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{{Infobox Single |
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| Name = Hard Rock Hallelujah |
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| Artist = [[Lordi]] |
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| Cover = Hard rock hallelujah.jpg |
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| from Album = [[The Arockalypse]] |
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| Released = [[May 19]] [[2006]] |
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| Format = |
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| [ Recorded = ] |
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| Genre = [[Heavy Metal]], [[Hard Rock]] |
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| Length = 3:04 |
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| Label = [[Drakkar Entertainment|Drakkar Records]] |
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| Writer = [[Tomi Putaansuu|Mr. Lordi]] |
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| Producer = [[Jyrki Tuovinen]] |
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| [ Certification = ] |
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| Last single = "My Heaven is Your Hell"<br/> [[2004]] |
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| This single = "Hard Rock Hallelujah"<br/>[[2006]] |
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| Next single = |
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}} |
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'''"Hard Rock Hallelujah"''' is a song by the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]/[[hard rock]] band [[Lordi]], which won the [[2006 Eurovision Song Contest]] with 292 points, a record in the history of Eurovision. It was also Finland's first placement in the top five. It was voted as the most popular Finnish Eurovision entry in the forty years the country has participated [http://www.eurovision.tv/english/2525.htm]. "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was also released as a [[single (music)|single]] in [[2006]]. |
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With a sound reminiscent of [[1980]]s [[hard rock]] hits (such as produced by [[KISS (band)|KISS]] and [[Europe (band)|Europe]]), the song preaches of the impending 'arockalypse', and that we should be ready for the day of 'rockoning'. |
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==Video== |
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The video for "Hard Rock Hallelujah" depicts a stereotypical female [[hard rock]] fan (played by [[Leina Ogihara]]) walking through the corridors of a [[high school]], humming along to the song which is playing on her headset. After a while she reaches the gym, where the school's cheerleaders are practicing. Suddenly the lights go out and a ghostly wind starts to blow. Before the chorus starts to play, the doors to the gym hall get blown off their hinges, and Lordi enters, knocking down the cheerleaders in the process. |
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After the chorus, Lordi summons the fan over to the group where he encourages her to make the rest of the students join the band's fan group, probably in preparation for the "Arockalypse", and to help her he gives her command of the cheerleaders (who have been [[Zombie|zombified]]). The fangirl starts to slowly force the rest of the student body through the school building by walking down the corridor, zombies in tow. |
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The video ends with the students trying to escape through the main doors, as the zombies rush past the fan, who is punching the air with her fist in synch with the chorus. |
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The video was directed by [[Pete Riski]]. |
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==Eurovision performance== |
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The semifinal and final performances of "Hard Rock Hallelujah" at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest were similar; the lead singer, Mr. Lordi, stated before the final that the only planned changes were that "We'll scream louder. And turn the amps up." The performance took place on a fairly bare Eurovision stage, with banks of video monitors in the back displaying abstract images of fire, and the band in their usual monster costumes. |
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Mr. Lordi, the lead singer, performed the first verse while wearing a top hat with the [[flag of Finland]] on it; he also wielded a microphone, the handle of which was attached to the handle of a two-headed battle axe. During the final verse, while he was singing the lyric "Wings on my back / Got horns on my head", a set of large, bat-like wings unfolded from Mr. Lordi's back. During the whole performance, the band members remained relatively stationary, with the exception of guitarist [[Jussi Sydänmaa|Amen]], who hopped back and forth energetically. Drummer [[Sampsa Astala|Kita]] and keyboard player [[Leena Peisa|Awa]] generally remained behind their instruments, bassist [[Samer el Nahhal|Ox]] stayed by his microphone, and [[Tomi Putaansuu|Mr. Lordi]] wore very large [[platform shoes]]. |
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The song had frequent use of [[pyrotechnics]], similar to [[Rammstein]], starting with flames bursting from the stage during the song's introduction, and bursts of sparks, particularly during the chorus. The final chorus of the song had an extended pyrotechnic display, with the whole stage covered in sparks, including jets shooting from the ends of the guitar and the bass as they were being played, and from the two-headed axe (now detached) that Mr. Lordi held up above his head. |
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The encore performance after they were announced the winners was much simpler, as the pyrotechnics were obviously not available and Mr. Lordi's wings did not unfurl. |
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On May 26th, 2006 the [[Guinness World Record]] of [[karaoke]] singing was broken when approximately 90,000 people gathered to sing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" in [[Helsinki]], Finland to celebrate Lordi's victory in Eurovision. |
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[http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=12721&group=General] |
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== Release as single == |
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The song was released as a physical single with the week starting [[June 5]], [[2006]], in the [[United Kingdom]], on the [[BMG]] label. Download sales for the previous week were therefore eligible to be counted for the [[June 4]], [[Official UK Singles Chart]], which led to the single to chart at #59. It reached #25 in the [[June 11]], [[2006]] chart. |
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==Charts== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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!align="left" width="180"|Chart (2006) |
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!align="left"|Peak<br />position |
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|align="left"|Austria |
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|align="center"|3 |
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|align="left"|Belgium (Flanders) |
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|align="center"|2 |
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|align="left"|Belgium (Wallonia) |
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|align="center"|21 |
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|align="left"|Denmark(Download) |
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|align="center"|3 |
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|align="left"|Europe |
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|align="center"|7 |
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|align="left"|Faroe Islands |
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|align="center"|2 |
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|align="left"|Finland |
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|align="center"|1 |
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|align="left"|Germany |
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|align="center"|5 |
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|align="left"|Greece |
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|align="center"|11 |
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|align="left"|Ireland iTunes Music Store |
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|align="center"|1 |
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|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart|Ireland]] |
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|align="center"|4 |
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|align="left"|Netherlands |
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|align="center"|27 |
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|align="left"|Norway |
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|align="center"|9 |
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|align="left"|Slovenia |
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|align="center"|3 |
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|align="left"|Sweden |
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|align="center"|9 |
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|align="left"|Switzerland |
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|align="center"|5 |
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|align="left"|United Kingdom |
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|align="center"|25 |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.eurovision.tv/english/2115.htm "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lyrics] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVFw1cI2XjU "Hard Rock Hallelujah" music video at YouTube] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVh0rZCti0 Eurovision 2006 semifinal performance at YouTube], video from [[TVE 2|La 2 (TVE)]] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lkst47UHO4 "Hard Rock Hallelujah" karaoke record at YouTube], video from [[YLE]] |
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[[Category:2006 singles]] |
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[[Category:2006 songs]] |
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[[Category:Eurovision songs]] |
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[[Category:Rock songs]] |
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Revision as of 11:52, 12 July 2006
Hard Rock Hallelujah is everywhere. May the force be with you!