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"Bye Bye Beautiful"
Song

Bye Bye Beautiful is the second track on Nightwish’s Dark Passion Play album. The song was confirmed to be the third single from Dark Passion Play by Tuomas Holopainen in an interview,[1] but it was changed to the fourth single from the album after the announcement of Erämaan Viimeinen's release as the third.

A promo version of the track was leaked to the Internet on July 11, 2007, and the full single was released on February 15, 2008 in three versions, CD, DVD and 12 inch. It includes an DJ Orkidea Remix Version of the song as well as a demo version of "The Poet and the Pendulum" and Dark Passion Play's Japanese bonus track "Escapist".[1]

In the first part of the Dark Passion Play World Tour, "Bye Bye Beautiful" was the standard opening track, which was played after an intro of "Resurrection" from the soundtrack of The Passion of the Christ.[2] In 2009 it was replaced by "7 Days to the Wolves" and Tuomas Holopainen stated that the band is never going to play "Bye Bye Beautiful" live again.[3]

Content

Nightwish's ex-frontwoman, Tarja Turunen.

The vocals are shared between the band’s two vocalists, Anette Olzon and Marco Hietala. He performs the chorus and the bridge. In the studio version of the chorus he sings "Did you ever let in what the world said" and "Did we play to become only pawns in the game?", but in live sessions he sings "Oh, let in what the world said" and "Did we play - only pawns in the game?" respectively, adding pauses, probably for breathing in.[2]

"Bye Bye Beautiful" is written by Tuomas Holopainen about the band's former vocalist, Tarja Turunen, who was dismissed from the band with an open letter in 2005, and his feelings before and after the time she changed her attitude towards the band and its music. This was at first rumoured among fans and later revealed by Holopainen in an interview.[1] The chorus also contains the lyrics “Did you ever read what I wrote you?/ Did you ever listen to what we played?” in which the first part is a reference to the lyrics written by Holopainen, and the second part is about her lack of dedication to the music.[4]

Music video

Nightwish's current frontwoman, Anette Olzon.

In the video for "Bye Bye Beautiful", the four male members of the band are replaced by four female models throughout the verses. Despite speculation, Holopainen said in a Finnish interview that the female doubles in this video have nothing to do with the removal of Tarja Turunen from Nightwish, saying "It's just pure self-irony and rock 'n' roll".[3] The four models are referring to the rumor going around the fans that Anette Olzon, the new singer, was chosen to attract more fans because of her looks. In the video, they make fun of the rumor. The video was released on September 27, 2007.[3]

According to the "'Making of 'Bye Bye Beautiful" documentary, the models are girls from an agency in Los Angeles:[5]

  • Kyra Hultz (Keyboardist)
  • Leslie Crow (Bassist)
  • Alicia Sixtor (Drummer)
  • Ines Brigman (Guitar)

Track listing

Standard Edition (CD version)[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bye Bye Beautiful"Tuomas Holopainen4:19
2."The Poet and the Pendulum" (original demo version)Holopainen13:43
3."Escapist"Holopainen5:01
4."Bye Bye Beautiful" (DJ Orkidea Remix)Holopainen12:07
Standard Edition (DVD version)[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bye Bye Beautiful" (Music Video on 5.1 sound) 4:14
2."Bye Bye Beautiful" (Music Video on 2.0 sound) 4:14
3."Bye Bye Beautiful" (Making of) 16:11
4."Amaranth" (Music Video on 5.1 sound) 3:57
5."Amaranth" (Music Video on 2.0 sound) 3:57
6."While Your Lips Are Still Red" (official music video) 4:18
7."Bye Bye Beautiful"Holopainen4:14
8."The Poet And The Pendulum" (original demo version)Holopainen13:41
9."Escapist"Holopainen5:01
10."Bye Bye Beautiful" (DJ Orkidea Remix)Holopainen12:07

Charts performance

In the UK, "Bye Bye Beautiful" entered the UK Rock Singles Chart at number two, behind Nickelback's "Rockstar".[2] After the European release, "Bye Bye Beautiful" reached its highest position in a national singles chart, in Spain, reaching number 4,[7] slightly lower than Nightwish's Spanish number 1 hit "Amaranth".[7] The single also charted in France[8] and Germany.[9]

Chart
(2007-2009) 		Peak
position
UK Rock Singles Chart Top 40 2[2]
UK Indie Singles Chart 6[2]
Spanish Top 50 Singles 4[7]
Finnish Singles Chart 5[10]
German Top 100 Singles 35[9]
Italian Singles Chart 48[11]
French Singles Chart 54[8]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c "Interview with Tuomas Holopainen". Eaglescry.de. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Band - Biography: The history of Nightwish". Nightwish's Official Website. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Interview with Tuomas at Le Zenith, Paris". Nightwish France. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  4. ^ "Tuomas About the DPP tracks". TuomasHolopainen.net. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ^ "Community - Nightmail: November 2007". Nightwish's Official Website. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  6. ^ a b "Nightwish products". Record Shop. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  7. ^ a b c "Extended Search: Bye Bye Beautiful". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-06-01. Cite error: The named reference "spa charts" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b "Extended Search: Bye Bye Beautiful". Allmusic. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  9. ^ a b "Charts- Nightwish/Single". PhonoNet. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  10. ^ "Extended Search: Bye Bye Beautiful". Allmusic. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  11. ^ "Nightwish- Bye Bye Beautiful". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
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