Until My Last Breath
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Until My Last Breath is the first Universal single for Tarja
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....

's album What Lies Beneath.

The edition for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria comes with Tarja's new song, "The Crying Moon", which had been mentioned/discussed even before she finished the My Winter Storm tour.

The International release on iTunes, which has yet to become available, features an exclusive version of "Falling Awake". This has only so far been mentioned on Tarja's blog under samples.

Germany, Switzerland and Austria Edition

  1. "Until My Last Breath" (Single Version) - 3:48
  2. "Still of the Night
    Still of the Night (song)
    "Still of the Night" is a single released by Whitesnake, from their hugely successful self titled 1987 album. It reached #16 in the U.K., #18 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks and #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released on March 9, 1987...

    " - 6:33
  3. "The Crying Moon" - 3:54

International Edition

  1. "Until My Last Breath" (Single Version) - 3:48
  2. "If You Believe" (Piano Version) - 4:13
  3. "Falling Awake" (feat. Julian Barrett) - iTunes exclusive - 5:03

Music video

There are 2 music videos for this song. The first official music video was shot in Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

 and features Tarja and some scenes of a drower going to the bottom of the sea. While he sees a siren
Siren
In Greek mythology, the Sirens were three dangerous mermaid like creatures, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on an island called Sirenum scopuli...

, he come back to the surface. As such, it is filmed on the same beach and cliffs as the I Feel Immortal
I Feel Immortal
"I Feel Immortal" is a promotional single by Tarja from her second album What Lies Beneath and was to be the third single before being pushed forward to second....

 music video, and also features Tarja wearing the same black and white outfits. Even though it was filmed after I Feel Immortal
I Feel Immortal
"I Feel Immortal" is a promotional single by Tarja from her second album What Lies Beneath and was to be the third single before being pushed forward to second....

, the "Until My Last Breath" music video was released earlier.
The second music video of the song is a reference to Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

's death and the marketing and publishing on it. It starts with Tarja playing in a pub, with only a few people watching, showing how her career has fallen down. Then it is shown on TV that Tarja was found dead. After this, her album starts to be a success and she turns into a popstar again. It shows how a death can be good to a career, in the last of the ways.

Chart performance

Chart Peak position
MTV Brazilian Video Charts 1 (9x)
End of Year MTV Brazilian Video Charts 7
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