Memories (Within Temptation song)

"Memories"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side	"Destroyed"
Released	31 January 2005
Format	CD single, DigitalDownload
Recorded	2004
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	3:51 (album version) 3:28 (single version)
Label	Roadrunner
Writer(s)	Robert Westerholt, Sharon den Adel, Martijn Spierenburg
Producer	Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Stand My Ground" (2004) "Memories" (2005) "Angels" (2005)
Music video "Memories" on YouTube

"Memories" is the second single of the album The Silent Force of Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation.

CD single

1. "Memories"
2. "Aquarius" (Orchestral Version)

CD Multi single

1. "Memories"
2. "Destroyed" (Demo Version)
3. "Aquarius" (Orchestral Version)
4. "A Dangerous Mind (live at Bataclan Paris 2004)"

DualDisc single

CD side:

1. "Memories"
2. "Destroyed" (Demo Version)
3. "Aquarius (Orchestral Version)"
4. "A Dangerous Mind" (live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
5. "Memories" (Live at Bataclan Paris)

DVD side:

1. "A Dangerous Mind" (live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
2. "Memories" (Live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
3. Backstage Paris

Video

Video for "Memories" (2005)

The Memories video tells the story of an aged Sharon den Adel who returns to her old house, which is now for sale. As she enters her old home, she is transformed into her younger self and the house is restored to how it is in her memories. In some scenes, den Adel walks around the house, haunted by memories of her old lover and in others, she is in a room with other band mates singing. Jeroen, the bands bassist, plays a double bass in one of the scenes from the past, while Martijn, their keyboard player, plays the piano.

As she leaves the house towards the end, she becomes her aged self again, and the house falls back into its current disrepair.

Charts reception

The song didn't chart as high as the first single Stand My Ground. Memories was most successful in the Netherlands, peaking at #11.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Dutch Top 40[1]	11
German Singles Chart[1]	17
Finnish Singles Chart[1]	19
Belgium Singles Chart[1]	26
Austrian Singles Chart[1]	44
Swiss Singles Chart[1]	45

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} [1] "Within Temptation - Memories - Music Charts"