page_title: Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Come Alive (The War of the Roses) / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Janelle Monae performing "Come Alive (The War of the Roses)" in Los Angeles on September 25, 2012.
context_page_description: "Come Alive (The War of the Roses)" is a song by American singer Janelle Monáe. It was released as a free digital download in September 2009 as a promotional song for Kia Motors' Kia Soul Collective project, and was the first song announced from Monáe's debut studio album The ArchAndroid.
  Critics praised Monáe's vocal range and delivery of the song, as well as a mix of genres such as rock and roll and new wave. Monáe often performs the song as the closer to her live performances.
context_section_description: "Come Alive (The War of the Roses)" has been performed as a final song or during the encore of during Monáe's ArchAndroid Tour (2010), Hooligans in Wondaland (2011) and The Electric Lady Tour (2013), as well as multiple festival performances such as Glastonbury Festival 2011. Monáe performs the song as a 10-minute extended version, incorporating call and response. During the performances, Monáe and her band members lie down on the stage, and Monáe asks the audience to lie down as well. The band and Monáe continue to sing the song while they are on lying on the stage. Critics such as Dan Meade of The Manic American have praised Monáe's "commanding" stage presence during performances of "Come Alive", while others have praised how high energy Monáe's performance is. In 2020, Monáe performed the song to open the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony.
caption: Janelle Monáe and her band members performing "Come Alive" lying down (2012).
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