Endless Forms Most Beautiful (song)

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It is the second single from their eighth album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". The song was announced on April 17, 2015, alongside its release date and cover,^[1] and was eventually released on May 8, 2015 together with a lyric video.^[2]

According to band's bass player Marco Hietala, Endless Forms Most Beautiful was chosen for a single because the band wanted a heavier song for a single after Élan and it has a "simple structure, killer chorus and goes well for a video purpose."^[3] Keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen commented that the song was heavily inspired by Richard Dawkins' book The Ancestor's Tale.^[4]

Track listing

CD version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version)	5:08
2.	"Sagan" (Instrumental)	4:45
3.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version)	5:08
4.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio version)	4:12

Vinyl version

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Album version)	5:08
2.	"Sagan" (Instrumental)	4:45

Side B
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Alternative version)	5:08
4.	"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Radio version)	4:12

Personnel

Nightwish

Floor Jansen - lead vocals
Marco Hietala - bass, vocals
Emppu Vuorinen - guitars
Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, piano
Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, backing vocals

Additional musicians

References

↑ "ANNOUNCING THE SECOND SINGLE". Nightwish's official website. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
↑ "“ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL” SINGLE OUT NOW!". Nightwish's official website. May 8, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
↑ https://www.facebook.com/nightwish/posts/10155631030930068
↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-tuomas-holopainen-gives-endless-forms-most-beautiful-track-by-track-breakdown-video/

Nightwish

Tuomas Holopainen Emppu Vuorinen Jukka Nevalainen Marco Hietala Troy Donockley Floor Jansen Tarja Turunen Sami Vänskä Anette Olzon

Studio albums	Angels Fall First Oceanborn Wishmaster Century Child Once Dark Passion Play Imaginaerum Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Live albums	From Wishes to Eternity End of Innocence End of an Era Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) Showtime, Storytime

EPs	Over the Hills and Far Away

Soundtracks	Imaginaerum: The Score

Demos	Nightwish Demo Angels Fall First (demo)

Compilations	Wishmastour 2000 The Golden Wishes Wishbox Nightwish 1997-2001 Memory Box Tales from the Elvenpath Bestwishes Highest Hopes The Sound of Nightwish Reborn Lokikirja Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads

Singles	"The Carpenter" "Sacrament of Wilderness" "Passion and the Opera" "Walking in the Air" "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" "The Kinslayer" "Deep Silent Complete" "Ever Dream" "Bless the Child" "Nemo" "Wish I Had an Angel" "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" "The Siren" "Sleeping Sun" "Eva" "Amaranth" "Erämaan viimeinen" "Bye Bye Beautiful" "The Islander" "Storytime" "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" "Élan" "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"

Songs	"FantasMic" "Sleepwalker" "Beauty of the Beast" "While Your Lips Are Still Red" "Last Ride of the Day"

Tours	The First Tour of the Angels Summer of Wilderness Oceanborn Europe Tour Wishmaster World Tour World Tour of the Century Once Upon a Tour Dark Passion Play World Tour Imaginaerum World Tour Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour

Related acts	Tarja Turunen Almah Altaria Alyson Avenue Barilari Brother Firetribe For My Pain... John Two-Hawks Kai Hahto Kotiteollisuus Northern Kings Pain ReVamp Sethian Tapio Wilska Tarot Timo Rautiainen Tony Kakko

Related articles	Awards and nominations Discography Members Once Upon a Nightwish Imaginaerum (film) Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge

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