{"id":31391,"date":"2026-05-25T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/nightwish-eva-was-released-18-years-ago-today-more-information-here\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T05:35:00","slug":"nightwish-eva-was-released-18-years-ago-today-more-information-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/nightwish-eva-was-released-18-years-ago-today-more-information-here\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGHTWISH &#8211; \u201cEva\u201d was released 18 years ago today. 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The song is about a young, innocent girl named Eva who has been treated unfairly in her life, and her escape from home as she runs away alone to a better future. By the way, all European proceeds were donated to the Child Charity Foundation!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which <strong>Nightwish <\/strong>merchandise will you reward yourself with next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.emp.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:8px\">*The link recommendations marked with an asterisk are affiliate links\/affiliate program links which you can click on freely. When a click and purchase is made, we receive a commission from the provider (we earn from qualified sales as an affiliate). Of course, the price does not change for you. In this way you can help to cover some of the costs of this website.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to \u201cEva\u201d here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-de\/track\/7znDJdivR0msNAgY4flaPb?si=e70e318774684c3e\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Eva\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7znDJdivR0msNAgY4flaPb?si=e70e318774684c3e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With \u201cEva\u201d, Nightwish introduced new singer Anette Olzon 18 years ago, after Tarja Turunen left the band in 2005. 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