Justify

"Justify"
Single by The Rasmus
from the album Black Roses
Released	January 30, 2009[1]
Format	CD single Digital download
Recorded	September 2007 - April 2008[2]
Genre	Alternative rock Symphonic rock
Label	Playground Music
Writer(s)	Lauri Ylönen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Desmond Child[2] James Michael
Producer	Desmond Child, Harry Sommerdahl[2]
The Rasmus singles chronology
"Livin' in a World Without You" (2008) "Justify" (2009) "October & April" (2009)
Black Roses track listing "Ghost of Love" (3) "Justify" (4) "Your Forgiveness" (5)

"Justify" is the second single released from the 2008 album, Black Roses by the Finnish rock band, The Rasmus.

"Justify" is a slow, dark and emotional song with Depeche Mode influences.^[3] This song is a very melodic song. The first demo for "Justify" was made in Los Angeles, California, at both James Michael's and Desmond Child's studios in January 2007. It was played live for the first time 26 August 2008, as an acoustic version at Radio SAW, Germany. The performance is found on YouTube.

The idea of the song is compressed in the following sentence in its chorus: "It's only right, that I should go and find myself before I go and ruin someone else."

Tracklist

1. "Justify"
2. "Yesterday You Threw Away Tomorrow"
3. "Justify (Brown Version)" (iTunes Bonus)

Video

Lauri in the music video for "Justify"

The video for Justify was filmed on November 9th. The video starts with the singer Lauri, confined to a chair, and as he starts to sing, tears of black come streaming down. The tears eventually end up rising at a fast pace and in the end flood over top of Lauri's head. The singer had to spend three days in the water to finish the video. The treatment idea came from Pauli, guitar player of the band.

Charts

References

External links

• The Rasmus' official website

• Justify video (youtube)