While Your Lips Are Still Red

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"While Your Lips Are Still Red"
Song by Tuomas Holopainen / Marco Hietala from the album Amaranth
Released
22 August 2007
Recorded
2006 2007
Genre Symphonic rock
Label Spinefarm Records
Writer(s)
Tuomas Holopainen
Marco Hietala
Amaranth track listing
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"Eva (Orchestral Version)"
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"While Your Lips Are Still Red"
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Music video
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" on YouTube
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" is a 2007 song written by Tuomas Holopainen and
Marco Hietala of the Finnish metal quintet Nightwish. It was performed by Holopa
inen, Hietala, and Jukka Nevalainen for the Finnish film Lieksa!, which was writ
ten and directed by renowned Finnish director Markku Plnen; the film premiered in
Finland in September 2007.[1] The song is included on Nightwish's "Amaranth" sin
gle, which was released on 22 August 2007 as the second single of their sixth st
udio album, Dark Passion Play. It was also released on their live / compilation
EP "Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)" in 2009.
While Your Lips Are Still Red is not an official Nightwish track, but Holopainen h
as stated that he is not comfortable with releasing any material under his own n
ame. The Nightwish website clearly states that the song was written by Tuomas Ho
lopainen and features him on keyboards, Marco Hietala on vocals and Jukka Nevala
inen on drums. The song does not include guitars or female vocals. The videoclip
accredits the song to Holopainen and Hietala, leaving out Nevalainen, who was n
ot involved in the songwriting. The whispering in the background is done by Tuom
as Holopainen.
The song has been played on concerts in various occasions, while guitarist Emppu
Vuorinen and former vocalist Anette Olzon were backstage. More recent performan
ces have also featured Floor Jansen with additional vocals, and Troy Donockley w
ith a guitar solo played with an EBow in place of the prominent violin sound fro
m the studio version.
Contents [hide]
1
Music video
2
Personnel
3
Reviews and commentaries
4
References
Music video[edit]
The official music video of the song contains clips from the film Lieksa!, Hieta
la singing, and Holopainen walking behind him. The video was released on YouTube
on 14 June 2007. On 26 March 2015 it was reuploaded.[2]
Personnel[edit]
Marco Hietala composition, lead vocals, acoustic bass guitar
Tuomas Holopainen
composition, lyrics, keyboards, backing vocals
Jukka Nevalainen drums, percussion

Reviews and commentaries[edit]

'While Your Lips Are Still Red
Nightwish' Song Review on Stray Poetry
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Nightwish.com
15 June 2007 News Archived 17 January 2008 at the Waybac
k Machine.
Jump up ^ Official video on YouTube
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Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen Emppu Vuorinen Jukka Nevalainen Marco Hietala Troy Donockley F
loor Jansen
Tarja Turunen Sami Vnsk Anette Olzon
Studio albums
Angels Fall First Oceanborn Wishmaster Century Child Once Dark Passion Play Imag
inaerum Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Live albums
From Wishes to Eternity End of Innocence End of an Era Made in Hong Kong (And in
Various Other Places) Showtime, Storytime
EPs
Over the Hills and Far Away
Soundtracks
Imaginaerum: The Score
Demos
Angels Fall First (demo)
Compilations
Wishmastour 2000 The Golden Wishes Wishbox Tales from the Elvenpath Bestwishes H
ighest Hopes The Sound of Nightwish Reborn Lokikirja Walking in the Air: The Gre
atest Ballads
Singles
"The Carpenter" "Sacrament of Wilderness" "Passion and the Opera" "Walking in th
e Air" "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" "The Kinslayer" "Deep Silent
Complete" "Ever Dream" "Bless the Child" "Nemo" "Wish I Had an Angel" "Kuolema
Tekee Taiteilijan" "The Siren" "Sleeping Sun" "Eva" "Amaranth" "Ermaan viimeinen"
"Bye Bye Beautiful" "The Islander" "Storytime" "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
"lan" "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
Songs
"FantasMic" "Sleepwalker" "Beauty of the Beast" "Planet Hell" "While Your Lips A
re Still Red" "Last Ride of the Day"
Tours
The First Tour of the Angels Oceanborn Europe Tour Wishmaster World Tour World T
our of the Century Once Upon a Tour Dark Passion Play World Tour Imaginaerum Wor
ld Tour Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour
Related acts
Tarja Turunen Almah Altaria Alyson Avenue Barilari Brother Firetribe For My Pain
... John Two-Hawks Kai Hahto Kotiteollisuus Northern Kings Pain ReVamp Sethian T
apio Wilska Tarot Timo Rautiainen Tony Kakko
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