Killing Loneliness 4139110 218944074 2008-06-12T21:38:49Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Single | Name = Killing Loneliness | Cover = Killing_Loneliness.jpg | Artist = [[HIM (band)|HIM]] | from Album = [[Dark Light]] | Released = April, 2006 | Format = [[CD single]] | Recorded = 2005 | Genre = <!--Do NOT add 'Love Metal' to this infobox, your change WILL be reverted. Do not add or remove genres from this section without discussion on [[Talk:HIM (Finnish band)]] all deletions or additions will most likely be reverted.-->[[Alternative rock]] | Length = 4:29 | Label = [[Sire Records]] | Producer = [[HIM (band)|HIM]] | Chart position = * #2 [[Finland]] singles * #26 [[UK Singles Chart]] * #26 US [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] * #32 US [[Modern Rock Tracks]] * #32 [[Germany]] Singles * #44 [[Switzerland]] Singles * #56 [[Austria]] Singles | Last single = "[[Vampire Heart]]"<br>(2005) | This single = '''"Killing Loneliness"'''<br>(2006) | Next single = "[[The Kiss of Dawn]]"<br>(2007) |}} '''"Killing Loneliness"''' is the second single released by [[HIM (band)|HIM]], a [[Finland|Finnish]] band, and was released in February 2006 in Germany and in April in the UK [[2006 in music|2006]] from their [[2005 in music|2005]] breakthrough ''[[Dark Light]]''. The song, along with [[Wings of a Butterfly]], is one on the band's best known songs in the United States. On the [[May 11]], [[2006]], episode of ''[[Loveline]]'', [[Ville Valo]] confirmed that the song was inspired by [[skateboarder]] [[Brandon Novak]], who blamed his [[heroin]] [[drug addiction|addiction]] on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness". In other interviews however, he said "Killing Loneliness" is a self-explaining song, in which the loneliness gets killed by his girlfriend. Valo is known for giving different answers to the same question, so the official meaning of the song is still uncertain. At a concert, at The Pagent in St. Louis Mo. (Oct. 26th) Valo said the song was for his friend who was addicted to smack (heroin), and has since then kicked the habit, obviously referring to Novak. ==Video== There are two versions of the song's [[music video]]: a European and U.S. version. The U.S. version of "Killing Loneliness" was filmed in April 2006 and released in May. Making a guest appearance in the video is tattoo artist [[Kat Von D]], known from the reality television series' ''[[LA Ink]]'' and ''[[Miami Ink]]''. ==Track listing== ;Finnish track listing #"Killing Loneliness" #"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live) #"Play Dead" (Live) ;German track listing EP #"Killing Loneliness" #"The Cage" #"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live) #"Under the Rose" (Live) #"Killing Loneliness" (Video) ;Japanese track listing #"Killing Loneliness" #"Under the Rose" (Live) #"Wings of a Butterfly" (Live) #"Play Dead" (Live) #"[[Vampire Heart]]" (Live) #"The Cage" ;UK track listing #"Killing Loneliness" #"Under the Rose" (Live) ==Chart== {|class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart !align="center"|Peak<br>position<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = "Killing Loneliness" Chart Positions and Trajectories | url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=144637&cat=s | accessdate = 2008-03-27 }}</ref> |- |align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart |align="center"|56 |- |align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart |align="center"|2 |- |align="left"|German Singles Chart |align="center"|32 |- |align="left"|Irish Singles Chart |align="center"|45 |- |align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart |align="center"|44 |- |align="left"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|26 |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{HIM}} [[Category:2006 singles]] [[Category:HIM songs]]