No Fear (The Rasmus song)

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"No Fear"
Rasmus-No fear.jpg
Single by The Rasmus
from the album Hide from the Sun
ReleasedAugust 29, 2005
September 5, 2005 (UK)
Recorded2005 at Nord Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Alternative metal, alternative rock
Length4:07
Label Playground Music
Island Records (UK)
Songwriter(s) Aki Hakala, Eero Heinonen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Lauri Ylönen
Producer(s) Mikael Nord, Martin Hansen
The Rasmus singles chronology
"Guilty"
(2004)
"No Fear"
(2005)
"Sail Away"
(2005)

"No Fear" is a song by the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's sixth studio album Hide from the Sun on September 2, 2005. The single was the first (and most successful) to be released from the album.

Contents

Following its release on August 29, 2005, the single achieved some chart success across Europe, as well as topping the Israeli singles chart. The music video also reached No. 1 on MTV Europe's Nordic chart list "UpNorth".

Single track listing

  1. "No Fear"
  2. "No Fear" (Fearless Remix)
  1. "No Fear"
  2. "Immortal"
  3. "No Fear" (Vrenna Remix)
  1. "No Fear"
  2. "No Fear" (Freelance Hellraiser Remix)
  1. "No Fear" – 4:07
  2. "Immortal" – 4:57
  3. "Dancer in the Dark" – 3:28
  4. "No Fear" (Vrenna Remix) – 3:40
  5. "The Rasmus Software Player:
    • No Fear (Video) - 3:57
    • No Fear (Making Of) - 8:02
    • Photo Gallery
    • Extra video material
    • Web Links

Music video

The music video for "No Fear" was directed by Jörn Heitmann in Berlin, Germany the same year. Jörn Heitmann has also directed many of Rammstein's videos.

Lauri Ylonen in the music video for "No Fear" No fear.jpg
Lauri Ylönen in the music video for "No Fear"

The video depicts a girl with an apparent obsession with butterflies. She follows them out of her bedroom and sleepwalks across roofs, and through streets. The girl eventually comes to a roof of glass panes and falls through them into the building. It is unclear whether the girl has died or not, and she appears to end up in a garden with a bed situated in the middle, surrounded by butterflies and flowers. While she is sleepwalking, a swarm of butterflies become animated from pictures behind where the band are performing, and other places around the building.

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Austria Singles Top 7516
Czech Republic Radio Top 1007
Dutch Top 4018
Finland Singles Top 201
France Singles Top 10041
Germany Singles Top 10013
Hungarian Singles Chart [1] 4
Ireland Singles Top 5048
Israel Singles Top 401
Sweden Singles Top 6023
Swiss Singles Top 10044
UK Singles Top 7543

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