Killing Loneliness

"Killing Loneliness"
Single by HIM
from the album Dark Light
Released	April, 2006
Format	CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative rock (see HIM (Finnish band)#Genre)
Length	4:29 4:01 (Video Version)
Label	Sire Records
Producer	HIM
HIM singles chronology
"Vampire Heart" (2005) "Killing Loneliness" (2006) "The Kiss of Dawn" (2007)

"Killing Loneliness" is the second single released by HIM, a Finnish band, and was released in February 2006 in Germany and in April in the UK from their 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 11 May 2006, episode of Loveline, Ville Valo confirmed that the song was inspired by skateboarder Brandon Novak, who blamed his heroin addiction on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness". This song is playable in Rock Band 3.

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

1. "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
2. "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
3. "Play Dead" (live) – 4:00

German track listing

1. "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
2. "The Cage" – 4:17
3. "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
4. "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55
5. "Killing Loneliness" (video) - 4:01

Japanese track listing EP

1. "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
2. "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55
3. "Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26
4. "Play Dead" (live) – 4:00
5. "Vampire Heart" (live) – 5:13
6. "The Cage" (Album Version) – 4:17
7. "Killing Loneliness" (video) - 4:00

UK track listing

1. "Killing Loneliness" – 4:29
2. "Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55

1. • Live versions from the gig at Philadelphia 2005.

Chart

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	56
Finnish Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	32
Irish Singles Chart	45
Swiss Singles Chart	44
UK Singles Chart	26