"Carnival of Rust" is the first single and the title track of the Carnival of Rust album by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It was released in Finland on 22 March 2006 and in Germany on 1 December 2006. The single contains two versions of the track and a live recording of the song "Don't Mess With Me" from the band's first album Signs of Life. The track was recorded on 15 July 2005 at Rockperry Festival in Vaasa, Finland. The song has gained a significant amount of success by immediately hitting the number one on YleX's Most Wanted and staying on top of the list for four months. The song reached number 2 in the official Finnish single charts as well as the most wanted song of 2006 on YleX and was #1 in overall sales/radio/video/disco play list according to the Finnish music book Sisältää Hitin and #1 in the radio play list on Rumba's 50 Hits list.

Track listing

Music video

General information

"Carnival of Rust" video was released on 30 March 2005. It was added as a bonus to the Carnival of Rust album and then made available online on 8 September 2006 (watch it). It was made by the same director, who shot "Lift", Tuomas "Stobe" Harju.

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