Pretending (HIM song)

"Pretending"
Single by HIM
from the album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
Released September 2001
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Genre (see HIM (Finnish band)#Genre)
Length 3:54
Producer HIM
HIM singles chronology
"Gone With the Sin"
(2001)
"Pretending"
(2001)
"In Joy and Sorrow"
(2001)
Alternative covers
"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.

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) *
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)

"In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" double single

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