Lift (Poets of the Fall song)

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"Lift"
Potf-lift.jpg
Single by Poets of the Fall
from the album Signs of Life
B-side The Beautiful Ones [1]
Released9 September 2004 [2]
Genre Alternative rock, post grunge
Length5:13
Label Insomniac
Songwriter(s) Markus Kaarlonen, Marko Saaresto, Olli Tukiainen
Poets of the Fall singles chronology
"Late Goodbye"
(2004)
"Lift"
(2004)
"Carnival of Rust"
(2006)

"Lift" is a song by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It is the second single released from their debut album, Signs of Life . [1] The song reached #8 on the Finnish Top 40 and stayed there for 11 consecutive weeks. [3]

Contents

Release

The song was released in Finland on 9 September 2004. [2] The single contains two versions of the track, as well as non-album B-side "The Beautiful Ones".

Markus Kaarlonen produced a dance remix of the song, entitled Lift (Dramadance Remix). It was only available for download (as an MP3 or WAV file) on a secret page of the band's official website which could be accessed by the special login and password from the Signs of Life album booklet.

On 21 January 2011, the song was released on Rock Band Network. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Lift" (radio edit) – 4:01
  2. "Lift" (album version) – 5:13
  3. "The Beautiful Ones" – 5:22

Nominations

YearAwardTitleRank
2004YleX's "Best of 2004"Best Finnish song2nd [5]
2005The VoiceTop 10510th [6]

Music video

The promotional video for "Lift" was released on 8 August 2005. It can be watched online on the band's official website.

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References

  1. 1 2 Poets of the Fall – Discography Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Lift" single OUT NOW! Archived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine "http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news Archived 2008-04-27 at the Wayback Machine , 9 September 2004
  3. www.finnishcharts.com – POETS OF THE FALL – LIFT (SONG)
  4. "Lift by Poets of the Fall // Songs // Rock Band®". Rockband.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. POTF is the Best Newcomer of 2004 Archived 2 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news Archived 27 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine , 1 January 2005
  6. Vote for Poets in The Voice's Top 105 Archived 2 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news Archived 27 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine , 11 December 2005