Pretending (HIM song)

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“Pretending”
“Pretending” cover
Single by HIM
from the album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
Released September 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:54
Producer HIM
HIM singles chronology
"Gone With the Sin"
(2001)		 "Pretending"
(2001)		 "In Joy and Sorrow"
(2001)
Alternate covers
"In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" cover
"In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" cover

"Pretending" is a song by Finnish band HIM, released in 2001 as the fifth track from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights.

In 2006, "Pretending" (acoustic version) was released as a double-single along with "In Joy and Sorrow" (string version) on the album Uneasy Listening Vol. 1. "In Joy and Sorrow" (string version) is the fifth track on Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 while "Pretending" (acoustic version) was an exclusive sixteenth track only available by buying the album from Best Buy. "In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" reached #1 in Finland.

[edit] Tracklisting

International release and German and Finnish maxi-single release
  1. "Pretending"
  2. "Pretending" (Alternative mix)
  3. "Pretending" (The Cosmic Pope Jam version)
  4. "Please Don't Let It Go" (Acoustic version)*
  5. "Lose You Tonight" (Caravan version)*
  • * - Only on the Limited Edition
Alternative release
  1. "Lose You Tonight" (Caravan version)
  2. "Please Don't Let It Go" (Acoustic version)
  3. "Pretending" (Acoustic version)
  4. "Pretending" (Cosmic Pope Jam version)

[edit] "In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" double single

  1. "In Joy and Sorrow" (String version)
  2. "Pretending" (Acoustic version)
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