<P> Following its release, "The Hanging Tree" debuted in the top 40 of the singles charts of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States . The song was released to American hot adult contemporary radio stations on December 15, 2014 . A remixed version of the song by Rebel was released to contemporary hit radio stations on December 9, 2014 . </P> <P> The songs lyrics were written by The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins and originally appeared in her novel Mockingjay . The melody to the lyrics was composed by Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz of American indie folk band The Lumineers . The song did not appear on the original release of the film's song album (it does appear on the score album), but after the success of the song it was added during the digital re-release of the official soundtrack for the film, with "The Hanging Tree" as the fifteenth track . Six days later, "The Hanging Tree" was released as the second single from the album . </P> <P> Protagonist Katniss Everdeen performs the song in the film, which is also heard over the closing credits . In the story's context, it is a song that Katniss learned from her father, and is used as a battlecry . Jennifer Lawrence stated in an interview that she was nervous about singing the song for the film as she finds it uncomfortable to sing in front of people . Lawrence reportedly suggested to producers of the film that the singer Lorde, already having been tasked with the film's theme song "Yellow Flicker Beat", should instead provide the vocals for the track in place of Lawrence, who would then have lip synced to it on film . </P> <P> In the film, Plutarch Heavensbee uses the film of Katniss singing as anti-Capitol propaganda and changes the lyrics from "necklace of rope" to "necklace of hope" to take away some of the morbid undertones . Plutarch then uses the song as a rebel anthem . </P>

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