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2003 single by Simply Red From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sunrise" is a song by English musical group Simply Red. It was released on 17 March 2003 as the first single from their eighth studio album, Home (2003), as well as the first single from frontman Mick Hucknall's new record label, simplyred.com. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, number three in Canada, and number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"Sunrise" | ||||
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Single by Simply Red | ||||
from the album Home | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 17 March 2003 | |||
Studio | Metropolis (London, England) | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | simplyred.com | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Andy Wright | |||
Simply Red singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Sunrise" on YouTube |
The song contains samples of Hall & Oates's 1981 hit "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and incorporates some of its lyrics.[1]
David Jeffries of AllMusic panned the track, calling it the worst on its parent album. He added: "Hall & Oates get sampled and credited, but the vocal hook from Ace's "How Long" gets lifted without acknowledgment. It sounds as shoddy as one of the song-combining "mash-up" bootlegs that swept through the U.K., and could be a cover-up for Hucknall's lack of songwriting ideas."[2]
The main success of "Sunrise" was due in part to the sensual video being shot on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. It was filmed in February 2003 at the Das Canoas house designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer for himself, which has since been open to the public.[citation needed]
UK CD1[3]
UK CD2[4]
European CD single[5]
Australian CD single[6]
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Japanese CD single[7]
Canadian CD single[8]
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Credits are lifted from the Home album booklet.[9]
Studio
Personnel
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[43] | Gold | 5,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 17 March 2003 |
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simplyred.com | [45] |
Japan | 21 March 2003 | CD | Victor | [46] |
Australia | 26 May 2003 | simplyred.com | [47] | |
United States | 26 June 2003 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [48] | |
21 July 2003 | Smooth jazz radio | [49] |
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