music.wikisort.org - Composition"Bless the Child" is the seventh single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album Century Child. It is one of two songs which were filmed from the Century Child album, with other one being "End of All Hope". It was also the first song bassist/vocalist Marko Hietala worked on after he joined the band replacing Sami Vänskä.[1]
2002 single by Nightwish
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Released | 21 July 2002 (2002-07-21) |
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Recorded | 2002 |
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Studio |
- Caverock, Kitee, Finland
- Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland
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Genre | Symphonic metal |
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Length |
- 4:05 (single edit)
- 6:12 (album version)
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Label | Spinefarm |
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Songwriter(s) | Tuomas Holopainen |
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Producer(s) |
- Tuomas Holopainen
- TeeCee Kinnunen
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"Bless the Child" on YouTube |
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There are two versions of the single, each having a slightly different track list.[2] The normal release includes the title track and the two songs, "Lagoon" and "The Wayfarer", which have not been released in Germany before.[2] There is too a limited DVD plus of the single which includes three DVD videotracks in addition to the audio content. The videos are "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Bless the Child", and a 30-minute interview.[2]
In addition to it being a single, part of the edited version was used in a Chinese broadcast on CCTV-4.[citation needed]
Track listing
Spinefarm version
- "Bless the Child" (Edit)
- "Bless the Child"
- "Lagoon"
Spinefarm EP
- "Bless the Child"
- "The Wayfarer"
- "Come Cover Me" (Live)
- "Dead Boy's Poem" (Live)
- "Once Upon a Troubadour"
- "A Return to the Sea"
- "Sleepwalker" (Heavy Version)
- "Nightquest"
Drakkar version
- "Bless the Child"
- "Lagoon"
- "The Wayfarer"
NEMS EP
- "Bless the Child" (Edit)
- "Walking in the Air" (Edit)
- "The Wayfarer"
- "The Kinslayer" (Live in Argentina)
- "Deep Silent Complete" (Live)
- "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" (Live)
- "Come Cover Me" (Live)
- "Wanderlust" (Live)
- "Instrumental" (Live)
- "Swanheart" (Live)
- "Elvenpath" (Live)
- "Fantasmic Part 3" (Live)
- "Dead Boy's Poem" (Live)
- "Sleepwalker" (Original Version)
- "Lagoon"
- "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Video Edit Mix)
Sales and certifications
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Finland |
Platinum[3] |
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Video
The video for this song tells a sad love story in reverse, it's a mix between the scenes and the band playing in a disused warehouse.[4] The band was a bit disappointed with the video, because they found it to be a bit too complex.[4]
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Tours |
- Wishmaster World Tour
- World Tour of the Century
- Once Upon a Tour
- Dark Passion Play World Tour
- Imaginaerum World Tour
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour
- Decades: World Tour
- Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
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Category:Nightwish
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На других языках
- [en] Bless the Child (song)
[es] Bless the Child (canción)
«Bless the Child» es el segundo sencillo de Nightwish del álbum Century Child. La versión editada es utilizada en la emisión china CCTV4. El video musical fue dirigido por Pasi Takula. El sencillo fue número uno en la lista de Finlandia, por la cual recibió el disco de platino.[1] También ingresó en las listas de Alemania y los Países Bajos.[2]
[ru] Bless the Child
«Bless the Child» (с англ. — «Благословите Дитя») — второй сингл финской группы Nightwish с альбома Century Child. На сингл вошла как полная версия песни «Bless the Child», так и отредактированная, так называемая дорожка к клипу, которая короче на 2 минуты.
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