The Crow, the Owl and the Dove

"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Imaginaerum
B-side	"The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
Released	March 2, 2012
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:46 (radio edit); 4:08 (album version);
Label	Scene Nation
Composer(s)	Marko Hietala
Lyricist(s)	Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)	Tuomas Holopainen
Nightwish singles chronology
Music videos
	Official fan video #1 on YouTube
	Official fan video #2 on YouTube
	Official fan video #3 on YouTube
	Official fan video #4 on YouTube
	Official fan video #5 on YouTube

"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" is the second single from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's seventh studio album, Imaginaerum. It was released on March 2, 2012. The single includes the unreleased song "The Heart Asks Pleasure First", a cover of the song with the same name from the film The Piano, originally scored by Michael Nyman, to which Nightwish added vocals.^{[citation needed]} The song was originally recorded in the Dark Passion Play sessions, but Nyman did not provide permission for the song to be released in time for album's release.^{[citation needed]} The song debuted at number one in the Finnish Singles Chart.^[1]

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