Innocence (Tarja song)

"Innocence"
Single by Tarja Turunen
from the album The Shadow Self
ReleasedAugust 5th, 2016[1]
Length4:18
Label
  • earMUSIC
  • Metal Hammer
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen singles chronology
"500 Letters"
(2013) 		"Innocence"
(2016) 		"No Bitter End[2]"
(2016)
Music video
"Innocence" on YouTube

"Innocence" is the lead single by Finnish singer Tarja, taken from her fourth studio album The Shadow Self.[3][4] The single was released on August 5, 2016.[1]

Background

"Innocence" was written and composed by Tarja, Anders Wollbeck, and Mattias Lindblom, and produced by Tarja. The singer describes "Innocence" as a return to the origins from the musical point of view. The song, especially the solo piano by Tarja, is inspired by classical music.

Video

The official video for the song was released on June 24, 2016.[5] Tarja explained that "The theme of the video is about a very sensitive subject that hopefully helps people to think over it. I love the film approach to the video like a short movie". The video was shot in Buenos Aires by movie director Mariano Cattaneo.[6] In the video there are scenes performed by actors, representing a family destroyed by domestic violence. At the end of the video, Tarja breaks into the room and paralyzes the family's father with a touch, saving the mother and the child.

Track listing

CD[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Innocence" (Radio Version)
4:18
2."Demons in You" (Tarja Solo Version)
4:43
3."Victim of Ritual"
  • Turunen
  • Wollbeck
  • Lindblom
5:55
4."Acoustic Set" (Rivers of Lust / Minor Heaven / Montanas De Silencio / Sing for Me / Feel Immortal)
  • Kid Crazy
  • Johan Westmar
  • Kristoffer Karlsson
  • Jessika Lundstrom
  • Turunen / Wollbeck
  • Lindblom / Martin Tillman
  • Turunen / Kid Crazy
  • Sundberg
  • Tracy Lipp / Toby Gad
  • Lindy Robbins
  • Kerli Kõiv
  • Turunen
10:17
"7 Vinyl + CD[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Innocence" (Radio Version)
  • Turunen
  • Wollbeck
  • Lindblom
 
2."Innocence" (Video Version)
  • Turunen
  • Wollbeck
  • Lindblom
 

References

  1. ^ a b c d "SINGLES / INNOCENCE". tarjaturunen.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "SINGLES & EP". tarjaturunen.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Tarja Turunen – Innocence". discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ "TARJA TURUNEN: Track-By-Track Breakdown Of 'The Shadow Self' Album". Blabbermouth. blabbermouth.net. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. ^ "TARJA - OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE "INNOCENCE" RELEASED". Brave Words. bravewords.com. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ^ Childers, Chad (23 June 2016). "Tarja, 'Innocence' - Exclusive Video Premiere". Loudwire. loudwire.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.