| "Justify" | ||||||||||
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| Single by The Rasmus | ||||||||||
| from the album Black Roses | ||||||||||
| Released | January 30, 2009[1] | |||||||||
| Format | CD single Digital download |
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| Recorded | September 2007 - April 2008[2] | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock Symphonic rock |
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| Label | Playground Music | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Desmond Child[2] James Michael | |||||||||
| Producer | Desmond Child, Harry Sommerdahl[2] | |||||||||
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"Justify" is the second single released from the 2008 album, Black Roses by the Finnish rock band, The Rasmus.
"Justify" is a slow, dark and emotional ballad with Nine Inch Nails influences.[3] This is a very melodic song. The first demo for "Justify" was made in Los Angeles, California, at both James Michael's and Desmond Child's studios in January 2007. It was played live for the first time 26 August 2008, as an acoustic version at Radio SAW, Germany. The performance is found on YouTube.
The idea of the song is compressed in the following sentence in its chorus: "It's only right, that I should go and find myself before I go and ruin someone else."
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The video for Justify was filmed on November 9. The video starts with the singer Lauri, confined to a chair, and as he starts to sing, tears of black come streaming down. The tears eventually end up rising at a fast pace and in the end flood over top of Lauri's head. The singer had to spend three days in the water to finish the video. The treatment idea came from Pauli, guitar player of the band.
| Chart (2008–2009)[4] | Peak position |
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| Austria Singles Chart | 61 |
| German Singles Chart | 56 |
| Slovakia Airplay Chart[5] | 72 |
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