"In Vain" is the fourth single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's seventh studio album Resist.

[1][2] "In Vain" is a power ballad song written for the band's seventh studio album Resist.

[3] The track features a "down-to-earth" production[3] and uses "softer rock stylings" and "emotionally driven lyrics" in order to achieve the new direction the band aimed for the record.

[2][4] The song was released as the fourth single from the album and accompanied a lyric video.

[5][6] Despite not entering any official single sales chart, the song found airplay rotation in selected places and managed to enter airplay charts in Belgium,[7] Czech Republic[8] and Finland, where it stayed for ten weeks.