In Vain (Within Temptation song)

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"In Vain"
Within Temptation In Vain.png
Single by Within Temptation
from the album Resist
Released11 January 2019
Recorded2018
Length
  • 4:25(album version)
  • 3:57 (single version)
Label Vertigo
Songwriters
Producers
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Firelight"
(2018)		"In Vain"
(2019)		"Supernova"
(2019)

"In Vain" is the fourth single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's seventh studio album Resist . It was released worldwide via digital download and streaming on 11 January 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

"In Vain" is a power ballad song written for the band's seventh studio album Resist. [3] The track features a "down-to-earth" production [3] and uses "softer rock stylings" and "emotionally driven lyrics" in order to achieve the new direction the band aimed for the record. [2] [4] The song was released as the fourth single from the album and accompanied a lyric video. [1] Differently from the previous singles, which were all played live before the album official release, the track only started being played on tour afterwards. [5] [6] Despite not entering any official single sales chart, the song found airplay rotation in selected places and managed to enter airplay charts in Belgium, [7] Czech Republic [8] and Finland, where it stayed for ten weeks. [9]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In Vain" (Album version)
4:25
2."In Vain" (Single edit)
  • den Adel
  • Westerholt
  • Gibson
  • Knox
3:57

Personnel

Within Temptation

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Czech Republic (Modern Rock) [8] 4
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista) [10] 66

References

  1. 1 2 "WITHIN TEMPTATION: Lyric Video For New Song 'In Vain' From 'Resist' Album". Blabbermouth.net . 11 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "With-'In Vain' Temptation: Within Temptation is Back with a New Single". SpeakerTV. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Within Temptation: Gegen alle Widerstände". Metal Hammer (in German). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Within Temptation release third single "In Vain"". The Rockpit. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Whole Lotta Talk - Episode 11: Sharon den Adel / Within Temptation". Rock Antenne. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "In Vain by Within Temptation". setlist.fm. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Within Temptation - In Vain". Ultratop . Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "CZ - RADIO - TOP 20 MODERN ROCK WITHIN TEMPTATION" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic . Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
  10. ↑ "Within Temptation: In Vain" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
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