| "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" | ||||
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| Single by Duran Duran | ||||
| from the album Astronaut | ||||
| B-side | "Know It All" | |||
| Released | 27 September 2004 | |||
| Format | 12", CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Rock New Wave Pop |
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| Length | 3:27 | |||
| Label | Epic - 675353 | |||
| Writer(s) | Duran Duran | |||
| Producer | Duran Duran | |||
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"(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" is a song by Duran Duran, the first single from the album Astronaut and their 31st single overall. It was the first single since "A View to a Kill" in 1985 to feature all five of the original members of the band.
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The video was directed by Michael and Mark Polish (aka the Polish Brothers), and featured each band member on their own journey across various landscapes, only to be joined together on a stage before an intense sunrise for the chorus.
Each band member's storyline was filmed in a different film or digital format, creating a very different look for each set of scenes. Several versions of the video were made available on the Internet, with each version focusing on the storyline of one band member.
The worldwide B-side was the otherwise-unreleased instrumental "Know It All", along with several remixes of the A-side from Jason Nevins, Eric Prydz, Ferry Corsten and Peter Presta, among others.
At the end of an episode of Las Vegas, the band appeared, performing the song in the Montecito as was normal during the Second Season.
As of 2005[update], a remix of the song is used in the beginning sequence of the television programme Sunrise on Seven Network in Australia.
Also, the Jason Nevins Club Mix is featured in the 2007 arcade game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2.
The single was released on 27 September and 28 September 2004 in various markets. "Sunrise" peaked at number 5 on the UK singles chart in October 2004, and reached Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart on 4 December. It helped introduce Duran Duran to a yet another whole new generation of fans and marked the band's first top ten since "Ordinary World" in the UK, even though its chart stay was only 4 weeks. Also, it was #2 in Argentina with a run of thirteen weeks, #4 in Spain, top ten in many other European markets, and #2 in Italy where it became the soundtrack of a telephone advertising campaign and resulted to be the 21st most sold single of the year 2004.[1]
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 22 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 50 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 42 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 25 |
| German Singles Chart | 39 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 32 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 37 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 20 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 61 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 89 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs | 1 |
The song was the former theme song for Australia's Seven Network's morning program Sunrise.
Apart from the single, "Sunrise" has also appeared on:
Albums:
Singles:
A remixed version of the song by Jason Nevins appeared on an episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as well as the television soundtrack, released on Capitol Records.
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