Shot 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...

 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 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...

, originally released on the band's sixth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 Hide from the Sun

Hide from the Sun

Hide from the Sun is the sixth studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released in mainland Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Japan on 12 September 2005. It received Platinum status in Finland and sold more than 15,000 in the UK alone. All in all Hide from the Sun sold 400,000...

on September 2, 2006. The single was released on March 30, 2006.

This is the last single to be released from Hide from the Sun. The song "Immortal" was later released as a music video, but there was no single.

The song reached #6 on the Finland Singles Chart

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...

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Enhanced CD track listing

Maxi Single Enhanced CD

21.04.2006, Playground Music Scandinavia
Catalogue Number: PGMCDM 65 Shot see the booklet and inlay's scans

1. "Shot"
2. "Keep Your Heart Broken
   Keep Your Heart Broken
   "Keep Your Heart Broken" is a song by the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus, and the ninth track of their 2005 album Hide from the Sun. It was written by lead-singer Lauri Ylönen....
   
   " [live]
3. "Shot" [live]
4. "Open My Eyes" [acoustic]
5. "The Rasmus Software Player Whit:
   • Shot(Video)
   • Shot - Making of (Video)
   • Photo Gallery
   • Screensavers
   • Extra Video Material
   • Web Links

CD Single

1. "Shot"
2. "Shot" (Star City Remix)

Shot Mexican promo edition
2006, Playground Music Scandinavia - Universal Music
Catalogue Number: 201740 Shot Mexico see the booklet and inlay's scans

1. "Shot
2. "Guilty" (Live in Mexico City 18.11.2004)
3. "The One I Love" (Live in Mexico City 18.11.2004)

Shot English digital edition
24.04.2006, Playground Music Scandinavia Shot

1. "Shot
2. "Keep Your Heart" Broken (Live)
3. "Shot" (Live)
4. "Last Generation" (Live - UK exclusive)

Music video

In the video for "Shot" (directed by Sandra Marschner), the band seems to be in outer space, singing on a desert-like planet. The video consists of mainly alternating between close-ups of each band member and different angles of the whole band. Fast zooms and camera angle changes are used in parts of the video. At one point, there is a close-up of singer Lauri Ylönen

Lauri Ylönen

Lauri Ylönen is the frontman of the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus.-Early days:Ylönen was born and grew up in Helsinki. He learned to play the piano when he was five years old, and later learned to play guitar and drums...

's eye and a comet flickers across his iris. This is very similar to a part of the video for "First Day of My Life

First Day of My Life (The Rasmus song)

"First Day of My Life" is a song by the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's fifth album Dead Letters on 21 March 2003....

", in which a close up of Lauri's eye is seen with a reflection of a racing track.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Austria Singles Top 75	49
Finland Singles Top 20	6
Germany Singles Top 100	46