Suddenly I See

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"Suddenly I See"

Single by KT Tunstall
from the album Eye to the Telescope
Released	29 August 2005 (UK)
Format	7", CD, DVD
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:21
Label	Relentless Records
Producer(s)	Steve Osborne
Chart positions
#7 (Australia) #9 (US Hot Digital Songs) #12 (UK) #14 (Brazil) #21 (US) #40 (Canada)
KT Tunstall UK singles chronology
"Other Side of the World" (2005)	"Suddenly I See" (2005)	"Under the Weather" (2005)
KT Tunstall US singles chronology
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (2006)	"Suddenly I See" (2006)	"Other Side of the World" (2007)

"Suddenly I See" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and is featured on her debut album, Eye to the Telescope. It was released 29 August 2005 as the third single (second single in United States) from that album, charting at #12 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music).

The song was Tunstall's highest charting in the UK, spending 26 weeks inside the Top 75 Singles. "Suddenly I See" won her an Ivor Novello Award in 2006 in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically. It is inspired by New York singer and poet Patti Smith, whose album cover for Horses also inspired Tunstall's album cover for Eye to the Telescope.

In the summer of 2006, "Suddenly I See" became popular in the United States after being featured prominently at the beginning of the movie The Devil Wears Prada. It was also the farewell music for female contestants eliminated from the television show So You Think You Can Dance, featured on the season finale of the MTV show The Hills, at the end of a Ghost Whisperer season two episode, for promotional clips of The Amazing Race: All Stars, and the series premiere of Ugly Betty. KT also performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

It features in the Torchwood episode Greeks Bearing Gifts. It was also played in Grey's Anatomy episode "Enough is Enough (No More Tears)". The song is featured on the soundtrack of the game Thrillville in the park radio stations. This is her second Top 40 single in the U.S.

1 Music video
2 Track listings
3 Cover images
4 Chart performance
5 References

[edit] Music video

There are three different music videos, one for the USA, one animated, and one for the UK.

The US Version features Tunstall in different situations involving a circus in Romania. The video was filmed in Bucharest by the local production company, Domino Film - Catalin Neagu, and the casting was done by Standard Casting - Sorin Tarau.^{[citation needed]} This version aired for a short time and the US and has seemingly been replaced in rotations by the animated version.

The animated version, directed by Honey, features KT walking around an animated pop-up fantasy world, and engages in activities such as walking up giant guitars, riding miniature trains, and drifting off into space.

The UK version is a simple performance video in which KT and her band play across from another set of KT and her band.

[edit] Track listings

In the UK, the song was released on three formats for the single release. In the US, it was released only to radio.

7" REL21

"Suddenly I See" (single version)
"Moment of Madness" (live)

CD RELCD21

"Suddenly I See" (single version)
"Girl & the Ghost"

DVD RELDVD21

"Suddenly I See" (video)
"Miniature Disasters" (live at Glastonbury video)
"Get UR Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)

EU CD

"Suddenly I See" (single version)
"Girl & the Ghost"
"Moment of Madness"
"Get UR Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)

AUSTRALIA CD

"Suddenly I See" (single version)
"Other Side Of The World" (single version)
"Black Horse And The Cherry Tree" (single version)
"Get UR Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)

iTunes Single

"Suddenly I See" (Single Version)
"Suddenly I See" (Live at Webster Hall)

[edit] Cover images

DVD / EU CD

iTunes Single

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position^[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	21
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	21
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	5
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	11
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart	12
Irish Singles Chart	25
Canadian BDS Charts	33
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	7
United World Chart	39