Playboys (song)
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- For the band's album with the same name, see Playboys (1997 album)Playboys (1997 Album)Playboys is the second studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus which was released on August 29, 1997 on Warner Music Finland....
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"Playboys" is a song by the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
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...
(then named just "Rasmus"), originally released on the band's second album with the same name, Playboys
Playboys (1997 Album)
Playboys is the second studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus which was released on August 29, 1997 on Warner Music Finland....
on 29 August 1997.
The single was released in 1997 by the record label Warner Music Finland
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. It is the third single from the album Playboys, and features only the track "Playboys".
"Playboys" is a fairly happy, upbeat song and shows what the album is all about. The song is about playboys, and not "playing boys". The lyrics boast that because the singer is rich, he does not need to get a job and can do whatever he likes.
Music video
"Playboys" is the only song from the album that was released as a music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
. The video shows a room with celebrities' faces on the wall and the band playing their instruments.
Other appearances
"Playboys" is also available on the band's compilation album Hell of a CollectionHell of a Collection
Hell of a Collection is the first compilation album by the Finnish band The Rasmus, released in 2001 by Warner Music Finland....
which was released in 2001.
External links
- The Rasmus' official website
- Lyrics
- "Playboys" music video on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....