"Mercenary Man" is the third track on the Greek power metal band Firewind's fifth studio album The Premonition. It was released for streaming on Firewind's Myspace page on February 2, 2008[1] but only physically released as a single in Greece, on February 25, 2008.[2] The song was also released on several models of Walkman in 2008. The song shares a title with a song by British glam rock band Geordie, from their 1974 album Don't Be Fooled by the Name.
| "Mercenary Man" | ||||
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| Single by Firewind | ||||
| from the album The Premonition | ||||
| Released | 25 February 2008 | |||
| Recorded | December 2007 at Studio Fredman in Göteborg, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gus G., Apollo Papathanasio | |||
| Producer(s) | Fredrik Nordström | |||
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Music video
editThe music video for "Mercenary Man" was filmed in Sweden and produced by Patric Ullaeus.[3]
Track list
edit- "Mercenary Man" – 3:28
- "My Loneliness" – 4:04
- "Spirits in a Digital World" – 4:04
- "Mercenary Man [Acoustic]" – 3:54
Charts
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Greek Top 50[4] – #5
Footnotes
edit- ^ Firewind.gr news update 2 February 2008, cited 4 March 2008
- ^ blabbermouth.net Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine news archive 28 February 2008, Cited 1 April 2008
- ^ ifpi.gr Archived 2003-12-09 at the Wayback Machine singles chart page, Cited 6 April 2008
