First Release
"Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" is the fifth single by Nightwish. The first recording of the song dates back from May and June 1999, it was recorded at two studios, Caverock and Finnvox, both in Finland. Together with the songs "Walking in the Air", "Angels Fall First" and "Swanheart", Sleeping Sun was released for the first time on the MCD Sleeping Sun – Four Ballads Of The Eclipse. Later in 1999, the song was added to most new releases of the 1998 album Oceanborn, and in 2004 also on the compilation album Tales from the Elvenpath.
Sleeping Sun was certified with Gold Disc in Finland with more than 5.000 sold copies, and also in Germany with more than 15.000 sold copies. It reached the number-one spot in the Finnish charts, and was #69 in the German Official Singles Charts.
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