"Late Goodbye" 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 band

Rock Band

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 Poets of the Fall

Poets of the Fall

Poets of the Fall is a rock band from Finland. It consists of Marko Saaresto , Olli Tukiainen and Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen...

 that appeared in the 2003 video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

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as well as on the band's debut album Signs of Life

Signs of Life (Poets of the Fall album)

-Release history:-Singles:-Awards:-Nominations:...

. It was also the first single

Single (music)

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 released from the album and reached #14 on the Finnish Singles Chart as well as #1 on Radio Suomipop's Top 30 chart.

Track listing

1. "Late Goodbye" (album version) – 03:47
2. "Late Goodbye" (radio edit) – 03:18
3. "Late Goodbye" (unplugged) – 03:33
4. "Late Goodbye" (piano instrumental) – 03:19
5. "Everything Fades" – 03:09

Release history

Country	Release Date
Finland	30 June 2004
Worldwide iTunes	12 April 2008

Awards

Year	Award	Title	Result
2004	Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) Awards	Best Original Vocal Song – Pop
	YleX's Yleisradio The Finnish Broadcasting Company , abbreviated to YLE , is Finland's national broadcasting company, founded in 1926. YLE is a public-broadcasting organization which shares many of its characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled... "Best of 2004"	Best Finnish Song	7th place
2007	Helsingin Sanomat Helsingin Sanomat Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...	Most Beloved Finnish Rock Song

Max Payne 2

The song can be heard by the player at various times during the game:

• It is overheard playing through the headphones of the janitor cleaning the basement of Max
  Max Payne (character)
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  's apartment. He also sings and hums along to the lyrics.
• It is played by a cleaner on a piano for 24 seconds in a room in the apartments where several Inner Circle members live.
• The game's antagonists often whistle or hum the song when not talking or shooting.
• Max tries to play different versions of the song on a piano in one of the missions.
• Mona Sax
  Mona Sax
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  sings it in the shower at her flat at the closed-down Address Unknown amusement park.
• It is also heard over the credits upon completion of the game.