"Would You Love a Monsterman?" is a song by Finnish
rock
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band
Lordi
Lordi () is a Finnish hard rock/ heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster ma ...
from their album ''
Get Heavy
''Get Heavy'' is the debut album by Finnish hard rock band Lordi, released in 2002. Although the bass guitarist Kalma appears on the cover artwork, all bass guitars were played by the former bass guitarist Magnum, who left after the recording an ...
''. It was also released as a single. The song reached number one on the Finnish charts in 2002.
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"Would You Love a Monsterman?" was originally written as "I Would Do It All For You" when Mr Lordi
Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974), best known by his stage names Mr Lordi or Mr L, is a Finnish musician, businessman, special effect make-up artist, songwriter, painter, comics artist and graphic designer. He is best known as the ...
wrote and recorded it for the first demo album in 1993.
In 2006, the song was re-recorded with keyboardist Awa
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and bassist OX. This version was released as a limited-print promotional single, as well as a bonus track on the special edition of the 2006 album ''The Arockalypse
''The Arockalypse'' is the third studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Lordi. It includes the hit single "Hard Rock Hallelujah", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland. The album has sold triple platinum in Finland and gold in ...
''.
Music video
There are two music videos for the song. The first one involves a young girl playing with a very dirty doll in a strange woodland. After several seconds the band appears and starts to play the song. As the lead vocalist Mr Lordi sings, it seems that he is trying to convince her to join him and his band. She eventually approaches him and gives him her doll and he sets it alight, showing her the truth of his monstrous nature.
Towards the end of the song, she seems to consent to joining them and grins manically.
In the 2006 version, the band are cadavers which appear in a morgue. While listening to the radio (in which the DJ announces the song about to be played), an assisting woman notices one of the band members and they make their appearance, killing the two men trying to investigate the bodies. The band then approaches her and the rest of the video goes very much the same way as the first (minus, of course, the woodland and the doll).
Track listings
Finnish version:
#"Would You Love a Monsterman?" (single version)
#"Biomechanic Man"
#"Would You Love a Monsterman?" (radio edit)
German version:
#"Would You Love a Monsterman?" (single version)
#"Biomechanic Man" (album version)
#"Would You Love a Monsterman?" (radio edit)
2006 version:
#"Would You Love a Monsterman? (2006)"
Charts
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!Chart (2002)
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Certifications
References
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Lordi songs
2002 singles
Number-one singles in Finland
2002 songs
Sony BMG singles