"Late Goodbye" is a song by the Finnish

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that appeared in the 2003

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'' Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne'' as well as on the band's debut album '' Signs of Life''.Poets of the Fall – Discography
Poets song "Late Goodbye" appears in Max Payne 2
''"Poets of the Fall News'', 23 October 2003 It was also the first

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released from the album and reached No. 14 on the

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/ref> as well as No. 1 on Radio SuomiPOP's Top 30 chart.Late Goodbye hits no. 1
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Track listing

#"Late Goodbye" (album version) – 03:47 #"Late Goodbye" (radio edit) – 03:18 #"Late Goodbye" (unplugged) – 03:33 #"Late Goodbye" (piano instrumental) – 03:19 #"Everything Fades" – 03:09

Release history

Awards

''Max Payne 2''

The song can be heard by the player at various times during the game: *It is overheard playing through the headphones of the janitor cleaning the basement of

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's apartment. He also sings and hums along to the lyrics. *It is played by a cleaner on a piano for 24 seconds in a room in the apartments where several Inner Circle members live. *The game's antagonists often whistle or hum the song when not talking or fighting. *Max tries to play different versions of the song on a piano in one of the missions. *

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sings it in the shower at her flat at the closed-down ''Address Unknown'' amusement park. *The full song is also heard over the credits upon completion of the game.

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