"I Feel Immortal" is a song by Finnish singer-songwriter Tarja, featuring Canadian guitarist

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. It was written by Tarja,

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Kerli Kõiv Kerli Kõiv (; born 7 February 1987), better known mononymously as Kerli, is an Estonian singer and songwriter. Born in Elva, Kerli entered multiple singing competitions before being signed to Island Records in 2006 by LA Reid. In 2007, she re ...

, and

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, and was produced by Tarja and "Mic". It was released as the second single from her second album ''

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'' on 27 August 2010. A version recorded by Kerli under the title "Immortal" is featured on ''

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'', an album consisting of tracks from and inspired by the

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film '' Frankenweenie''.

Background

The song was originally written by

Kerli Kerli Kõiv (; born 7 February 1987), better known mononymously as Kerli, is an Estonian singer and songwriter. Born in Elva, Estonia, Elva, Kerli entered multiple singing competitions before being signed to Island Records in 2006 by LA Reid. In ...

, and

(who wrote

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's "

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" the same day) for Kerli's second album but Kerli stated "it didn't make it on my album so arjarewrote some things in the verses and took our hook."

Track listing

;Regular edition # "I Feel Immortal" (Single Mix) - 4:28 # "I Feel Immortal" (Radio Mix) - 4:31 ;Limited premium edition # "I Feel Immortal" (Single Mix) - 4:28 # "If You Believe" (Piano Version) - 4:13

Credits and personnel

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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, producer,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

- songwriter *

- songwriter Credits adapted from ''What Lies Beneath'' liner notes.

Music video

The

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was filmed in

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and features Tarja interacting with a character who gets older throughout the video. The video, along with the song and single, was a last-minute request from Germany. As such, it is filmed on the same beach and cliffs as the " Until My Last Breath" music video, and also features Tarja wearing the same black and white outfits. Even though it was filmed after " Until My Last Breath", the "I Feel Immortal" music video was released earlier.

Charts

Release history

References

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