Dark Carnival (song)
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| "Dark Carnival" | ||
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| Spy Hunter 2 cover | ||
| Song by Vanessa Carlton | ||
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Electronica | |
| Length | 4:22 | |
| Label | Midway Games | |
| Writer(s) | Vanessa Carlton | |
"Dark Carnival" is a song by Vanessa Carlton and is a reworked version of "Carnival", a track on her unreleased debut album, Rinse. Carlton re-recorded the song for the 2003 video game Spy Hunter 2, on which it serves as the theme song. Carlton said the song is "kind of electronica-esque by design", adding that she had "always wanted to write about espionage."[1] It introduced an entire new sound for Carlton that was much darker than her previous work.[original research?] MTV News described the song, which is about a mysterious femme fatale, as "[an] edgy and brooding ballad" that "gets even more eerie when a sparse, plinky bridge reminiscent of the Halloween theme arises."[2]
The lyrics of "Carnival" and "Dark Carnival" are different; for example, "Don't you run from the show, Cause I just want you to know that I love anyway, And I will not let you go" was altered to "When you get your bloody dose In the still of the night It is there you'll feel it most In this dark carnival Where the end is close." "Dark Carnival" was not included on Carlton's second album, Harmonium (2004).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Steinberg, Scott. "Symphony of Destruction: Vanessa Carlton plays rough in SpyHunter 2". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. December 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
- ^ D'Angelo, Joe. "Video Gamers Can Drive A Thousand Miles With Vanessa Carlton". MTV News. May 15, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
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