"Lift" 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

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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...

. It is the second single

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 released from their debut album, Signs of Life

Signs of Life (Poets of the Fall album)

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. The song was released in Finland

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...

 on 9 September, 2004. The song reached #8 on the Finnish Top 40 and stayed there for 11 consecutive weeks. It contains two versions of the title track, as well as the B-side, The Beautiful Ones.

Markus Kaarlonen

Markus Kaarlonen

Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen is a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer, and the keyboardist of the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. Kaarlonen catapulted to considerable underground fame with his Amiga MOD music in the early 1990s. His first commercial album was released as Dance Nation's album...

 produced a dance remix of the song, entitled Lift (Dramadance Remix). It is only available for download (as an MP3

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 or WAV

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 file) on a secret page of the band's official website which can be accessed by the special login and password from the Signs of Life

Signs of Life (Poets of the Fall album)

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album booklet.

Track listing

1. "Lift" (radio edit) - 4:01
2. "Lift" (album version) - 5:13
3. "The Beautiful Ones" - 5:22

Nominations

Year	Award	Title	Rank
2004	YleX's "Best of 2004"	Best Finnish song	2nd
2005	The Voice	Top 105	10th

Music video

The promotional video for "Lift" was released on August 8, 2005. It can be watched online on the band's official website.