Sky Is Over
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| Single by Serj Tankian from the album Elect the Dead |
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| Released | January 16[1], 2008 (Radio) February, 2008 (promo CD) March 31, 2008 (CD) |
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| Format | Digital download, CD, Airplay | ||||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock Art Rock Hard Rock |
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| Length | 2:59 | ||||
| Label | Serjical Strike/Reprise | ||||
| Writer(s) | Serj Tankian | ||||
| Producer | Serj Tankian | ||||
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"Sky Is Over" is the second CD format single from Serj Tankian's first solo album, Elect the Dead. It has charted on both the Modern Rock Tracks and the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
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[edit] Tracklisting
[edit] Official CD single
- "Sky Is Over"
- "Sky Is Over" (Fawk Yeah Remix)
[edit] Radio Edit promo single
- "Sky Is Over" (Radio edit)
[edit] "Sky Is Over" website
This song is worked around the website[1] which Tankian supports. This means that the song is about pollution and global warming. Tankian said also, about the meaning of the song, in an interview with Roadrunner Records:
| “ | I've always thought of the sky as, like, an open canvas. When I was a kid and I looked at the sky, I always remember being able to daydream, just looking at the sky, being creative, being able to design things. What would happen if we had no sky? Where would we be? Well, obviously, scientifically, without an atmosphere, we'd all be dead. | „ |
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—Serj Tankian, Roadrunner Records[2] |
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[edit] Music Video
The first music video was released September 11, 2007, along with all the other album's videos (there was a video made for each song on the album). Then, since the video didn't work out for Tankian, he and director Tony Petrossian made an official video for "Sky Is Over", released on January 16, 2008.
The music video starts with Tankian playing a white piano in the middle of the street. Then he gets up from it and walks around and eventually picks up a giant eraser. Then he literally starts "erasing" the sky out. He throws the eraser far away after and walks to another black piano to play the last note. Then it is revealed that he wrote "Civilization Is Over". The entire video was shot in one take. At the end of the video it has the web address for the "Sky Is Over" website. On YouTube, it has parts one and two of "The Making of Sky Is Over".
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2007) | Peak position [3] |
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| Canadian Hot 100 | TBA |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | TBA |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 23 |
| UK Singles Chart | TBA |
[edit] References
- ^ SERJ TANKIAN Paints Grim Picture With 'Sky Is Over' - Jan. 16, 2008
- ^ Interview with Serj Tankian. Roadrunner Records (2008-01-16). Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Sky Is Over chart history. Retrieved on February 21, 2008.
[edit] External links
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