Nemo (song)
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| Single by Nightwish from the album Once |
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| Released | April 26, 2004 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | November 2003-March 2004 at Tempputupa Studios, Finland |
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| Genre | Symphonic metal | ||||
| Length | 4:36 | ||||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | ||||
| Producer | Tero Kinnunen | ||||
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"Nemo" is a 2004 song by the Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. It is taken from the album Once. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields participated on the single. Once topped the album charts in Finland, Germany, Norway, Greece, Slovenia and Hungary.[citation needed] Widely successful, the single was certified gold in Finland on the day of its release. In the UK it could only chart at #87 after a chart entry of #101 the week before, but spent over 20 weeks on the top 200 plus a few re-entries. [1]. However it has been in the top 10 of the UK rock Charts as recently as May 2008, highlighting the recent aclaim the band has recently had in England.
Nemo is Latin for "nobody". It is also the name of the mysterious captain in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Also, nemo corresponds to the famous answer given by the Greek hero Odysseus to the Cyclops Polyphemus. In the Odyssey, when Polyphemus asks for his name, Odysseus tells him "Oυδίς" a name translated as "No-man" or "Nobody" which has been used allusively by later authors, such as Jules Verne. The line in the chorus "'Nemo' my name forever more" further suggests this meaning to be the intended one. Other thematic elements from the Odyssey appears in other Nightwish songs such as "The Siren".
A music video was created for the song, directed by Antti Jokinen.
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[edit] Track listing (1st edition)
- "Nemo" (04:27)
- "Planet Hell" (04:39)
- "White Night Fantasy" (non-album bonus track) (04:02)
- "Nemo" (orchestral version) (04:37)
- "Nemo" (music video) (04:05)
[edit] Track listing (2nd edition)
- "Nemo" (04:36)
- "Live to Tell the Tale" (exclusive bonus track) (05:02)
- "Nemo" (orchestral version) (04:39)
- "Nemo" (music video) (04:05)
[edit] Personnel
- Tarja Turunen — vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen — keyboard and piano
- Emppu Vuorinen — guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen — drums
- Marco Hietala — bass
[edit] Production
- Engineers and recorders: TeeCee Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Emppu Vuorinen
- Mixing: Mikko Karmila and Tuomas Holopainen
- Mastering: Mika Jussila
- Orchestral and choral arrangements: Pip Williams
- Conducted: James Shearman
- Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright
- Band photographer: Toni Härkönen
[edit] "Nemo" in popular culture
The song can be heard in the ending credits of the 2005 film, The Cave and a special version of the music video was released that contained scenes from the movie.
On the Australian music quiz show Spicks and Specks, a video clip of Nemo was featured with questions to go with it.
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