I Walk Alone (Tarja song)

"I Walk Alone" is the first single from the album My Winter Storm by Finnish vocalist Tarja. The single was released on October 26, 2007 through Universal Music label.[1]

For other uses, see I Walk Alone (disambiguation).
"I Walk Alone"
Single by Tarja
from the album My Winter Storm
ReleasedOctober 26, 2007
GenreSymphonic rock
Length3:53
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Anders Wollbeck, Mattias Lindblom, Harry Sommerdahl
Tarja singles chronology
"You Would Have Loved This"
(2006)		 "I Walk Alone"
(2007)		 "Die Alive"
(2008)
Music video
"I Walk Alone" on YouTube

Song

This song was written by Harry Sommerdahl, Mattias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck. It was inspired by a musical motif in Requiem by Mozart. It features a theater atmosphere accompanied by orchestra, guitars, and Turunen's powerful voice.

According to Turunen the song "describes her personality perfectly well and identifies her as a singer".[2]

Some fans have considered this as her response to Nightwish's "Bye Bye Beautiful" from the album Dark Passion Play (2007), which was a song directed towards her. The song was a declaration of her independence and willingness to move on.

In 2009, the song was covered by the Norwegian singer Jørn Lande on his album Spirit Black.

Video

The video was shot at Teufelssee in Berlin, Germany. It was directed by Jörn Heitmann (who had already worked with Turunen directing Nightwish's Sleeping Sun 2005 video). It also features four characters interpreted by Turunen herself. They are: the Phoenix, the Dead Boy, the Doll and the Ice Queen.

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austria Singles Charts 37
European Singles Charts 61
Finnish Singles Charts 6
Germany Singles Charts 16
Switzerland Singles Charts 49

Track listing

The single features 3 different configurations:

Version 1
1 - I Walk Alone (Single Version)
2 - I Walk Alone (In Extremo Remix)
Version 2 – Single Cut
1 - I Walk Alone (Single Version)
2 - The Reign (Album Track)
3 - I Walk Alone (The Tweaker Remix)
4 - I Walk Alone (Single Version) [Video]
Version 3 – Artist Cut
1 - I Walk Alone (Artist Version)
2 - Ciarán's Well (Album Track)
3 - I Walk Alone (The Darkroom Mix by Deviousnoise)
4 - I Walk Alone (Artist Version) [Video]
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References
  1. http://www.tarjaturunen.com
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2012-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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