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| 666 Revisited |
Working title/ First title for 'Death Is In Love With Us' |
As Least this name was used by Ville during the SouthSide Festival on 1999. |
| Again |
In Joy And Sorrow Single, track 2 |
This song was played in Erfurt 2000 before was included
on In Joy And Sorrow singles. Again Early Live |
| All For You | Motorhead cover, played only live |
The working title of this song
was Motor, with this name was the intro for many gigs in
the year 2000, just before Righ Here In My Arms. Live recorded in London, UK, 31-10-2000. Also played in Riga, Latvia; Warsaw, Poland; Amsterdam, Holland; Strasbourg, France; Barcelona, Spain. |
| And Love Said No |
And Love Said
No Album, track 1
|
"Texts
I have written lately feels more personal right now, so I'll choose "And
love said no". It's about
what I have went through the last two years and where I am today.
It's a story about a relationship that didn't work so good. About losing all hope about the future when it comes to love and romance, but in some way find the right person in the end of the tunnel." - Ville Valo 2004. Live recorded in Tavastia (Helsinki), Finland, 31-12-2002. And Love Said No (Live) Played one time before in Astoria, London. |
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And Love Said No (616 version) |
Wings Of A Butterfly Maxi Single, Track 2 |
A bit different version of And Love Said No.
Note about 616 number: Ville discovers on tv that is the number of the beast instead 666. |
| Audrey's Dance | Angelo Badalamenti cover, played only live |
Played on Greatest Love Song tour, but no recording exist. Ville says : "My favourite TV series is "Twin Peaks" - I think it's the best thing Lynch has ever done." It was also used as intro, in the Frankfurt gig on 1998. Maybe HIM did not made a cover of this song and was only a confusion with this intro *VERIFY* |
| B | ||
| Beautiful |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 9 |
This song caused problems with
the record companies, because nobody liked it, it's dedicated to a very
special person. Delay madness by Ras Nisu. |
| Beautiful (3rd Seal Shot) |
In Joy And Sorrow Single, track 5, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Also known as Rock Version, this is the version that HIM played live
in some gigs of year 2000. After the released of DSABH HIM don't played
live it again. The Third Seal is mentioned on Revelations 6:5-6. Maybe they took the name from there. |
|
Behind The Crimson
Door |
Dark Light Album, track 6 | "That's a goth track. I wrote the lyrics in five minutes sitting on a hill in LA having a moment of inspiration. We called it 'Kajagoogoo' when we first started playing it, because it's a got a slightly cheesy beginning, but when the guitars kick in it's super-heavy. It acknowledges how wide our influences are." |
| Beyond Redemption |
Love Metal Album, track 3 |
"A fast rock song that some already compared to Your Sweet 666 and with that comparrison I can live quite good!. It seems like we transported Your Sweet 666 to the year 2003, hahaha." |
| BitterSweet |
VILLE VALO SOLO Song of Apocaliptyca featuring Ville Valo from HIM and Lauri from the Rasmus |
Ville Valo and Lauri also are in the video of this song from Apocaliptyca. |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath cover, played only live |
Live recorded in Bex Rock Open
Air Festival, Switzerland,
by the audience,
22-6-2001. Also played a few days before in Moscow. |
| Borellus Demo |
First Demo Tape. |
Borellus was taken from the text The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft. Most important parts of that song Ville sang straight from the book. Borellus are inspired by the novel that tells about dead people and other dark creatures that are awaken alive. |
|
Love Metal Album, track 1 |
You can heard the demo version on BAM Marguera DVD called
CKY4. Buried Alive By Love Demo Called Rescue on some Love Metal Promos. Ville says: "We really wanted to hold this song as hard as possible. But also this song has dynamic differences in its parts, rivalling refrains. It was our idea, that we take such hard Black Sabbath guitars. We wanted to hold it as melodically as possible, in the same time without losing depth." It's the more agresive song in the album. The first song written for the album. |
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| Buried Alive By Love (Deliverance version) |
The Sacrament German Single,
track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
This song Is like an acoustic version, featuring Cajun Mike on dubstin. |
| Buried Alive By Love (Live) |
The Sacrament German Single,
track 2 |
Live recorded in Hamburg,
Germany 8 of March 2003. (The Sacrament Single) Live recorded in Helsinki, Finland, year 2003. (BABL Single) |
| Buried Alive By Love (Radio Edit) |
Buried Alive By Love UK Single
Vol.1, track 1 |
Short version edit for the radio. Is the same version of Buried Alive By Love Video. |
| Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 7 |
The keyboard sound little like Depeche Mode. The song also contains influences of Kyuss, the Smashing Pumpkins and even of Roxette. A great rock ballad with lyrics, that contain many old memories. |
| Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart (Live) |
Gone With The Sin German Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Live recorded in Berlin, Germany, 29 of March 2000. |
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| Circle Of Fear |
Love Metal Album, track 8 |
"This song has such a 80's flair and reminds me about The Mission or the Sisters Of Mercy. I can't say why, but it's like that. The lyrics are fantastic, too and it went so far that we enlarged the refrain for that song. This was a bit complecated for us, but the song is fantastic." |
| Close To The Flame |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant
Highlights Album, track 6 |
Was choosen as single in a
poll on heartagram.com by HIM fans. The song has a beautiful christmas-melody and is the sequel of Gone With The Sin in a way. "We intended to create a great sound with minimal instrumental usage". Programing by Midi Amin. |
| Close To The Flame (Acoustic Version) |
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame Double Single, track 6, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Acoustic version played in German radio station called Radio Fritz. Soundgarden radioshow, 20-08-2001. |
| D | ||
|
Dark Light |
Dark Light Album, track 5 | "We've been talking about this being the title-track of the whole album. It's one for the ladies out there. It's the most sentimental and poopy song on the whole album, but it's still pretty heavy. Sweet and nice, but broody, disturbing lyrics". |
| Dark Sekret Love |
666 Ways To Love : Prologue EP |
Female vocals by Sanna Junne Hyde. Part of the lyrics are taken from the Song Of Solomon, 008:006. This song is inspired by “The sick rose”, by William Blake. |
| Death Is In Love With Us |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 9 |
The original title was "Six Six Six Revisited" It's a gothic-hymn. |
| Dimmu burger |
Working title of Our Diabolikal Rapture |
HIM used this name sometimes in his setlist, on the GLS tour. |
| Dope Danny | Daniel Lioneye cover, played only live |
Live recorded in
Tavastia club Helsinki, Findland,
1-1-2004. Only a few secons of the song is played as intro of Pretending in some gigs. Without Lyrics. |
| Don't Close Your Heart |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 11 |
"This song is sung by someone who tries to save the one
who sung Join me (grin). It´s the most organic song of the record." Percussion by Peter Hornström |
| (Don't Fear) The Reaper |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 Album, track 8 |
Female vocals by Sanna Junne
Hyde. Original Song from
Blue Oyster Cult. Ville heard the original for the first time on the soundtrack of Halloween and it has stayed with him ever since. Don't Fear The Reaper from Greatest Lovesongs 666 is the demo version. When HIM got their first album ready, the length was only 32 minutes, then they remembered that this song was good in the band’s first demo, even though it was never published. So they put it to the end of record. As it lasted 7 minutes they got the whole album’s length to 40 minutes, which was enough. |
| Don't Shake Me Lucifer | Roky Ericson cover, played only live |
Live recorded in
Berlin,
Germany, 29-03-2000. Also played on Erfurt, Germany; Riga, Latvia;Zofingen & Schupfart, Switzerland... |
|
Drunk On Shadows |
Dark Light Album, track 8 | "It Sound like if the Beach Boys started playing heavy metal befored Black Sabbath did. There's a lot of harmony, but we wanted to have a really creepy, cinematic sound scape feel to it" |
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| Endless Dark |
Love Metal Album, track 9 |
Also played acoustic sometimes.
Endless Dark (Acoustic). *MORE* |
| Ennustus |
VILLE VALO SOLO Live Party, Tribute To Musta Paraati, 23-03-2001 |
Ville performed that song with
the original band. Original song taken from the 1983 album of Musta Paraati called Peilitalossa. |
| Enjoy The Silence | Depeche Mode cover, played only live |
Live recorded by the audience
on some gigs in 1998. Ville got to know Depeche Mode showing Enjoy The Silence video. |
| F | ||
| Fade Into You | Mazzy Star cover, played only live |
Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar. Live recorded in Emsdetten by the audience, Germany, 27-09-2001. |
| For You |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Album, track 9 |
Writen for Ville Valo and Linde. Backing Vocals by Asta Hannula. "For You is my 'headbanging anthem', if you know what I mean?" "I don’t know how being so young I could write lyrics for 'For You'. The sentence 'In the grace of your love I writhe in pain' is so damn beautiful." |
| For You (Acoustic Version) |
Gone With The Sin German
Single, track 3 |
Unplugged Live at Radio Extreme, Finland, 25-11-1997. |
| Frozen | Madonna cover, played only live |
Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar. Played in Hannover, Germany, 23-09-2001. No recording exist. |
| G | ||
| Gone With The Sin |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 5 |
A basic, nice pop-ballad with gothic influences. Ville favourite song in Razorblade Romance. "So warm, minimalistic and fragile. It´s the most sincere and real song I´ve ever written. I´m proud of it" |
| Gone With The Sin (Radio Edit) |
Gone With The Sin German Single, track 1 |
Shorter version for radio, the beginnig of the song is
deleted. This Song is used in German Video but is edited again for Finnish
Video, some seconds in the middle of the song were deleted. |
| Gone With The Sin (O. D. Version) |
Gone With The Sin German
Single, track 2 |
Recording for the Finnish radio, Radiomafia,
with the Avanti orchestra. The version is arranged and produced by Otto Donner =
O.D. Also called Gone With The Sin Orchestra Version. |
| Gone With The Sin (Orchestra Version) |
Is the same song that Gone With The Sin (O. D. Version) |
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| H | ||
| Heartache Every Moment |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant
Highlights Album, track 2 |
Was choosen as single in a poll on
www.heartagram.com by
HIM fans. "The piano is a tribute to John Carpenter´s Halloween. There the most work in this song, and Kevin Shirley added a lot to it. The text contains parallels to our last album Razorblade Romance. It´s my fave of the rocksongs." There is an hommage in the lyrics that has to do with the David Bowie song called Ashes to Ashes. *MORE* |
| Heartache Every Moment (Acoustic Version) |
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame Double Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Acoustic version played in German radio station called Radio Fritz. Soundgarden radioshow, 20-08-2001. |
| Hand Of Doom |
Black Sabbath
cover, played only live Buried Alive By Love German single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 2 single, track 2 |
Live recorded in Turku by the
audience, Findland, 04-05-2002. Also played in Mexico City, Mexico. The Turku live was choosen as bonustrack for the BABL german single. |
| Heaven Tonight |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 8 |
Cry baby wah by Zebraman. A pure pop-track. A song with a strong eighties-feeling. The last song Ville write for Razorblade Romance. |
| I | ||
| I Just Died In Your Arms | Cutting Crew cover, played only live | Played on Greatest Love Song tour, but no recording exist, during this tour. Ville sang a few lines of the lyrics during the gig on Paris 2001, before the song Poison Girl. The song here is from that Gig. |
| I Love You (Prelude To Tragedy) |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 1 |
This song was played first time in Frankfurt
1998, before the release of Razorblade Romance. I Love You (Early Live) Ville always wanted to name a song "I love you". It sounds like a mix of D:A:D and The Sisters Of Mercy. "It has an unusual point of view, just as if David Lynch would do a romantic movie." |
| Ikkunaprinsessa |
VILLE VALO SOLO Agents Album called Laulava Sydän, track 8, CD2 "Princes In The Window" |
Original song from Rauli
Badding Somerjoki, performed by The Agents and Ville Valo. There was a TV
performace of this song on 1999. Ikkunaprinsessa (Original) |
| I've Crossed Oceans Of Wine To Find You |
Righ Here In My Arms German
Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
The lyrics are taken from Resurrection,
but the music is different. *MORE* |
| In Joy And Sorrow |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 4 |
Written in December 2000. "The song has beautiful strings-arrangements which were done by John Fryer (I guess he stole them from Massive Attack). The idea of the lyrics arose from an Indian wedding oath." Cello by Eicca Toppinen. |
| In Joy And Sorrow (Radio Edit) |
In Joy And Sorrow Single, track 1 |
Short version edit for the radio. This version is also used for In Joy And Sorrow Video. |
| In Joy And Sorrow (String Version) |
In Joy And Sorrow Single,
track 3 |
Strings in this version are produced by Jonh Fryer, arranged and conduced by Tuomas Kantelinen. |
| In Joy And Sorrow (Acoustic Version) |
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame Double Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Acoustic version played in German radio station called Radio Fritz. Soundgarden radioshow, 20-08-2001 |
| In Love And Lonely |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 10, only in LTD edition |
This song was played live
first time in Forestglades 2000, before the release of DSABH. Ooze ~ In Love And Lonely (Early Live) Ooze is the working title was known on year 2000. |
|
In The
Nightside of Eden |
Dark Light Album, track 10 | "This is our big epic and we have a choir, too! It's about still having a dream bt nobody knows what that dream is anymore. It's just about the politics of the heart, but it's not political." |
| It's All Tears (Drown In This Love) |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 Album, track 5 |
This song stop suddenly at the end but there is NOT
any error on it. *MORE* |
| It's All Tears (2004 Remix) |
And Love Said
No Album, track 14 |
A Special Re-recordec version, picked by Ville Valo himself for the UK version. |
| It's All Tears (Live) |
Poison Girl Single, track 3 |
Live recorded in Berlin, Germany, 29 of March 2000. |
| It's All Tears (Live) |
And Love Said No Finnish Single, track 2 |
Recordec Live at Semifinal, Helsinki Finland. Spring 2003. |
| It's All Tears (Unplugged) |
Join Me Single German Single,
track 2 |
Unplugged Live at Radio Extreme, Finland, 25-11-1997. |
| J | ||
| Join Me In Death |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 3 |
In Righ Here In My Arms German Single is named as Join Me (Razorblade
Mix). The lyrics are a modern adaption of the story of "Romeo and Juliet". A quite old and in a pessimistic way optimistic song. The song was written in the early year 1997. |
| Join Me (13th Floor Mix) |
Join Me Single Finnish Single, track
2 |
Is the same version that the
german single. This version is a little bit different, voices in the begginig are diferents and piano is a little bit more clear. *MORE* |
| Join Me (Live at Semifinal) |
Solitary Man
Single track 3 |
Recordec Live
at Semifinal, Helsinki Finland. Spring 2003. Mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen at Finnvox. Enginiered and Mixed by T.T. Oksala |
| Join Me (Razorblade Mix) |
Righ Here In My Arms German Single, track 2 |
Is the same version that the Razorblade albums. |
| Jykevää On Rakkaus |
VILLE VALO SOLO Agents Album called Laulava Sydän, track 13, CD1 "Love Is Strong" |
Original song from Rauli
Badding Somerjoki, performed by The Agents and Ville Valo. There was a TV
performace of this song on 1999. Jykevää On Rakkaus (Original) |
| K | ||
| Killing Loneliness | Dark Light Album, track 4 |
"We had a really hard
time working this cut and finalising the lyrics. It's like something My
Chemical Romance did on 'Helena'. Very melodic, very anthemic in the chorus,
and some very rocking bits you hear Zakk Wylde doing with Ozzy Osbourne.
It's really heavy" It seems was chosen as first single for Dark Light. There was a Live broadcast from RockAmRing, Germany, 05-06-2005 of Killing Loneliness before the relesase of Dark Light. And also anAcoustic Live recorded in the RADIO BAM program, broadcasted 30-05-2005. |
| L | ||
| Larger Than Life | BSB cover, played only live |
Live recorded in Ermal
by the audience,
Portugal, year 2000. Also played on Wiesen, Austria; Bern & Zofingen, Switzerland; Ermal, Portugal... |
| Live To Tell | Madonna cover, played only live |
Played on Greatest Love Song tour, but
no recording exist. The video of this song is in the top 5 of Ville. "Great 80´s atmosphere. Peaceful ambience and video is like an movie." |
| Loose You Tonight |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 3 |
They "stole" the drum rhythm of Cathedral´s
Voodoo. The guitar solo is a tribute to John Fruciante. Guitar solo by Ramses 200. *MORE+Voodoo ASF* |
| Loose You Tonight (Caravan Version) |
Pretending Single, track 5, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Very good version. *MORE* Maybe they take the name "Caravan" from the instrumental song of Cathedral called "Caravan" that it sounds some similar to this song. |
| Lonely Road |
Daniel
Lioneye
cover, played only live Buried Alive By Love German single, track 3, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 1 DVD single, track 4 |
Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar. Live recorded in Oberhausen by the audience, Germany, 22-09-2001. This live acoustic version is the included on the BABL german single as bonustrack. |
| Love You Like I Do |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 12 |
It´s the first song that Ville mixed himself, and he tried to imitate the sound of Elvis Presley. When he recorded the demo for this, he was completely drunk and wanted to finish it as fast as possible, to get drunk even more. The outro is a tribute to Black Sabbath. |
| Love You Like I Do (First Mix) |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album PROMO, track 8 |
First Mix of
this song only included in the Deep Shadows And Brilliand Highlights Promo
Album, Work In Progress. This mix is a little bit different of the definitive album version. |
| Love's Requiem |
Love Metal Album, track 11, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
One of the first song written
by Ville Valo in 1992. A decision was made to leave this song out of the standard edition because it would have stretched the length of the album over the one-hour mark. *VERIFY* |
| M | ||
| Iggy Pop cover, played only live |
Live recorded in
a lot of gigs in the year 2001. Usually played after Right
Here In My Arms. Mige says: "I liked playing 'Mask' from Iggy and 'Sail on' from Bad Brains the most, so maybe a fast track?! " |
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| Motor | Go to see All For You | |
| Mubbles | Working title of "You Are The One" when was played live |
Live recorded
by the audience. Played on others gigs. Maybe this recording is from 1999 ¿? *VERIFY* |
| O | ||
| Old Man | Neil Young cover, played only live | Live recorded in Offenbach by the audience, Germany, year 2001. |
|
Ooze
|
Working title of "In Love And Lonely" when was played live | Live recorded in Forestglades by the audience, France, year 2000. |
| One Last Time |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 11 |
Tambourime by Mike Ceer. First time played live on Tavastia 25-05-2001. "The last cry for forgiveness" |
| Our Diabolikal Rapture |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Album, track 4 |
Writen for Ville Valo and Linde. At the end of that song you can heard Ville Valo singing "A Capella". *MORE* |
| P | ||
| Black Sabbath cover, played only live |
Played Live in the middle of the song
It's All Tears at
Khelo club, Helsinki, Finland. 15-11-1997. Live recorded by the audience. |
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| Paratiisi |
VILLE VALO SOLO Agents Album called Laulava Sydän, track 4, CD1 "Paradise" |
Original song from Rauli
Badding Somerjoki, performed by The Agents and Ville valo. There was a TV
performace of this song on 1999. Paratiisi (Original) |
|
Play Dead |
Dark Light Album, track 9 | "This is our only proper ballad on the album, It's a bit like what we did with 'Sweet Pandemonium' before. It's like This Mortal Coil meets Black Sabbath - a weird lullaby that you'd never want to play for a kid." |
| Please Don't Let It Go |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 8 |
Played Live in some 2000 gigs before the release on
DSABH. This title originally was planned to be a tribute to the Stooges. The track is the light at the end of the tunnel. |
| Please Don't Let It Go (Acoustic Version) |
Pretending Single, track 4,
Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
When they recorded the acoustic version with Kevin Shirley, they all liked it so much that they decided to use this version. |
| Please Don't Let It Go (First Mix) |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album PROMO, track 7 |
First Mix of
this song only included in the Deep Shadows And Brilliand Highlights Promo
Album, Work In Progress. This mix is a little bit different of the definitive album version. |
| Please Don't Let It Go (Live at Semifinal) |
Solitary Man
Single track 2 |
Recordec Live
at Semifinal, Helsinki Finland. Spring 2003. Mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen at Finnvox. Enginiered and Mixed by T.T. Oksala |
| Please Don't Let It Go (Punk Rock Version - Live 2003) | Solitary Man UK Single track 2 | It's the same song that the Please Don't Let It Go (Live At Semifinal) |
| Poison Girl |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 2 |
Writen for Ville Valo and ¿Linde?.
*VERIFY* Poison Girl Video starts playing the live version and a few seconds after it sounds the original version. "Really no hate-song, even if some people said so. I specially like the lyrics, they´re about a girl whom I like and whom I´ve treated in not such a nice way. I have posioned her in a figurative way." |
| Poison Girl (Live) |
Poison Girl Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Live recorded in Berlin,
Germany, 29 of March 2000. A few seconds of this song were used on Poison Girl Video. |
|
Poison Heart
|
Wings Of A Butterfly Single, Track 2 Wings Of A Butterfly 7" UK Single, Picture Disk, Track 2 |
The Ramones cover, previously
played live on year 2001. There is also another version with only Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar.
Poison Heart Acoustic Also played on Alavus & Turku, Finland. In Linde opinion is the best cover song they've done so far, it involves some personal memories for him. |
| , played only live |
Live recorded in
Helsinki, by the
audience, Finland, year 2001. |
|
| Pretending |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant
Highlights Album, track 5 |
This song is a sentimental version of Iggy Pop´s Mask. This was first single of DSABH album, but it was not the first choice. |
| Pretending (Acoustic Version) |
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame Double Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Acoustic version played in German radio station called Radio Fritz. Soundgarden radioshow, 20-08-2001 |
| Pretending (Altenate Mix) |
Pretending Single, track 2 |
Little bit different re-mix, maybe was the first
version of the single because it was released on the one track promo. *VERIFY* |
| Pretending (Live) |
And Love Said No Finnish Single, track 3 |
Recordec Live at Semifinal, Helsinki Finland. Spring 2003. |
| Pretending (The Cosmic Pope Jam Version) |
Pretending Single, track 3 |
Larger Version Of Pretending,
in the end you can heard some "cosmic sounds". The guitar is looping and shifting in this version. The Cosmic Pope is a pope with an astronaut crown, and a heartagram on the top of his stick. The name of "Cosmic Pope" appears on the lyrics of the Daniel Lioneye song called Dope Dany. You can see Cosmic Pope on the DSABH booklet. Ville also have a tatoo of the Cosmic Pope. |
| R | ||
| Razorblade Kiss |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 6 |
Original titled "Razorbalde
Romance", which later became the title of the album. They arranged it many times again until the last version was done. The lyrics are quite dark. A good live-song. Razorblade Kiss (Early live) |
| Rebell Yell (Live) |
Join Me German Single, track 3 |
Live Cover, original from
Billy Idol. Live recorded in St.Gallen, Switzerland, 25 of June 1999. Also played in a lot of gigs. |
| Rendezvous With Anus |
Turbonegro cover, included as track 7 in Alpha Motherfuckers Tribute To Turbonegro Album |
In some magazines says it's the best cover of HIM. When they were asked whether they wanted to chip a song in on Turbonegro sampler, they immediately agreed and recorded RENDEZVOUS WITH ANUS. Turbonegro has been an unbelievably intensive band which always really impressed Ville. |
| Resurrection |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 10 |
Another old song with eighties-influences. Sound like
Bon Jovi had mutated to a gothic band. This song was written in the same time as "Join me". The lyrics were recycled on I've Crossed Oceans Of Wine To Find You. |
| Right Here In My Arms |
Razorblade Romance Album, track 4 |
Somehow reminds of Billy
Idol and even of Bon Jovi. The song was done after finishing the first album.
That was in the year 1997. The eighties-feeling is very obviously. Something
like a gothic-party-hymn. Hommage to the eighties. |
| Right Here In My Arms (Radio Edit) |
Righ Here In My Arms German Single, track 1 |
Short version edit for the radio. |
| Right Here In My Arms (Live) |
Poison Girl Single, track 2 |
Live recorded in Berlin,
Germany, 29 of March 2000. Gas says: "... my favorite live song is Right here in my arms, because I get to do a drum solo in the middle part! " |
| Right Here In My Arms (Video Edit) |
ONLY IN Righ Here In My Arms Promo German Single, track 4 |
A little bit different version used in Right Here In My
Arms Video. |
|
Rip out the wings of a Butterfly |
Dark Light Album, track 2 | "This is one of my favourites because it's so celebratory. It's really sweet and fucked up like when cute little kids rip off a butterfly's wings. It's philosophical, but with a bit of Michael Jackson's 'Billy Jean' in the verses." |
| Romanssi |
VILLE VALO SOLO Live Party, Tribute To Musta Paraati, 23-03-2001 |
Ville performed that song with
the original band. Original song taken from the 1983 album of Musta Paraati called Peilitalossa. Romanssi (Original) |
| S | ||
| Sail On | Bad Brains cover, played only live |
Live recorded in Turku by the
audience, Finland, 25-04-2002. Also Played on Helsinki , Finland; Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia. Mige says: "I liked playing 'Mask' from Iggy and 'Sail on' from Bad Brains the most, so maybe a fast track?! " |
| Salt In Our Wounds |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 1 |
This song was played live some
times in year 2000, before the release of DSABH. Salt In Our Wounds (Early Live) This song was taken as the first song because of the weird intro. There are Indian influences in this song, for which Migé has a big faible. Kantele by Vaeinamoeinen, synth bass by Lava Man. |
| Salt In Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom Version) |
In Joy And Sorrow Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Larger
version. *MORE* They used THULSA DOOM name in Tavastia, 25-05-2001, whe they opened The 69 Eyes Gig. Maybe this is the version they played that day. In the movie Conan the Barbarian, Thulsa Doom executed Conan's mother and father when Conan was only a child. Maybe they take the name from this character on the movie or comics. First appearance of Thulsa Doom was on a "Kull" comic in 1967. |
| Salt In Our Wounds (Acoustic Version) |
Heartache Every Moment & Close To The Flame Double Single, track 3 |
Acoustic version played in German radio station called Radio Fritz. Soundgarden radioshow, 20-08-2001 |
| Serpent Ride Demo |
First Demo Tape. |
One of the
first songs. There is a quote of the H.P. Lovecraft book called "The Nameless City". The famous quote from Necramonion: "That is not dead which can eternal lie / And with strange aeons, even death may die." |
| Sigillium Diaboli |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 12, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Different version of Stigmata Diabolli but with the
same lyrics. This song was played live at least one
time in Munich 1998, before the release of Razorblade Romance LTD
edition. Sigilium Diaboli (Early Live) |
| Solitary Man |
Neil Diamond
cover, played
live And Love Said No Album, track 5 Solitary Man Single, track 1 Solitary Man UK Single, track 1 |
First Single
for the "And Love Said No", Greatest Hits Album. Played in Hulsfred Festival, Sweden, year 2002. Also played on Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia; Bristol, London, UK; Hamburg, Germany and more times during 2004 tour. Ville made this cover as hommage to Johny Cash who also made his own version of Solitary Man (Johny Cash Version) "We did Solitary Man, for Johnny Cash as an R.I.P Johhny sort of thing and 'thank you for everything you’ve done in your beautiful life' so I consider this as valuable as writing new stuff!" |
| Some Kinda Hate | Misfits cover, played only live |
Ville Vallo on acoustic guitar. Live recorded in Stuttgart by the audience, Germany, 29.09.2001. |
| Something Diabolikal | SONG Featuring
Ville Valo. Blood Hound Gang - Hefty Fine Album, track 8. |
|
| Soul On Fire |
Love Metal Album, track 5 |
Ville says on MeraLuna 2002 Festival, Germany, that
this song will be next single for the new album Love Metal. Ville considers Soul On Fire as a mixture between I Love You and Our Diabolical Rapture, he personally compares this song with the sound of a band called "The Cult" and he thinks also that Soul On Fire is the right song to be played first in a gig. In "Soul On Fire" suddenly guitar improvisations step to the foreground, like the good old Led Zeppelin, only harder. "Another fast song we already played last year (2002). A typical live-track on which we haven't done anything at the studio." |
| Soul On Fire (Erich Zann's Supernatural remix) | The Funeral Of Hearts Single, track 4, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Mixed by Hiilly, at Finvox,
Finland. The name of ERICH ZANN is taken from one text of H.P. Lovecraft called The Music OF Erich Zann written on December 1921. |
| Stigmata Diaboli |
666 Ways To Love : Prologue EP |
One of the
first HIM songs, the lyrics was used on the song called Sigillium diabolli,
included on the LTD version of Razorblade Romance. It's possible that the "shouting man" on backing vocals was Migue or Linde. *VERIFY*MORE* |
| Stigmata Diabolli Demo |
Second Demo Tape. |
*MORE* |
| Sweet Pandemonium |
Love Metal Album, track 4 |
"An interesting song, because in my opinion it's the only HIM track, which is build up on a riff. And it's really funny, when you notice that everybody in the band loves Black Sabbath. So we played a bit round at the production - the acoustic guitars, which we are using, is from 1946! Normally this can't work, a shit-guitar with modern equiment. But it worked really well and sounds pretty natural. And the pipes give the whole song an oriantel and psychedelic touch. You can't bring up the 70's again, but I name Sweet Pandemonium our psychedelic-riff-track. And this was a very new experience for us." |
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| Take My Breath Away | Berlin cover, played only live |
Played on Greatest Love Song tour, but no recording exist. This song is on the "TOP GUN" movie soundtrack. |
|
Temple Of Love |
Sister Of Mercy cover, played only live | Played on Greatest Love Song tour, but no recording exist. |
| The 9th Circle |
Razorblade Romance Album,
track 13, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Different version of One Last Time but with the same lyrics. |
| The Beginnig Of The End |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 Album, track 7 |
Ville played The Beginning Of The End’s first
guitar, cause Linde wasn’t then there. "We wanted to make that completely shitty sound played a in shitty way" |
| The Beginning of the end (Tandeberg B 74 Mix) |
Your Sweet Six Six Six Finnish Single, Track 2 |
*MORE* mix TANDERBERG B 74 |
| The Beginning of the End (Satanik Love mix) |
Your Sweet Six Six Six Finnish Single, Track 3 |
*MORE* mix SATANIK LOVE MIX |
|
The Cage |
Dark Light
Limited Edition Album, track 11 Dark Light Internet Edition Album, track 12 |
Bonus track, not in normal editions. |
|
The
Face Of God |
Dark Light Album, track 7 | "We want all of our songs to have all the elements of what we do, so if an alien-race heard just one they'd know what we were all about. This is a good example, because we've got crazy, spooky samples and keyboards creating this kind of Jonh Carpenter horror movie vibe." |
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Cat Stevens cover, played only live |
Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar. Live recorded in Magdeburg by the audience, Germany, 2001. |
| This Fortress Of Tears |
Love Metal Album, track 7 |
This is the favorite track of Linde in Love Metal. The
Guitar solo is the reason. *MORE* |
| The Funeral Of Hearts |
Love Metal Album, track 2 |
The
phrase: “When angels cry blood on flowers of evil in bloom”, is a
quote from Charles Baudelaire’s “Les fleurs du mal” (The flowers of evil). It was also influenced by life in general and by a Finnish author from the 60's named Timo K. Mukka. |
| The Funeral Of Hearts (Acoustic Version) |
The Funeral Of Hearts Single,
track 3 Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 1 DVD single, track 5 |
Acoustic Version *MORE* |
| The Funeral Of Hearts (Dr. Dagon's Dub remix) |
The Funeral Of Hearts Single,
track 5, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 1 DVD single, track 6 |
Remixed by Ville Valo, assisted
by T.T. Oksala at Crystal Sound Studio. The name of DAGON is taken from one text of H.P. Lovecraft called Dagon written on July 1919. *VERIFY* |
|
The Funeral Of Hearts (Radio Edit)
|
The Funeral Of Hearts Single,
track 1 Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 2 single, track 1 Funeral Of Hearts UK Vol 3 7" single, track 1 |
Short version edit for the radio. |
| The Heartless |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 Album, track 3 |
On December 1998 Ville says that this was probably the
next single, but choosen was When Love And Death Embrace. You can heard the Ville Solo of The Heartless EP as background from time 2:16 to 3:08. The band thought that The Heartless song on the album should made a bit more simple and more poppy. “The Heartless” has recorded for the album without guitars, became softer in a good way for giving contrast to the rest material of the album. |
| The Heartless Demo |
First Demo Tape. |
This song is more look like The Heartless EP than The Heartless Album version. |
| The Heartless (EP) |
666 Ways To Love : Prologue EP |
Sanna Jude Hyde scream when
the song starts. Very larger
version, the end of the song was used as hidden track in Greatest Love
Songs Vol 666 Album. Hidden track is the track 66 and starts in 5:55. In this version “The Heartless” was a 7-minute long progressive heavy thing. |
| The Heartless (Club-ReMix) |
Righ Here In My Arms German Single, track 3, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Remix by Prince P.A.L @ Radar Is the same song called as The Heartless (Space Jazz Dubmen Mix). |
| The Heartless (Serdlidlim Mix) |
Wicked Game 2000 UK Single, track 3 |
Shorter Version of the original version. The music between 2:16 and 3:08 was deleted. |
| The Heartless ( Space Jazz Dubmen Mix) |
It's All Tear's Single, track
2 |
Remix by Dirk Riegener @ Radar Is the same song called as The Heartless (Club-ReMix). Dirk Riegener a.k.a Prince P.A.L. |
| The Path |
Love Metal Album, track 10 |
"'Love Metal' really seems to glow at some parts: like in the last track
'The Path', when
entwined psychedelic paths are taken, on which the guitar is looping and
shifting, like on the Cosmic-Pope-Version of 'Pretending'" Ville wrote this song for the film called "Honey Baby" inspired by the screenplay. The song is also the title song of the movie. |
| The Phamton Gate Demo |
Second Demo Tape. |
Some part of the lyrics are the same that you can heard in Your Sweet Six Six Six. |
| The Sacrament |
Love Metal Album, track 6 |
Called The Heart Of Darkness on the Kerrang Revved Up
CD. Burton is fanatic about classical music and this song is an example of this. |
| The Sacrament (Acoustic Version) |
The Sacrament German Single, track 3 |
This acoustic version is not taken from some acoustic on radio or tv, it has some
differences. *MORE* *VERIFY* |
| The Sacrament (Disrhythm remix) |
The Sacrament German Single,
track 5, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Remixed by T.T. Oksala at Crystal Sound, Helsinki. Also known as The Sacrament (TT Remix) |
| The Sacrament (New Abbey Road Friendly Mix) |
ONLY IN THE DJ UK Sacrament Promo |
This song is The Sacrament (Radio Edit) |
| The Sacrament (Radio Edit) |
The Sacrament German Single,
track 1 |
Shorter edit for radio. The piano intro is shorter in this edit. |
| Too Happy To Be Alive |
Found on the net on year 2004 |
Part of the
lyrics are taken from Death Is in Love With Us. For this reason some people believe that is a demo for that song, but music is very different. |
| T.V. Eye | The Stooges cover, played only live | Cover played only with a few seconds of lenght after Right Here In My Arms, during the 2004 Tour. Live recorded in NJ by the audience, USA, 16-04-2004. |
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|
Under The Rose |
Dark Light Album, track 3 |
"When I was working on
it i had that Radiohead song 'Street Spirit', stuck in my head. It's
super-melancholic, but it's got a punkish, heavy-rock feel to it. And it's
the first time we use electronica. Kind of like the Massive Attack on a very
bad day." First time played in Portsmouth, UK, 2-10-2004. |
| Unforgettable | Unknow / email me cover, played only live |
Ville Vallo on acoustic
guitar. Live recorded in Munich by the audience, Germany, 2-10-2001. |
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| Valo Yössä |
VILLE VALO SOLO Tuomarin Todistajat: Tribuutti Tuomari Nurmiolle Album, track 1 |
Ville Valo record this song
for Tuomari Nurmio tribute album. Valo Yossa Original. Ville's father listened a lot this song when Ville was child. This song is Like a Christmas present for his father. |
|
Vampire Heart |
Dark Light Album, track 1 | "I love that title because it's very goth, and that's alright because that's such a big influence for us. It sounds like a mix of Jon Carpenter's 'Halloween' and Sister of Mercy's 'Alice'. And its got the fist thrash-metal riff we've ever had on an album!" |
|
Vampire Heart (Live) |
Wings Of A Butterfly Maxi Single, Track 3 | Live at Donnington, Download Festival, UK, 11-06-2005. |
| Veitsen Terällä |
VILLE VALO SOLO Live Party, Tribute To Musta Paraati, 23-03-2001 |
Ville performed that song with
the original band. Original song taken from the 1983 album of Musta Paraati called Peilitalossa. |
|
Venus (In Our Blood) |
Dark Light Internet Edition Album, track 11 | Only on the internet edition, as bonustrack. |
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| We Are The World | Michael Jackson cover, played only live |
Recorded before and played as outro on
Tavastia gig
31-12-2001, Hellsinki, Finland. Live recorded by the audience. As birthday present for ¿? *MORE* |
| Wicked Game |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Album, track 2 |
Original version from
Chris Issak.
Ville heard that song in
David Lynch film called
Wild At Heart. *MORE* The HIM version has layers ofhard-edged guitars on it but the soul-searching inner qualities of that song are left intact. |
| Wicked Game 1996 |
666 Ways To Love : Prologue EP |
This version was used for the first HIM video. This version was played with fuzzed guitars and mood from the TV-serie "Twin Peaks". "A guy named Oki from a band called Charged plays the second guitar" |
| Wicked Game Demo |
Second Demo Tape. |
The first
version of this cover song. Wicked Game was lately their breakthrough-hit. "I went to Pasila's library and borrowed the soundtrack-vinyl of Wild At Heart and recorded it on tape. So with Linde we tried to "learn" the song from the tape. It was kind of funny, that we learnt the song a bit wrong. We didn't hear the guitar parts well enough from that "bad quality" tape. We also heard the lyrics wrong, and when the song was later recorded to our first ep, there were a few funny mistakes in the lyrics." |
| Wicked Game (666 remix) |
Wicked Game German Single, track 4 |
Little bit different Remix. Remixed by Ronald Prent at Wisseloords Studios / Hilversum. |
| Wicked Game 2000 |
Razorblade Romance Album, UK
version, track 6 |
Mixed by John Fryer. There is a error on BABL UK single, on that single is written "international radio edit" when the version is the same as in Razorblade Romance UK version. *MORE* |
| Wicked Game 2000 (Radio Edit) |
Wicked Game 2000 UK Single, track 1 |
Shorter Version of the original version. The music
between 2:08 and 2:31 was deleted. Mixed by John Fryer *MORE* |
|
Wings Of A Butterfly (Radio Edit) |
Wings Of A Butterfly Maxi Single, Track 1 Wings Of A Butterfly Single, Track 1 Wings Of A Butterfly 7" UK Single, Picture Disk, Track 2 |
Edit for radio. |
| When Love And Death Embrace |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Album, track 6 |
This song is the Ville version of all those
cheesy 80's pop ballads. *MORE* |
| When Love And Death Embrace (Amnt Mix) |
Wicked Game 2000 UK Single, track 2 |
This song is the same version that WLADE radio edit included on WLADE German Single. |
| When Love And Death Embrace (AOR Radio-MIX) |
When Love And Death Embrace German Single, track 2 |
This is probably a MIX
broadcasted in some AOR radios. AOR: "Adult Oriented Rock", "Album Oriented Rock", "Any Ol' Rock"... Ville starts singing before than in the others versions, drums and keyboard have some differences *MORE* *VERIFY* |
| When Love And Death Embrace (Original Single Edit) |
When Love And Death Embrace
German Single,
track 3 |
First radio edit used in finland on 1997. Used in long version of WLADE video. Long version of the video was probably the finnish video. |
|
When Love And Death Embrace German Single, track 1 |
Radio Edit used on Germany. Used in short version of
WLADE
video. *MORE* |
|
|
And Love Said No Album, track 16-17 |
New remastered version for the 2004 Greatest Hits album, but it sound like very similar to the original song | |
| You Are The One |
Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Album, track 7, Bonustrack, only in LTD edition |
Played live sometimes before the
release of DSABH with the working title of mubbles. *MORE* |
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| Your Sweet Six Six |
Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
Album, track 1 |
His name came is on relation with Led Zeepeling song
called Staiwars To Heaven, whent it's plays backwards it could be heard "he is
my sweet satan six six six". *put clip backwards* "666 is something you're posessed with, something you just have to get although you know it will destroy you in the end. It's something sweet but it has a bitter aftertaste" |
| Your Sweet Six Six Six 2000 |
Razorblade Romance Album, UK
version, track 1 |
Mixed by John Fryer. New and different remix for the album release on UK and some Europeans countries. *MORE* |
| Your Sweet 666 (Audio - Live 2003) | Solitary Man Vol.1, UK DVD, Track 5 | Date on DVD is 15-11-2003 but HIM didn't made a gig on that day so it is most possible that this live was from Semifinal Gigs on the spring of 2003. |