The band won the Finnish Grammy Award EMMA for “Best New Artist” in 1996. Playboys, the band's second studio album, and its single Blue, released in 1997, both went gold in Finland. Hellofatester was released in 1998, spawning singles Liquid and Swimming With The Kids. The video for Liquid received regular airplay on Nordic MTV.
Rasmus became The Rasmus in 2000 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Swedish electronica artist, known simply as Rasmus. Into was released in 2001 and went double platinum in Finland debuting at #1. The first single F-F-F-Falling was #1 in Finland during three months in early 2001. The second single Chill reached the #2 place in Finland. The Rasmus toured Scandinavia and Europe along with HIM and Roxette that year to promote the album. The band finally gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single In the Shadows which reached #1 in a number of countries. iTunes Music Store offered the track as one of its free singles, a positive public response prompted many listeners to buy the rest of the album. Guilty was released in 2004 and was the last single of the album. The three other singles; In My Life, First Day of My Life and Funeral Song also received mostly favourable reviews and response. During the 2004 Reading Festival in England, the band was pelted with plastic bottles filled with urine and mud (an act reserved for the worst band on the bill each year) until they eventually walked offstage when immediate medical attention was required for Eero's eye.
Hide from the Sun, the band's sixth studio album was released in September 2005. It received Platinum status in Finland and sold more than 15,000 copies in the UK alone. All in all, the album sold 400,000 copies worldwide. The album's three singles were No Fear, Sail Away and Shot. The Rasmus began recording their seventh studio album Black Roses in 2006, recording began and in Helsinki and continued in Nashville, Tennessee. Smaller parts were recorded in Stockholm, Singapore, Berlin and Greece. Livin' In A World Without You and Justify are the two singles released from the album, videos for both songs have received airplay around the world.
A compilation album celebrating The Rasmus' 15th Anniversary, titled Best of 2001-2009 was released November 28, 2009. It includes songs released from 2001 to 2009, as indicated in the album title, and features a previously unreleased song October & April, with the vocals of Anette Olzon from the band Nightwish. This song was recorded during the same time as the other songs from album Black Roses, but wasn't included as it didn't follow the album concept.
Self-titled eighth album The Rasmus was released in April 2012. The album's lead single I'm a Mess was the official song for the 2012 European Athletics Championships. The album won Best album cover and Best music video on EMMA awards.
In the fall of 2016 the band started recording their ninth album Dark Matters. The lead single Paradise was released in March 2017 and the album itself was released in October 2017.
In 2021 the band released two singles for upcoming album. The single Bones was released in May and the single Venomous Moon was released in September featuring Finnish band Apocalyptica.
In January 2022 the band announced their participation in Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song Jezebel. This was band's first single with their new guitarist Emppu. They won the national selection and went on to participate in Eurovision Song Contest. The Rasmus made it through the semi-finals and placed 21st in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 final.
On June 10th 2022 a new track, Rise was released, and on the same day it was announced that the new album, also titled Rise , would be released on September 23rd 2022.
Funky Jam
The Rasmus Lyrics
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'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was... yeah!
Funky time!
It was the best thing on that boring Saturday
While we made plans what we're gonna do that day.
It was real but we both just laughed at that.
It took some time to get that dog was dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was dog hunting season.
The man screamed, I guess he felt some pain in chest.
He left up but I think that was best.
'n' all thought we got two bodies in the house
These guys are ready to get of the most guys.
We left the house 'n' the dog 'n' the New York
'n' left back just bad, bad, bad talk.
Like I told we took off those two guys.
Poppoppoppoodo...
The lyrics to The Rasmus's song Funky Jam describe a surreal and darkly comical situation where the singer and his friend's dog Muffy experience a heart attack. At first, the duo finds the situation humorous and call an ambulance without any reason. They lie to the paramedic, saying that it's dog hunting season, causing him to shout in pain before leaving. The singer and his friend are left alone with the dead body of Muffy, who they had placed on the bed with its feet on the roof. As they both leave the house, they discuss how they drummed up some bad talk about the two guys who arrived on the scene.
Line by Line Meaning
So hard to get that dog is dead
It was difficult for us to believe that my friend's dog had passed away
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
The dead dog was lying with its feet sticking up in the air on my friend's bed
We called an ambulance without any reason
We called an ambulance even though there was no real emergency
'n' told the man it was... yeah!
We gave a fake reason to the ambulance man for calling him
It was the best thing on that boring Saturday
Finding something to do on a boring Saturday was really great
While we made plans what we're gonna do that day.
We were making plans for the rest of the day while enjoying the moment
My friend's dog little Muffy got a heart attack.
The reason for calling the ambulance was because my friend's dog, Muffy, had a heart attack
It was real but we both just laughed at that.
Although it was a serious situation, my friend and I found it amusing and laughed
It took some time to get that dog was dead
It took us some time to accept the fact that the dog was actually dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We couldn't believe that the dog was lying with its feet sticking up in the air on my friend's bed
We called an ambulance without any reason
We pretended to call an ambulance for a fake reason
'n' told the man it was dog hunting season.
We lied to the ambulance man and told him that it was dog hunting season
The man screamed, I guess he felt some pain in chest.
The ambulance man screamed, possibly due to chest pain
He left up but I think that was best.
The ambulance man left, which we thought was best for our situation
'n' all thought we got two bodies in the house
We thought that we had two dead bodies in the house, referring to the dog and the ambulance man
These guys are ready to get of the most guys.
We were ready to get rid of the ambulance man, who we referred to as 'these guys'
We left the house 'n' the dog 'n' the New York
We left the house with the dead dog and pretended that we were from New York
'n' left back just bad, bad, bad talk.
We left behind a bad situation and only talked about the negative aspects of it
Like I told we took off those two guys.
As I mentioned before, we were able to get rid of the ambulance man and the dead dog
Poppoppoppoodo...
The song ends with a nonsense word, possibly meant to represent the chaotic events of the story
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: EERO ALEKSI HEINONEN, JANNE SAMULI HEISKANEN, LAURI JOHANNES YL�NEN, LAURI JOHANNES YLOENEN, PAULI ESKO ANTERO RANTASALMI
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So hard to get that dog is dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was... yeah!
Funky time!
It was the best thing on that boring Saturday
While we made plans what we're gonna do that day.
My friend's dog little Muffy got a heart attack.
It was real but we both just laughed at that.
It took some time to get that dog was dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was dog hunting season.
The man screamed, I guess he felt some pain in chest.
He left up but I think that was best.
'n' all thought we got two bodies in the house
These guys are ready to get of the most guys.
We left the house 'n' the dog 'n' the New York
'n' left back just bad, bad, bad talk.
Like I told we took off those two guys.
Poppoppoppoodo...
Samuli Tähtelä
I can't believe they were just 16 when they made this album:) this is one of their finest pieces imo :D
PuluP
Eero (the bassist) really got a chance to show his skills in this one! :)
He is the favourite Rasmus member of mine!
Resuraa
wow ! How can he sing so fast like that ? o.O
Nightica93
i love the bass here
W.D. Pineyo Baldón
Pa pa pa pa ra, pa pa pa pa pa ra pa pa pa. ♫♫
W.D. Pineyo Baldón
Pa pa pa pa ra, pa pa pa pa pa ra pa pa pa. ♫♫
Kalevi Perse
Alkaa aina kädet ja jalat heiluun tätä biisiäö kuunnelessa
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So hard to get that dog is dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was... yeah!
Funky time!
It was the best thing on that boring Saturday
While we made plans what we're gonna do that day.
My friend's dog little Muffy got a heart attack.
It was real but we both just laughed at that.
It took some time to get that dog was dead
'n' lying feet to the roof on my friend's bed.
We called an ambulance without any reason
'n' told the man it was dog hunting season.
The man screamed, I guess he felt some pain in chest.
He left up but I think that was best.
'n' all thought we got two bodies in the house
These guys are ready to get of the most guys.
We left the house 'n' the dog 'n' the New York
'n' left back just bad, bad, bad talk.
Like I told we took off those two guys.
Poppoppoppoodo...
Alejandro Orellana
La portada me recuerda a "YO JUEGO A LA PELOTA"
Huaro
El chico Terry sjjsjs