In Vain (Within Temptation song)

{{short description|Single from Dutch symphonic metal and rock band Within Temptation}}

{{Infobox song

| name = In Vain

| cover = Within_Temptation_In_Vain.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Within Temptation

| album = Resist

| released = 11 January 2019

| recorded = 2018

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = {{ubl|4:25 {{small|(album version)}}|3:57 {{small|(single version)}}}}

| label = Vertigo

| writer = {{hlist|Sharon den Adel|Robert Westerholt|Daniel Gibson|William Knox}}

| producer = {{hlist|Daniel Gibson|Within Temptation|Mathijs Tieken}}

| prev_title = Firelight

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Supernova

| next_year = 2019

}}

"In Vain" is the fourth single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's seventh studio album Resist. It was released worldwide via digital download and streaming on 11 January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/within-temptation-lyric-video-for-new-song-in-vain-from-resist-album/|date=11 January 2019|website=Blabbermouth.net|title=WITHIN TEMPTATION: Lyric Video For New Song 'In Vain' From 'Resist' Album |access-date=29 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.speakertv.com/news/tours-events/with-in-vain-temptation-within-temptation-is-back-with-a-new-single/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529211038/https://www.speakertv.com/news/tours-events/with-in-vain-temptation-within-temptation-is-back-with-a-new-single/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2019|date=18 January 2019|website=SpeakerTV|title=With-'In Vain' Temptation: Within Temptation is Back with a New Single|access-date=29 May 2019}}

Background

"In Vain" is a power ballad song written for the band's seventh studio album Resist.{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/within-temptation-gegen-alle-widerstaende-1132829/|title=Within Temptation: Gegen alle Widerstände |date=15 November 2018|website=Metal Hammer|access-date=29 May 2019|language= de}} The track features a "down-to-earth" production and uses "softer rock stylings" and "emotionally driven lyrics" in order to achieve the new direction the band aimed for the record.{{cite web|url=https://www.therockpit.net/2019/within-temptation-release-third-single-in-vain/|title=Within Temptation release third single "In Vain"|website=The Rockpit|date=15 January 2019|access-date=29 May 2019}} The song was released as the fourth single from the album and accompanied a lyric video. Differently from the previous singles, which were all played live before the album official release, the track only started being played on tour afterwards.{{cite web|url=https://www.rockantenne.de/programm/podcasts/whole-lotta-talk/episode-11-sharon-den-adel-within-temptation|title=Whole Lotta Talk - Episode 11: Sharon den Adel / Within Temptation|date=9 October 2018|website=Rock Antenne|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095330/https://www.rockantenne.de/programm/podcasts/whole-lotta-talk/episode-11-sharon-den-adel-within-temptation|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/within-temptation-1bd6fd64.html?song=In+Vain|title=In Vain by Within Temptation|website=setlist.fm|access-date=10 March 2019}} Despite not entering any official single sales chart, the song found airplay rotation in selected places and managed to enter airplay charts in Belgium,{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/1bfc45/Within-Temptation-In-Vain|title=Within Temptation - In Vain|website=Ultratop|access-date=29 May 2019}} Czech Republic and Finland, where it stayed for ten weeks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/within+temptation/in+vain|title = Suomen Virallinen Lista}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| total_length =

|headline = Digital download

|title1 = In Vain

|note1 = Album version

|writer1 = {{hlist|Sharon den Adel|Robert Westerholt|Daniel Gibson|William Knox}}

|length1 = 4:25

|title2 = In Vain

|note2 = Single edit

|writer2 = {{hlist|den Adel|Westerholt|Gibson|Knox}}

|length2 = 3:57

}}

Personnel

Within Temptation

Sharon den Adel – vocals
Ruud Jolie – lead guitar
Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar
Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards
Jeroen van Veen – bass
Mike Coolen – drums

Charts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Chart (2019) !scope="col"\|Peak position
scope="row"\| Czech Republic (Modern Rock){{cite web\|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=21&titul=161926&sec=e8bd4fff9c41bf41b1d1c17c617b52b7\|title=CZ - RADIO - TOP 20 MODERN ROCK WITHIN TEMPTATION\|publisher=IFPI Czech Republic\|access-date=May 29, 2019\|language=cs}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|4
scope="row" {{singlechart\|Finnishairplay\|66\|artist=Within Temptation\|song=In Vain\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Chart (2019)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"| Czech Republic (Modern Rock){{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=21&titul=161926&sec=e8bd4fff9c41bf41b1d1c17c617b52b7|title=CZ - RADIO - TOP 20 MODERN ROCK WITHIN TEMPTATION|publisher=IFPI Czech Republic|access-date=May 29, 2019|language=cs}}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

scope="row" {{singlechart|Finnishairplay|66|artist=Within Temptation|song=In Vain|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}

References

Category:2019 singles

Category:2019 songs

Category:Within Temptation songs

Category:Songs written by Sharon den Adel

Category:Songs written by Robert Westerholt