- Killing Loneliness
Infobox Single
Name = Killing Loneliness
Artist = HIM
from Album =Dark Light
Released = April, 2006
Format =CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 4:29
Label =Sire Records
Producer = HIM
Last single = "Vampire Heart "
(2005)
This single = "Killing Loneliness"
(2006)
Next single = "The Kiss of Dawn "
(2007)|"Killing Loneliness" is the second single released by HIM, a Finnish band, and was released in February 2006 in Germany and in April in the UK 2006 from their 2005 breakthrough "
Dark Light ". The song, along withWings of a Butterfly , is one on the band's best known songs in the United States.On the 11 May 2006, episode of "
Loveline ",Ville Valo confirmed that the song was inspired byskateboarder Brandon Novak , who blamed hisheroin addiction on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness".In other interviews however, he said "Killing Loneliness" is a self-explaining song, in which the loneliness gets killed by his girlfriend. Valo is known for giving different answers to the same question, so the official meaning of the song is still uncertain.At a concert, at The Pagent in St. Louis Mo. (Oct. 26th) Valo said the song was for his friend who was addicted to smack (heroin), and has since then kicked the habit, obviously referring to Novak.
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 artistKat Von D , known from the reality television series' "LA Ink " and "Miami Ink ".Track listing
;Finnish track listing
#"Killing Loneliness"
#"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live)
#"Play Dead" (Live);German track listing
#"Killing Loneliness"
#"The Cage"
#"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live)
#"Under the Rose" (Live)
#"Killing Loneliness" (Video);Japanese track listing
#"Killing Loneliness"
#"Under the Rose" (Live)
#"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live)
#"Play Dead" (Live)
#"Vampire Heart " (Live)
#"The Cage"
#"Killing Loneliness" (Video);UK track listing
#"Killing Loneliness"
#"Under the Rose" (Live)Chart
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