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{{Infobox song
| name       = I Die for You Today
| cover      = Alphaville -- i die for you today -- singlecover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
| album      = [[Catching Rays on Giant]]
| A-side     = I Die for You Today
| released   = 22 August 2010
| recorded   = 2010
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Synth-pop]]
| length     = Radio Version 3:47<br/>Acoustic Version 3:34
| label      = We Love Music
| writer     = [[Marian Gold]]<br>Martin Lister<br>The Outsider
| producer   = Jochen Schmalbach, Thorsten Brötzmann (Track 1)<br/>David Goodes, Martin Lister (Track 2)
| prev_title = [[Forever Young (Alphaville song)#Alphaville versions|Forever Young-The Remix]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [[Song for No One (Alphaville song)|Song for No One]]
| next_year  = 2011
}}
"'''I Die for You Today'''" is the 22nd single overall from [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]], and the first single from Alphaville's 2010 album ''[[Catching Rays on Giant]]''. The original lyrics for the song were written by The Outsider, a long-time fan of the band, and published on the band's official mailing list in 2001. [[Marian Gold]] later reworked the lyrics for the song.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
It was released on 22 August 2010.<ref>[http://alphaville.info/main.htm Alphaville Moonbase Discography]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfeeling.de/disco/index.htm|title=Alphaville's Discography|accessdate=2010-11-12|archive-date=2006-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060911183235/http://www.goldenfeeling.de/disco/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfeeling.de/|title=Alphaville's official German Fanpage|accessdate=2010-11-12}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Track listing==
; CD Single
# "I Die for You Today" – 3:47
# "I Die for You Today (Acoustic Version) – 3:34
; Digital Download
# "I Die for You Today" – 3:47
# "I Die for You Today (Acoustic Version) – 3:34
'''The Blank & Jones Mixes (2023)'''
# "I Die for You Today (Blank & Jones so8os mix)" – 3:35
# "I Die for You Today (Blank & Jones so8os Extended mix)" – 5:27
# "I Die for You Today (Blank & Jones Club mix)" – 7:47
# "I Die for You Today (Blank & Jones Dub mix)" – 7:47
# "I Die for You Today (Blank & Jones Club mix Edit)" – 3:17
==Chart performance==
The single hit No. 15 in Germany and No. 64 in Austria,<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alphaville&titel=I+Die+For+You+Today&cat=s | title=Australian-Charts.com Alphaville: I Die For You Today (Song) | accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> and represents Alphaville's first chart-performing single since "[[Fools (Alphaville song)|Fools]]" in 1994.
==References==
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