{{notability|music|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = The Ultimate Fling | cover = Potf-fling.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Poets of the Fall | album = Revolution Roulette<ref name="fling-roulette">[http://www.poetsofthefall.com/discography/ - Poets of the Fall - Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330150219/http://www.poetsofthefall.com/discography/ |date=2014-03-30 }}</ref> | released = 6 February 2008 {{flagicon|FIN}}<ref name="fling">[http://poetsofthefall.com/news/3218_the_ultimate_fling_single_out_now/ The Ultimate Fling single out NOW!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210035841/http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news/3218_the_ultimate_fling_single_out_now/ |date=2008-02-10 }} ''http://www.poetsofthefall.com/news'', 6 February 2008</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-grunge | length = 21:23 | label = Insomniac | writer = Markus Kaarlonen, Marko Saaresto and Olli Tukiainen. | producer = | prev_title = Locking Up the Sun | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Diamonds for Tears | next_year = 2008 }}
'''The Ultimate Fling''' is the first single from the album Revolution Roulette<ref name="stara">[http://www.stara.fi/?p=7756 Poets of the Fall : The Ultimate Fling - www.stara.fi - January 29, 2008 (Finnish)]</ref> by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It was released in Finland on 6 February 2008.<ref name="fling"/> The single features three versions of the title track as well as a live recording of "Fire", the opening track from the band's second album ''Carnival of Rust''.<ref name="Discography">[http://www.poetsofthefall.com/discography/ Poets of the Fall – Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330150219/http://www.poetsofthefall.com/discography/ |date=2014-03-30 }}</ref> The live version was recorded during the Poets' performance at the Ankkarock Festival 2007 on 5 August 2007.<ref name="tourdates2007">[http://poetsofthefall.com/tourdates/ Poets of the Fall – Tourdates 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302000020/http://www.poetsofthefall.com/tourdates/ |date=2008-03-02 }}</ref> The single peaked at number two in the official Finnish charts.<ref name="flingcharts">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Poets+Of+The+Fall&titel=The+Ultimate+Fling&cat=s|title=The Ultimate Fling on finnishcharts.com|publisher=Finnishcharts.com|accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref>
==Track listing== # The Ultimate Fling (producer's cut) (4:23) # The Ultimate Fling (director's cut) (7:01) # The Ultimate Fling (The Impromptu Alternate Version) (4:43) # Fire (Live from Ankkarock 2007) (5:16)
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2008) !align="center"|Peak <br>position |- |align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref name="flingcharts"/> |align="center"|2 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.poetsofthefall.com/ The official website of Poets of the Fall] *[http://www.myspace.com/poetsofthefall The official MySpace of Poets of the Fall (contains a full version of "The Ultimate Fling" to listen to)]
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