Song · HIM
“Killing Loneliness” by HIM
From the album Dark Light (2005)
“Killing Loneliness” by HIM appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2006. It was first released in 2005 on the album Dark Light. Its best result is #100 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #169 hard rock song of 2006.
"Killing Loneliness" went out as a single in February 2006, lifted from Dark Light, the 2005 album that broke Finland's HIM wide open, and alongside "Wings of a Butterfly" it's one of the songs Americans know them best for. It's gothic rock with its heart on its black sleeve, and there's a real story in it: on a May 2006 episode of Loveline, singer Ville Valo confirmed it was inspired by skateboarder Brandon Novak, who put his heroin addiction down to a need to kill the loneliness.
The song got two videos, one for Europe and one for the US, the latter shot that April with a guest turn from tattoo artist Kat Von D of LA Ink and Miami Ink. Years later it became playable in Rock Band 3.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 100 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
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