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band Paramore. It was released on 5 December 2011 as the third single from Paramore's ''

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'' series which was announced on the day of the single's release. It was announced that the band would release 3 singles until the end of 2011 with a single released per month, "In The Mourning" being the third and the last song of this EP. The song was recorded with the previous singles " Monster", "

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" and "Hello Cold World" in a session with producer

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, who had previously worked with Paramore on their album ''

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Background

The song was released in a video posted on 13 January 2011 on Paramore's official website. In the video, Hayley Williams and Taylor York perform the song acoustically. "In The Mourning" was the first Paramore song that came after

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and

Zac Farro Zachary Wayne Farro (born June 4, 1990) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Paramore. He is the younger brother of Josh Farro, who is Paramore's former lead guitarist and backing vocalist. After he and his bro ...

left the band. On the

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, the band performed the song at South American leg, they first performed it in Brasilia, Brazil. At

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's 15th anniversary show in 2011, the band performed the song as a mashup cover with Fleetwood Mac's " Landslide". They also performed "

" for the first time at that show.

Music video

The music video is a demo, only Williams and Taylor perform the song. In the clip, frontwoman Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York perform a demo of the song, which features lyrics that could be read in the context of the recent departure of band members Josh and Zac Farro. −"Now there's nothing but time that's wasted" −"And words that have no backbone" −"Now it seems like the whole world's waiting" −"Can you hear the echoes fading?" Williams sings. Williams posted rough audio of herself singing the track's chorus on her blog on Wednesday, and lyrics to "In the Mourning" surfaced days after the band announced the departure of the Farro brothers.

Track listing

# "In the Mourning" – 3:05

References

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