Always Will Be (HammerFall song)

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"Always Will Be"
Single by HammerFall
from the album Renegade
Released27 November 2000
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
LengthSingle 9:10
Ltd. Single 16:10
Label Nuclear Blast
Songwriter(s) Oscar Dronjak
Producer(s) Michael Wagener
HammerFall singles chronology
"Renegade"
(2000)
"Always Will Be"
(2000)
"Hearts on Fire"
(2002)

"Always Will Be" is a song by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, the second single from their album Renegade . It was released as a card sleeve CD single on 27 November 2000. The single has two songs "Always Will Be" and "The Fallen One" (both of them are ballads) and the last two tracks (marked with an * in the track listing below) are found on the limited Digi-pack CD single. Both these releases were only sold in Sweden and through the Nuclear Blast mailorder. [1]

Contents

It ranked 50th in the Swedish music charts. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always Will Be" Dronjak 4:49
2."The Fallen One" Strömblad, Cans, Dronjak4:21
3."*Always Will Be" (acoustic version) 4:48
4."*Breaking the Law" (Judas Priest cover) 2:12
Total length:16:10

Personnel

[4]

Release information

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