"Utopia" | ||||
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Single by Within Temptation featuring Chris Jones | ||||
from the album An Acoustic Night at the Theatre | ||||
B-side | Restless (Live at Beursgebouw Eindhoven 23-11-2007) | |||
Released | 23 October 2009 | |||
Format | CD single, digital download | |||
Genre | Symphonic Rock, Acoustic Rock | |||
Label |
Gun Records Sony/BMG |
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Writer(s) |
Sharon den Adel Daniel Gibson |
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Producer(s) | English link] | |||
Within Temptation singles chronology | ||||
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"Utopia" is the first single from the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation's live album An Acoustic Night at the Theatre. The song features guest vocals from Chris Jones, a British singer. The single was released on 23 October 2009.
Alistair Lawrence of BBC Music called the track nothing "more than a custom-built acoustic ballad, but ensures their fans go home having heard something new".
The video was posted on Within Temptation's official YouTube page on 28 September 2009. It is directed by Oscar Verpoort. The video shows a man walking around a city witnessing various people committing crimes, such as a man stealing a blind woman's wallet and a prostitute being picked up by an older man. He saves a child from almost being hit by a car when his mother wasn't paying attention to what he was doing. As the boy looks back, there is nobody there, suggesting that the man was an angel-like apparition. The band is also seen performing in a run down building.
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