You Would Have Loved This | |
Cover: | You Would Have Loved This.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Tarja Turunen |
Album: | Henkäys ikuisuudesta |
Released: | 25 October 2006 |
Genre: | Classical |
Label: | Universal Music |
Prev Title: | Yhden Enkelin Unelma |
Prev Year: | 2004 |
Next Title: | I Walk Alone |
Next Year: | 2007 |
You Would Have Loved This is Tarja's second solo single which is a dedication to her mother and predates the release of her Christmas album, Henkäys Ikuisuudesta. Five fans watched the single being made after winning the promotion, "Win a Day With Tarja Turunen", made in the official web forum.[1] The single was released with only 1,000 copies,[2] that were sold out in the first selling week, taking the 5th place in the official Finnish parades, the highest position for a new music in the first week.[3]
"You Would Have Loved This" was recorded originally by Cori Connors to the album "Sleepy Little Town". The music was written for Connors' mother-in-law, Helen Roy Connors, who died in 1994. Tarja saw similarities with the lyrics, and decided to put on the album: