<P> An alternative video, directed by Monkmus, appears on the Death Cab for Cutie's DVD Directions: The Plans Video Album . In this video, a picture - book takes up the center of the video frame, and the pages turn as the song progresses . Within the book, two rabbits meet and fall in love . Time passes until one of the rabbits apparently dies . There are other references to death throughout the video, such as a rotten bowl of fruit and an elderly man who appears to die, leaving his grandson behind . The video ends with a picture of the two rabbits together, presumably in eternal happiness together . </P> <P> "I Will Follow You into the Dark" has two separate United Kingdom - exclusive, colored vinyl 7" releases with B - sides recorded as part of the band's Rolling Stone originals session . The part - one release is printed on teal vinyl with "Photobooth" from The Forbidden Love EP as the B - side, and the part - two release is printed on clear orange vinyl with a B - side of "Brothers on a Hotel Bed". The CD single was also only released in the UK and contains the same "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" B - side . </P> <P> Critical response to "I Will Follow You into the Dark" was generally positive . In their reviews for the album Plans, Robert Christgau selected the song as his "choice cut", Pitchfork Media called it the album's "quiet centerpiece" and praised its "unexpected turns of phrase", PopMatters called it "one of the best written pop songs of the year--if not of the past five years", and Tiny Mix Tapes stated that it was "one of the band's best songs to date ." Rolling Stone however, said that the song "demonstrates how wise Gibbard is to let the band mess with his pristine melodies, which would sound wispy and ignorable on their own ." </P> <P> The song was nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, but lost to "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas . By being nominated in this category, instead of for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, it credited the entire band for Gibbard's solo performance . </P>

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