Pretending (HIM song)

Infobox Single
Name = Pretending


Artist = HIM
from Album = Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
Released = September 2001
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:54
Producer = HIM
Chart position =
* #1 Finland Singles (2006)
* #1 Finland Singles (2001)
* #10 Germany Singles (2001)
* #32 Switzerland Singles (2001)
* #36 Austria Singles (2001)
Last single = "Gone With the Sin"
(2001)
This single = "Pretending"
(2001)
Next single = "In Joy and Sorrow"
(2001)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = album


Lower caption = "In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" cover|

"Pretending" is a song by Finnish band HIM, released in 2001 as the fifth track from their album "Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights".

In 2006, "Pretending" (acoustic version) was released as a double-single along with "In Joy and Sorrow" (string version) on the album "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1". "In Joy and Sorrow" (string version) is the fifth track on "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1" while "Pretending" (acoustic version) was an exclusive sixteenth track only available by buying the album from Best Buy. "In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" reached #1 in Finland.

Tracklisting

;International release and German and Finnish maxi-single release
#"Pretending"
#"Pretending" (Alternative mix)
#"Pretending" (The Cosmic Pope Jam version)
#"Please Don't Let It Go" (Acoustic version)*
#"Lose You Tonight" (Caravan version)*
* * - Only on the Limited Edition

;Alternative release
#"Lose You Tonight" (Caravan version)
#"Please Don't Let It Go" (Acoustic version)
#"Pretending" (Acoustic version)
#"Pretending" (Cosmic Pope Jam version)

"In Joy and Sorrow"/"Pretending" double single

#"In Joy and Sorrow" (String version)
#"Pretending" (Acoustic version)