"Wish I Had An Angel" is the ninth

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by Finnish

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

band

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ...

, the second from their fifth album ''

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''. The song features vocals by then-vocalist

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 ...

and bassist

Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...

. The song was still performed live after Turunen's departure with

Anette Olzon Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish class ...

, before her departure, and current vocalist

Floor Jansen Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the third and current lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Jansen first became known as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever f ...

afterwards. Featured on the soundtrack of the film ''

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'', it became the group's most popular single in

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and in the

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, next to " Nemo". It made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks. It reached #60 in the UK Singles Chart, the highest of any of the band's singles in the UK.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Tuomas Holopainen Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the primary songwriter, keyboardist, and founding member of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that his son ...

, except " Where Were You Last Night" written by

Norell Oson Bard Norell Oson Bard is a Swedish songwriting and production trio made up of Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson and Alexander Bard. Norell Oson Bard's production output peaked around the year 1990, creating pop music and disco hits for Swedish artists. No ...

. # "Wish I Had an Angel" – 4:06 # "Ghost Love Score" (orchestral version) – 10:47 # "Where Were You Last Night" ( Ankie Bagger cover) – 3:52 # "Wish I Had an Angel" (demo) – 4:08

Personnel

– lead

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 ...

– keyboards * Emppu Vuorinen –

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s *

Jukka Nevalainen Jukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen (born 21 April 1978, in Kitee, Finland) is the former drummer of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Personal life He spent his early years in the city of Kitee. His music teacher at school told him ...

–

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

–

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, co-lead vocals *

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- Orchestra and chorus

Video

Directed by

Uwe Boll Uwe Boll (; born 22 June 1965) is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his Alone in the Dark (2005 film), ...

, "Wish I Had an Angel" was the last video from ''Once'' and it features some scenes from the 2005 movie ''

'', also directed by Boll. An alternate version omits the film's footage, due to the immense negative reception of the said film.

Charts

Sales and certifications

References

External links

Nightwish's Official Website
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