Endless Forms Most Beautiful (song)
This article is about a song. For other uses, see Endless Forms Most Beautiful (disambiguation).
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" | ||||||||||
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Single by Nightwish | ||||||||||
from the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful | ||||||||||
B-side | Sagan (Instrumental) | |||||||||
Released | May 8, 2015 | |||||||||
Format | 10" vinyl, digital download | |||||||||
Recorded | 2014 | |||||||||
Genre | Symphonic power metal | |||||||||
Length |
5:08 4:12 (radio edit) | |||||||||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Tuomas Holopainen | |||||||||
Nightwish singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"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,[1] and was eventually released on May 8, 2015 together with a lyric video.[2]
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."[3] Keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen commented that the song was heavily inspired by Richard Dawkins' book The Ancestor's Tale.[4]
Track listing
- CD version
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version) | 5:08 |
2. | "Sagan" (Instrumental) | 4:45 |
3. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version) | 5:08 |
4. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio version) | 4:12 |
- Vinyl version
Side A | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version) | 5:08 |
2. | "Sagan" (Instrumental) | 4:45 |
Side B | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
3. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version) | 5:08 |
4. | "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio version) | 4:12 |
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
- ↑ "ANNOUNCING THE SECOND SINGLE". Nightwish's official website. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ ""ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL" SINGLE OUT NOW!". Nightwish's official website. May 8, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/nightwish/posts/10155631030930068
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-tuomas-holopainen-gives-endless-forms-most-beautiful-track-by-track-breakdown-video/
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