.

[ahhGLORIOUS]

i'm pretty sure stem cells are in bone marrow.

[likelullabiesx]

You're right. Bone Marrow has haematopoietic stem cells which can derive into B cells and other immune system cells which is why leukemia patients need it. :D

[2pretty4you2cool4you]

dude, this is by something corporate, not jacks mannequin :|

[xAndDontGox]

Actually Andrew hasn't announced which band it's from...

[nessiipoo]

Actually they have. SoCo helped him write it. Its from SoCo

[xAndDontGox]

Oh... I thought he wrote it by himself.

[andrewsluckybreak]

he definitely wrote it by himself, lyrics, piano, melody was all him. However, he did play it and is apparently recorded with something corporate, so they've just added in their instruments. Andrew did write it solo, and used something corporate to finish it

[TheRealKonstantine]

...and so beautiful

[TheRealKonstantine]

he's amazing amazing amazing

[sammianni18]

this is absolutely perfect.

[mihaeloser]

aww i love this song.

one of my best friends is named katie.

i dedicate this song to her.

[kczskater128]

i love this song. i got to see him perform it live and he was amazingg...

[xolinaxo]

this is beautiful song... yes this is going jack's mannequin!

[blankiegreen]

I love this song and it's a great video. I know this might be a stupid question but is this song on JM's cd

[c1rcama707]

nope... maybe the new one

[saintsintoseas]

i agree - great quality. nearly perfect, in fact.

this song is just amazing, so beautiful.

[Breezypointbabe]

Andrew's sister katie gave him a bone marrow transplant, it's so beautiful.

[boundless06]

my name is Katie, too... but this isn't for us... it's for his sister... because she saved his life.

[kleenex03]

too dreamy! - glad my name is katie -

[GeppylaRou]

Awesome, best quality I've heard yet. Would you mind sending it to me over AIM ? =)