"Memories" is the second single of the album The Silent Force

The Silent Force

The Silent Force is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released on November 15, 2004, by GUN Records. This album is the first to feature Ruud Jolie on lead guitar, as well as Martijn Spierenburg on keyboards, after Martijn Westerholt had to leave the band due to...

of Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 symphonic metal

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

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Symphonic rock

Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....

 band Within Temptation

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

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Track Listing

CD single

1. "Memories"
2. "Aquarius" (Orchestral Version)

CD Multi single

1. "Memories"
2. "Destroyed" (Demo Version)
3. "Aquarius" (Orchestral Version)
4. "A Dangerous Mind (live at Bataclan
   Bataclan (theatre)
   The Bataclan is a "salle de spectacle" at 50 boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was built in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval. Its name refers to Ba-Ta-Clan, an operetta by Offenbach...
   
    Paris 2004)"

DualDisc single
CD side:

1. "Memories"
2. "Destroyed" (Demo Version)
3. "Aquarius (Orchestral Version)"
4. "A Dangerous Mind" (live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
5. "Memories" (Live at Bataclan Paris)

DVD side:

1. "A Dangerous Mind" (live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
2. "Memories" (Live at Bataclan Paris 2004)
3. Backstage Paris

Video

The Memories video tells the story of an aged Sharon den Adel

Sharon den Adel

Sharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...

 who returns to her old house, which is now for sale. As she enters her old home, she is transformed into her younger self and the house is restored to how it is in her memories. In some scenes, den Adel walks around the house, haunted by memories of her old lover and in others, she is in a room with other band mates singing. Jeroen, the bands bassist, plays a double bass

Double bass

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

 in one of the scenes from the past, while Martijn, their keyboard

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

 player, plays the piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

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As she leaves the house towards the end, she becomes her aged self again, and the house falls back into its current disrepair.

Charts reception

The song didn't chart as high as the first single Stand My Ground

Stand My Ground

"Stand My Ground" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation's The Silent Force. The song is also included on the U.S. edition of the band's 2007 album The Heart of Everything. It became a top 10 hit in 3 countries and became a top 40 hit in 4 other countries...

. Memories was most successful in the Netherlands, peaking at #11.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Dutch Top 40	11
German Singles Chart	17
Finnish Singles Chart	19
Belgium Singles Chart	26
Austrian Singles Chart	44
Swiss Singles Chart	45

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