"Liquid" is a

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by the

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rock band

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, originally released on the band's third album ''

Hell of a Tester ''Hell of a Tester'' (sometimes written Hellofatester) is the third studio album by The Rasmus, then called Rasmus. It was released in 1998 by Warner Music and received Gold status in Finland. The most popular single was ''Liquid'', which was rel ...

'' on 2 November 1998. The single was released in 1998 by the record label

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. The single (which was the first one from the album ''Hell of a Tester'') features only the track "Liquid". "Liquid" is a slow and melodic song, maybe one of the band's slowest songs ever. It reached number two on the Finland singles chart and made it in the Top 40 on MTV Nordic. It was voted Single of the Year for 1998 by music critics and fans.

Single track listing

# "Liquid" – 4:17

Music video

"Liquid" is the only song from the album that got released as a

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. It was directed by Viljami Eronen and won an honorable mention at the 1999

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. The video shows a dark place, sometimes with stars in the background. The band play their instruments and there is also a young woman there, wearing a black dress. Traditional children's

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s are featured, including a hoop,

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, ball and scooter. Bassist

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appears to be wearing

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and is seen switching off a lamp. During the instrumental interlude in the song, the woman is seen swimming upwards towards the light. The cheerful, uplifting tone of the song is emphasised by the video, as the band members are playing like children and some of them are seen spinning on their chairs.

Personnel

Lauri Ylönen Lauri Johannes Ylönen (born 23 April 1979) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the Finland, Finnish alternative rock musical ensemble, band The Rasmus. Biography The Rasmus When he and Heinonen started ...

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Pauli Rantasalmi The Rasmus is a Finnish Pop music, rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eer ...

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Janne Heiskanen The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

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* Riku Niemi – strings

References

External links

The Rasmus' official website

"Liquid" music video
on

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