You Would Have Loved This

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“You Would Have Loved This”
Single by Tarja Turunen
Released October 25, 2006
Format CD
Genre Classical
Label Universal Music
Tarja Turunen singles chronology
Yhden Enkelin Unelma (2004) You Would Have Loved This (2006) I Walk Alone (2007)

"You Would Have Loved This" was the third Tarja's solo single. The music is dedicated to her mother and predate the release of her first studio album: Henkäys Ikuisuudesta.

Five fans watched the making of the single after wining the promotion "Win a Day With Tarja Turunen", made in the official web forum.[1]

The single was released with only 1.000 copies[2], that was sold out in the first selling week, taking the 5th place in the official finish parades, the highest position for a new music in the first week.

[edit] Song

You Would Have Loved This was recorded originally by Cori Connors to the album "Sleepy Little Town". The music was written for Connors' mother, Helen Roy Connors, that died in 1994. Tarja saw similarities with the lyrics, and decided to put on the album.

  • "I found this music in America. The history in the lyrcis feats perfectly in the album. It's about a great lost of a loved person. With that in mind, we tried to do something more personal in the album. The lyrics are beautiful and toutching.[3]"

Tarja have also released the single after her mother, who died in 2003 of cancer.

[edit] Track listing

  1. You Would Have Loved This (Radio version)
  2. Walking In The Air (Classical version)
  3. You Would Have Loved This (Single Version)

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