Sunchyme is a song by Dario G. It samples the track Life In A Northern Town by The Dream Academy.[1]
The track was released in 1997 and reached the number one or number two position in many European music charts. It also topped the Billboard Top Dance Music/Club Play chart following its US release on May 19 1998.[1]
The music video of this song features a tribe of African people having their bodies covered with colourful paint to portray animals like in their native land (despite this, one of the animals depicted is the tiger, which does not live in any African country). Later, they jump into a river to wash away the paint.
In the UK, the song peaked at #2 whilst Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was at #1. A record was achieved by this: the largest amounts of sales difference between a #1 and #2 in the UK Singles Chart.