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Sleeping Sun

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"Sleeping Sun"
Single by Nightwish
Released2 August 1999 (1999-08-02)
RecordedMay–June 1999
Studio
GenreSymphonic metal
Length4:01
LabelDrakkar
Songwriter(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)Nightwish
Nightwish singles chronology
"Walking in the Air"
(1999)
"Sleeping Sun"
(1999)
"Deep Silent Complete"
(2000)

Sleeping Sun is a power ballad and one of four singles by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, it was one of two maxi singles released on August 2, 1999, coinciding with the eclipse of August 11, 1999.

The original version was starred and sung by Tarja Turunen, and belongs to the Oceanborn album of 1998,[1] in 2005 a re-recorded version would be made now with the starring of Anette Olzon, in Finland it was certified with a gold disc and more than 5,000 copies sold and in Germany 15,000 copies were sold.[2]

References

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  1. "The Band - Biography". www.nightwish.com/ Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. ""Sleeping Sun" sells well". www.nightwish.com/ Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2009-11-09.

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