The Quiet Place

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"The Quiet Place"
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Single by In Flames
from the album Soundtrack to Your Escape
Released1 March 2004
Genre Alternative metal
Length3:45 (album version)
3:23 (edit)
Label Nuclear Blast
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Daniel Bergstrand
In Flames singles chronology
"Trigger"
(2003)
"The Quiet Place"
(2004)
"Take This Life/Leeches"
(2006)

"The Quiet Place" is a song by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. It was released in 2004, as the first single from their album Soundtrack to Your Escape . It is the third single overall in the band's career. The single is the band's most successful in their home country of Sweden, peaking at no. 2 on the Swedish Singles chart.

Contents

The remix of "My Sweet Shadow" was done by Örjan Örnkloo. The song "Värmlandsvisan" is a cover of the Swedish folk song "Dear Old Stockholm".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Quiet Place"3:23
2."My Sweet Shadow" (Remix)4:46
3."Värmlandsvisan" (Live)1:45
Enhanced CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
4."The Quiet Place" (Music Video)3:23
5."Studio Recording Session"4:12
6."Screensaver" 
Alternate version
No.TitleLength
1."The Quiet Place"3:45
2."Borders and Shading"4:22
3."Touch of Red"4:13

Music video

The song "The Quiet Place" also featured a video, directed by Patrick Ullaeus. Featuring Ullaeus' camera angles and saturated colors, the video features a story of lead singer Anders Fridén going to see a movie, falling asleep in the theater and, as the band members put it, "waking up in his own head".[ citation needed ]

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts) [1] 16
Germany (Official German Charts) [2] 91
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 2

Personnel

In Flames

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