Bless the Child is the nineth single by finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album Century Child. It is one of two songs which were filmed from the Century Child album, with other one being "End of All Hope".

There is two versions of the single which has a slightly different tracklist than the Finnish one. The normal release includes the title track and the two songs, "Lagoon" and "The Wayfarer", which have not been released in Germany before. There is too a limited DVDplus of the single which includes three DVD-videotracks in addition to the audio content. The videos are "Over The Hills And Far Away" "Bless The Child" and a 30-minute interview.

In addition to it being a single, part of the edited version was used in a Chinese broadcast on CCTV-4.

Track listing

Spinefarm version

1. "Bless The Child" (edit)
2. "Bless The Child" (original)
3. "Lagoon"

Drakkar Version

1. "Bless The Child"
2. "Lagoon"
3. "The Wayfarer"

Limited Edition MCD

1. "Bless The Child"
2. "The Wayfarer"
3. "Come Cover Me" (live)
4. "Dead Boy's Poem" (live)
5. "Once Upon A Troubadour"
6. "A Return To The Sea"
7. "Sleepwalker" (heavy version)
8. "Nightquest"

Credits

• Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
• Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
• Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars
• Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
• Marco Hietala - Bass guitar
• Sam Hardwick - Spoken parts

Video

The video for this song tells a sad love story in reverse, it's a mix between the scenes and the band playing in a disused warehouse. The band is a bit desappointed with the video, because they find it a bit too complex.

References

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website