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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (song)

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"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It is the second single from their eighth album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". The song was announced on April 17, 2015, alongside its release date and cover,[1] and was eventually released on May 8, 2015 together with a lyric video.[2]

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful
B-side"Sagan" (instrumental version)
ReleasedMay 8, 2015 (2015-05-08)
GenreSymphonic metal
Length
  • 4:12 (radio edit)
  • 5:07 (album version)
LabelNuclear Blast
Songwriter(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Nightwish singles chronology
"Élan"
(2015) 		"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
(2015) 		"Noise"
(2020)
Lyric video
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" on YouTube

According to band's bass player Marko Hietala, Endless Forms Most Beautiful was chosen for a single because the band wanted a heavier song for a single after Élan and it has a "simple structure, killer chorus and goes well for a video purpose."[3] Keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen commented that the song was heavily inspired by Richard Dawkins' book The Ancestor's Tale.[4]

Track listing

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CD version
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version)5:08
2."Sagan" (Instrumental)4:45
3."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version)5:08
4."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio edit)4:12
Vinyl version
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version)5:08
2."Sagan" (Instrumental)4:45
Side B
No.TitleLength
3."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version)5:08
4."Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio edit)4:12

Personnel

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Nightwish
Additional musicians

References

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  1. ^ "ANNOUNCING THE SECOND SINGLE". Nightwish's official website. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  2. ^ ""ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL" SINGLE OUT NOW!". Nightwish's official website. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Nightwish on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  4. ^ "NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Gives 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' Track-By-Track Breakdown (Video)". 17 March 2015.
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