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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (song)

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B-side
  
Sagan (Instrumental)

Recorded
  
2014

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Released
  
May 8, 2015

Length
  
5:08 4:12 (radio edit)

Format
  
10" vinyl, digital download

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It is the second single from their eighth album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". The song was announced on April 17, 2015, alongside its release date and cover, and was eventually released on May 8, 2015 together with a lyric video.

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According to band's bass player Marco Hietala, Endless Forms Most Beautiful was chosen for a single because the band wanted a heavier song for a single after Élan and it has a "simple structure, killer chorus and goes well for a video purpose." Keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen commented that the song was heavily inspired by Richard Dawkins' book The Ancestor's Tale.

Track listing

CD version
Vinyl version

Personnel

Nightwish
  • Floor Jansen - lead vocals
  • Marco Hietala - bass, vocals
  • Emppu Vuorinen - guitars
  • Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, piano
  • Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, backing vocals
    • Additional musicians
  • Kai Hahto - drums
  • Pip Williams - orchestral arrangements
  • James Shearman - Conductor
  • Metro Voices - choir

    • References

    Endless Forms Most Beautiful (song) Wikipedia
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