Released 1 February 2006 Recorded 2005 | ||
Genre Gothic rock, alternative metal, symphonic metal Length 4:294:01 (Video Version) |
"Killing Loneliness" is a song released by the Finnish band HIM, released in February 2006 in Germany and in April in the UK as a single from their 2005 breakthrough Dark Light. The song, along with "Wings of a Butterfly", is one of the band's best known songs in the United States.
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On the 11 May 2006 episode of Loveline, Ville Valo confirmed that the song was inspired by skateboarder Brandon Novak, who blamed his heroin addiction on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness". This song is playable in Rock Band 3.
Video
There are two versions of the song's music video: a European and U.S. version. The U.S. version of "Killing Loneliness" was filmed in April 2006 and released in May. Making a guest appearance in the video is tattoo artist Kat Von D, known from the reality television series LA Ink and Miami Ink.
Track listing
- "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
- "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
- "Play Dead" (live) – 4:00
- "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
- "The Cage" – 4:17
- "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
- "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55
- "Killing Loneliness" (video) - 4:01
- "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
- "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55
- "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
- "Play Dead" (live) – 4:00
- "Vampire Heart" (live) – 5:13
- "The Cage" (Album Version) – 4:17
- "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
- "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55
- Live versions from the gig at Philadelphia 2005.