Hard Rock Hallelujah

"Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a song by the Finnish heavy metal/hard rock band Lordi, which won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with 292 points, a record in the history of Eurovision. Lordi is a heavy metal quintet from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992 however the band was not formed until 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (known The Arockalypse is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Lordi. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Drakkar Entertainment GmbH, also called Drakkar Records or Drakkar Publishing, is a German Record label with its headquarters in Witten A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974 Rovaniemi, Finland) better known by his stage name Mr In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Lordi is a heavy metal quintet from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992 however the band was not formed until 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (known " Blood Red Sandman " is the second single from Lordi 's second album The Monsterican Dream. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Who's Your Daddy?" is a song by the Heavy metal band Lordi, who won the 2006 Eurovision song contest. The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 42 times Lordi is a heavy metal quintet from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992 however the band was not formed until 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (known English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974 Rovaniemi, Finland) better known by his stage name Mr Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974 Rovaniemi, Finland) better known by his stage name Mr "Why?" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Geir Rönning. "Leave Me Alone" is a song by Finnish singer Hanna Pakarinen. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Lordi is a heavy metal quintet from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992 however the band was not formed until 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (known The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 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. ^[1] "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was also released as a single in 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] The song preaches of the impending 'arockalypse', and that we should be ready for the day of 'rockoning'.

1 Track listings
2 Videos
3 At Eurovision
- 3.1 Performance
4 Release as single
5 References

Track listings

Finnish edition:

Hard Rock Hallelujah (Euroviscous radio edit)
Hard Rock Hallelujah (Album version)
Mr. Killjoy (Previously unreleased track)

GSA edition:

Hard Rock Hallelujah (Euroviscous radio edit)
Supermonstars (Anthem of the Phantoms)

GSA Special limited DualDisc edition:

Hard Rock Hallelujah (Euroviscous radio edit)
Hard Rock Hallelujah (Album version)
Mr. Killjoy (Previously unreleased track)
Hard Rock Hallelujah (music video)
Blood Red Sandman (music video)
Devil Is A Loser (music video)

Videos

The video starts with a shy female hard rock fan walking through the corridors of a school, singing softly along to the song playing on her headset. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" She reaches an entrance to the gym, where she stands watching the cheerleaders practice. Suddenly, the lights flicker and go out, and a wind starts to blow. As the chorus starts to play, the doors to the gym are blown off of their hinges by Mr. Lordi, who enters and kills the now-screaming cheerleaders with a wave of his hands. There is a fiery flash, and the entire band appears in the centre of the gym, playing the song.

The fan is terrified, but approaches Mr. Lordi as he points to her, singing "[. . . ] you will see the jokers soon'll be the new kings". He raises the dead cheerleaders as zombies, and they stand around the fan pumping their fists in the air along with the music. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled The end of the video shows the fan, now confident and unafraid, leading the zombies through the school halls as students run away. She stops and punches the air with her fist as the zombies rush around her towards a group of students who are trapped by the closed main doors.

The video was directed by Pete Riski. Pete Riski is an award-winning Finnish Music video and commercial director who has directed music videos for Lordi, among others The fan is played by Leina Ogihara.

Another version was filmed specially for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 opening, directed by Antti J. Jokinen. Video starts with titles: "Arctic Circle, Finland, Rovaniemi". History There has probably been continuous settlement in the Rovaniemi area since the Stone Age. A troll crawls through the snow mountains and frozen lakes, when the ice cracks up with the fountain of cold water. Mr. Lordi and the band play in a hut at the deep dark forest, and then they set the woods on fire with pyrotechnics. Lines of flame draw Lordi's symbol - the monster mask.

At Eurovision

As Finland had not qualified for the final in their previous attempts, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed sixteenth, following Ukraine's Tina Karol with Show Me Your Love and preceding the Netherlands' Treble with Amambanda. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Tina Karol (Тіна Кароль born on January 25, 1985) is a Ukrainian Singer. "Show Me Your Love" is a joint CD single by TVXQ and Super Junior, released in December 15, 2005. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Treble is a girl group from the Netherlands. Biography The group started in 1995 when Caroline Hoffman (born " Amambanda " was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed predominantly in an imaginary language but with some words in At the close of voting, it had received 292 points, placing first in the 23-strong field and qualifying for the final.
In the final, it was performed seventeenth, following Greece's Anna Vissi with Everything and preceding the Ukrainian entry. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Anna Vissi ( Greek: Άννα Βίσση; born December 20, 1957) is a Cypriot - Greek Singer, famous mainly "Everything" was the song chosen by Greece as its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens. Having led the voting for most of the telecast, it ultimately received 292 points again, winning the competition, breaking the previous record (held by Ruslana with Wild Dances) for the highest points tally in Contest history as well as achieving the unusual feat of emulating its semi-final performance exactly. "Wild Dances" (Дикі танці|Dyki tantsi is the name of the song by Ukrainian pop-star Ruslana Lyzhichko ( Ruslana)

Commentators were generally positive about the band and the song, with even the notoriously acerbic Terry Wogan seeing it as something of a good thing for the Contest. Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3 1938 more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish Radio and Television

It is the second Eurovision song with the word hallelujah in its title. Hallelujah, Halleluyah, or Alleluia, is a Transliteration of the Hebrew word he הַלְלוּיָהּ ( Standard The first one is Israel's Hallelujah, which got first place at the 1979 Eurovision Contest

Performance

The semifinal and final performances of "Hard Rock Hallelujah" at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest were similar; the lead singer, Mr. "Hallelujah" ( Hebrew script: הללויה) was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Hebrew by Gali 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.

Lordi performing at the ESC 2007

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. List of flags of Finland The flag of Finland, also called Siniristilippu ("Blue Cross Flag" dates from the beginning of the 20th century 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 Amen, who hopped back and forth energetically. Jussi Sydänmaa (born June 26, 1973 in Mäntsälä, Finland) is the guitarist and one of the founding members of the Finnish Drummer Kita and keyboard player Awa generally remained behind their instruments, bassist OX stayed by his microphone, and Mr. Lordi wore very large platform shoes. Sampsa Astala, (born January 23, 1974 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish musician and the drummer for the Finnish metal band Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (b March 16 1979 in Vantaa, Finland) is the keyboard player and occasional Turntablist Samer El Nahhal (born July 11, 1975 in Espoo, Finland is the Bassist of the Finnish metal quintet Lordi. Tomi Petteri Putaansuu (born 15 February 1974 Rovaniemi, Finland) better known by his stage name Mr Platform shoes are Shoes Boots or sandals with thick soles often made of cork plastic rubber or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also

The song had frequent use of pyrotechnics, starting with flames bursting from the stage during the song's introduction, and bursts of sparks, particularly during the chorus. The term "pyrotechnics" can also be used for Fireworks events 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.

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.

On May 26th, 2006 the Guinness World Record of karaoke singing was broken when approximately 80,000 people gathered to sing "Hard Rock Hallelujah" in Helsinki, Finland to celebrate victory in Eurovision. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. ^[3]

Release as single

The song was released as a physical single with the week starting June 5, 2006, in the United Kingdom, on the BMG label. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 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. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry It reached #25 in the June 11, 2006 chart. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The single also starts off-beat.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Belgium (Flanders) Singles Chart	2
Belgium (Wallonia) Singles Chart	21
Dutch Top 40	27
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	7
Finnish Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart (+150,000 sold)	5
Greek Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart	4
Norwegian Singles Chart	9
Swedish Singles Chart	8
Swiss Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart	25

References

^ http://www.eurovision.tv/english/2525.htm
^ [1] Top40_chart. The Dutch Top 40 ( Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly Music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40" because the Pirate radio channel Radio European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March 1984 The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry com
^ http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=12721&group=General

Preceded by "My Number One" by Elena Paparizou	Eurovision Song Contest winners 2006	Succeeded by "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović
Preceded by "The Mermaid Song" by Foteini Darra	Eurovision Song Contest Opening Act 2007	Succeeded by incumbent

" My Number One " is the 2005 winning song of the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. Elena Paparizou ( Έλενα Παπαρίζου; born January 31 1982 Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->Fifty-six songs have won the Eurovision Song Contest Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. " Molitva " ( Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва English: "Prayer" is a song by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović that was the winning Marija Šerifović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Шерифовић born November 14, 1984) is a Serbian singer and the winner of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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