"Killing Loneliness" is a song by Finnish rock band HIM. It was released in February 2006, as a

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from their 2005 breakthrough album, '' Dark Light''. "Killing Loneliness", along with "

Wings of a Butterfly "Wings of a Butterfly" (released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" on the album) is a song by Finnish gothic rock band HIM. It is the second track on their fifth studio album, '' Dark Light'' (2005), and was released as the album's first si ...

", is one of the band's best known songs in the United States. On the 11 May 2006 episode of ''

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'', lead vocalist

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confirmed that the song was inspired by

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Brandon Novak, who blamed his

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on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness". The song is playable in the 2010 video game ''

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''.

Music video

There are two versions of the song's

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, a European and U.S. version, the latter of which was filmed in April 2006 and released in May. Making a guest appearance in the U.S. version of the video is tattoo artist

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, known from the reality television series ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Track listing

;Finnish track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Play Dead" (live) – 4:00 ;German track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"The Cage" – 4:17 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #"Killing Loneliness" (video) - 4:01 ;Japanese track listing ( EP) #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Play Dead" (live) – 4:00 #"Vampire Heart" (live) – 5:13 #"The Cage" (Album version) – 4:17 ;UK track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #*Live versions from the gig at Philadelphia 2005.

Charts

References

{{authority control 2005 songs 2006 singles HIM (Finnish band) songs Music videos directed by Nathan Cox Sire Records singles Songs written by Ville Valo