I have been blessed with a wilder mind

May 23, 2005

Helena, the third single off of My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album, is released.

Notes: (there’s a lot)

The song is about about Gerard and Mikey Way’s late grandmother, Elena Rush. Apparently a lot of people called her Helen, so the song title is actually a combination of her nickname of her actual name.

The music video was shot at a real church, the Immanuel Presbyterian church on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. So yes, you can get married or have your funeral service in the same place the music video was filmed.

The rain at the end of the music was real, and unscheduled.

Frank Iero, the rhythm guitarist of the band, was too short to help carry the casket, so you don’t see him doing that in the music video. He’s actually standing by it for visual purposes, but not actually carrying it.

Majority of the mourners are fans who responded to an email about appearing in the music video. This also includes the pallbearer who replaced Frank.