"Killing Loneliness" is a song by

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rock band HIM. It was released in February 2006, as a

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from their 2005 breakthrough album, '' Dark Light''. "Killing Loneliness", along with "

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", is one of the band's best known songs in the United States. On the 11 May 2006 episode of ''

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'', lead vocalist

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confirmed that the song was inspired by

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, who blamed his

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on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness". The song is playable in the 2010 video game ''

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''.

Music video

There are two versions of the song's

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, a European and U.S. version, the latter of which was filmed in April 2006 and released in May. Making a guest appearance in the U.S. version of the video is tattoo artist Kat Von D, known from the reality television series ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Track listing

;Finnish track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Play Dead" (live) – 4:00 ;German track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"The Cage" – 4:17 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #"Killing Loneliness" (video) - 4:01 ;Japanese track listing ( EP) #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #"Wings of a Butterfly" (live) – 3:26 #"Play Dead" (live) – 4:00 #"Vampire Heart" (live) – 5:13 #"The Cage" (Album version) – 4:17 ;UK track listing #"Killing Loneliness" – 4:29 #"Under the Rose" (live) – 3:55 #*Live versions from the gig at Philadelphia 2005.

Charts

References

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