"October & April" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus

The Rasmus

The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1995 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen , Eero Heinonen , Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen...

, featuring Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon

Anette Ingegerd Olsson , known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the second lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...

 from Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

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The song was recorded during the same time as the other songs from the band's latest studio album Black Roses, but wasn't included as it didn't follow the album concept. Instead it was later released on the band's new compilation album Best of 2001–2009

Best of 2001–2009

- Personnel :* Lauri Ylönen – vocals* Eero Heinonen – bass* Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar* Aki Hakala – drums-Charts:-External links:*Playground Music:...

. It was also released as its own digital download

Music download

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 on November 17, 2009.

A video has also been made for the song, directed by Owe Lingvall who also directed the video for The Rasmus' last single "Justify

Justify (The Rasmus song)

"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 ballad with Nine Inch Nails influences. This is a very melodic song. The first demo for "Justify" was made in Los Angeles, California, at both James...

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Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Finnish Singles Chart	3
German Singles Chart	79
Poland (ZPAV Polish Music Charts The Polish Music Charts are two official album charts and seven singles charts in Poland, provided by ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . The first, the Top 100, is a monthly chart based on data received from the album companies... )	4