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data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Done_with_Mirrors" title="Done with Mirrors">Done with Mirrors</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1985<sup id="cite_ref-Aero1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Power_Station_(recording_studio)" title="Power Station (recording studio)">Power Station</a>, New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">42</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Tyler" title="Steven Tyler">Steven Tyler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Templeman" title="Ted Templeman">Ted Templeman</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/My_Fist_Your_Face" title="My Fist Your Face">My Fist Your Face</a>" <br />(1985) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Darkness</b>" <br />(1986) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Dude_(Looks_Like_a_Lady)" title="Dude (Looks Like a Lady)">Dude (Looks Like a Lady)</a>" <br />(1987) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Darkness</b>" is a maxi-single from the recording sessions of <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>'s eighth album <i><a href="/wiki/Done_with_Mirrors" title="Done with Mirrors">Done with Mirrors</a></i>. </p><p>The song originally appeared as the last track on the album's cassette and CD issues (it did not appear on the vinyl version). It was then issued in 1986 as the album's second commercially released single in the US (following "<a href="/wiki/Shela_(song)" title="Shela (song)">Shela</a>"), and was the fourth and final promo-single taken from the album.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darkness_(Aerosmith_song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>12" vinyl:</b><sup id="cite_ref-Aero_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ol><li>"Darkness" – 3:42</li> <li>"She's on Fire (Live)" – 6:02</li> <li>"The Hop (Live)" – 5:40</li> <li>"My Fist Your Face (Live)" – 4:30</li></ol> <p>All live tracks recorded at <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a> on March 12, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-Aero2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darkness_(Aerosmith_song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The single was released as a limited edition 12-inch vinyl and cassette single in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-Aero1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Aero_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single was backed by three b-sides, all live tracks recorded at a live performance at <a href="/wiki/The_Centrum" class="mw-redirect" title="The Centrum">The Centrum</a>, Worcester, Massachusetts on March 12, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-Aero2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aero2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Done_with_Mirrors_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Done with Mirrors Tour">Done with Mirrors Tour</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darkness_(Aerosmith_song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Aerosmith</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hamilton_(musician)" title="Tom Hamilton (musician)">Tom Hamilton</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Kramer" title="Joey Kramer">Joey Kramer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(musician)" title="Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">backing vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Tyler" title="Steven Tyler">Steven Tyler</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lead_vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead vocals">lead vocals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmonica" title="Harmonica">harmonica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Whitford" title="Brad Whitford">Brad Whitford</a> – guitar</li></ul> <dl><dt>Other personnel</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Templeman" title="Ted Templeman">Ted Templeman</a> – producer (track 1)</li> <li>Aerosmith – producer (tracks 2–4)</li> <li>Bob Demuth – recording engineer</li> <li>Sam Kopper – recording engineer</li> <li>Steve Corbiere – recording engineer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darkness_(Aerosmith_song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Album+recording+location+%28Manual+search%29&rft.pub=Aerosmith&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aerosmith.com%2Findex.cfm%2Fpk%2Fcontent%2Fpid%2F400034&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADarkness+%28Aerosmith+song%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120712185411/http://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/aerosmith/darkness___the_live_side">"Darkness release year"</a>. Rate Your Music. 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(Too Bad)">S.O.S. (Too Bad)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Emotion" title="Sweet Emotion">Sweet Emotion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walk_This_Way" title="Walk This Way">Walk This Way</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_See_Me_Crying" title="You See Me Crying">You See Me Crying</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_(song)" title="Toys in the Attic (song)">Toys in the Attic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Child" title="Last Child">Last Child</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_Tonight" title="Home Tonight">Home Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_in_the_Saddle" title="Back in the Saddle">Back in the Saddle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Draw_the_Line_(song)" title="Draw the Line (song)">Draw the Line</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kings_and_Queens_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Kings and Queens (Aerosmith song)">Kings and Queens</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_It_Up_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Get It Up (Aerosmith song)">Get It Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_Together" title="Come Together">Come Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chip_Away_the_Stone" title="Chip Away the Stone">Chip Away the Stone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Remember_(Walking_in_the_Sand)" title="Remember (Walking in the Sand)">Remember (Walking in the Sand)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bitch%27s_Brew" title="Bitch's Brew">Bitch's Brew</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_the_Music_Do_the_Talking_(song)" title="Let the Music Do the Talking (song)">Let the Music Do the Talking</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shela_(song)" title="Shela (song)">Shela</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Fist_Your_Face" title="My Fist Your Face">My Fist Your Face</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Darkness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dude_(Looks_Like_a_Lady)" title="Dude (Looks Like a Lady)">Dude (Looks Like a Lady)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hangman_Jury" title="Hangman Jury">Hangman Jury</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angel_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Angel (Aerosmith song)">Angel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rag_Doll_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)">Rag Doll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_in_an_Elevator" title="Love in an Elevator">Love in an Elevator</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/F.I.N.E.*" title="F.I.N.E.*">F.I.N.E.*</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Janie%27s_Got_a_Gun" title="Janie's Got a Gun">Janie's Got a Gun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_It_Takes_(Aerosmith_song)" title="What It Takes (Aerosmith song)">What It Takes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_(Aerosmith_song)" title="The Other Side (Aerosmith song)">The Other Side</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pump_(album)" title="Pump (album)">Monkey on My Back</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Me_Two_Times" title="Love Me Two Times">Love Me Two Times</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(song)" title="Helter Skelter (song)">Helter Skelter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Livin%27_on_the_Edge" title="Livin' on the Edge">Livin' on the Edge</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eat_the_Rich_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Eat the Rich (Aerosmith song)">Eat the Rich</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fever_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Fever (Aerosmith song)">Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cryin%27" title="Cryin'">Cryin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Amazing_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Amazing (Aerosmith song)">Amazing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Dance_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Shut Up and Dance (Aerosmith song)">Shut Up and Dance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deuces_Are_Wild" title="Deuces Are Wild">Deuces Are Wild</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Crazy (Aerosmith song)">Crazy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blind_Man_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Blind Man (Aerosmith song)">Blind Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Ones" title="Big Ones">Walk on Water</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nine_Lives_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Nine Lives (Aerosmith song)">Nine Lives</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Falling_in_Love_(Is_Hard_on_the_Knees)" title="Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)">Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hole_in_My_Soul" title="Hole in My Soul">Hole in My Soul</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pink_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Pink (Aerosmith song)">Pink</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Taste_of_India" title="Taste of India">Taste of India</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Miss_a_Thing" title="I Don't Want to Miss a Thing">I Don't Want to Miss a Thing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Love_Are_You_On" title="What Kind of Love Are You On">What Kind of Love Are You On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Angel%27s_Eye" title="Angel's Eye">Angel's Eye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jaded_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Jaded (Aerosmith song)">Jaded</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fly_Away_from_Here" title="Fly Away from Here">Fly Away from Here</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunshine_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Sunshine (Aerosmith song)">Sunshine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Push_Play_(song)" title="Just Push Play (song)">Just Push Play</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls_of_Summer" title="Girls of Summer">Girls of Summer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_Please_Don%27t_Go" title="Baby, Please Don't Go">Baby, Please Don't Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Got_a_New_Disguise_(song)" title="Devil's Got a New Disguise (song)">Devil's Got a New Disguise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Legendary_Child" title="Legendary Child">Legendary Child</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lover_Alot" title="Lover Alot">Lover Alot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Could_Have_Been_Love" title="What Could Have Been Love">What Could Have Been Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_Lovin%27_You_(Aerosmith_song)" title="Can't Stop Lovin' You (Aerosmith song)">Can't Stop Lovin' You</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Aerosmith_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Aerosmith album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gems_(Aerosmith_album)" title="Gems (Aerosmith album)">Gems</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_(album)" title="Pandora's Box (album)">Pandora's Box</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandora%27s_Toys" title="Pandora's Toys">Pandora's Toys</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Ones" title="Big Ones">Big Ones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Box_of_Fire" title="Box of Fire">Box of Fire</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Classic_Aerosmith:_The_Universal_Masters_Collection" title="Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection">Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Lust:_The_Aerosmith_Anthology" title="Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology">Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Ultimate Aerosmith Hits">O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Got_a_New_Disguise:_The_Very_Best_of_Aerosmith" title="Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith">Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tough_Love:_Best_of_the_Ballads" title="Tough Love: Best of the Ballads">Tough Love: Best of the Ballads</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(2023_Aerosmith_album)" title="Greatest Hits (2023 Aerosmith album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith_videography" title="Aerosmith videography">Videos and DVDs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Video_Scrapbook" title="Video Scrapbook">Aerosmith Video Scrapbook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Vacation_(Aerosmith_album)" title="Permanent Vacation (Aerosmith album)">Permanent Vacation 3x5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Texxas_Jam_%2778" title="Live Texxas Jam '78">Live Texxas Jam '78</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pump_(album)" title="Pump (album)">Things That Go Pump in the Night</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pump_(album)" title="Pump (album)">The Making of Pump</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Ones_You_Can_Look_At" title="Big Ones You Can Look At">Big Ones You Can Look At</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Gotta_Move_(video)" title="You Gotta Move (video)">You Gotta Move</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rock_for_the_Rising_Sun" title="Rock for the Rising Sun">Rock for the Rising Sun</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Aerosmith_concert_tours" title="List of Aerosmith concert tours">Concert tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Back_in_the_Saddle_Tour" title="Back in the Saddle Tour">Back in the Saddle Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Vacation_Tour" title="Permanent Vacation Tour">Permanent Vacation Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_Tour" title="Pump Tour">Pump Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_a_Grip_Tour" title="Get a Grip Tour">Get a Grip Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lives_Tour" title="Nine Lives Tour">Nine Lives Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Push_Play_Tour" title="Just Push Play Tour">Just Push Play Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith_World_Tour_2007" title="Aerosmith World Tour 2007">Aerosmith World Tour 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerosmith/ZZ_Top_Tour" title="Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour">Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocked,_Locked,_Ready_to_Rock_Tour" title="Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour">Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Warming_Tour" title="Global Warming Tour">Global Warming Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let_Rock_Rule_Tour" title="Let Rock Rule Tour">Let Rock Rule Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Army_Tour" title="Blue Army Tour">Blue Army Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27N%27_Roll_Rumble_Tour" title="Rock 'N' Roll Rumble Tour">Rock 'N' Roll Rumble Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aero-Vederci_Baby!_Tour" title="Aero-Vederci Baby! 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