Chasing the Sun (The Wanted song)

"Chasing the Sun"
Single by The Wanted
from the album Word of Mouth, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Wanted: The EP
B-side	"Fix You" (live)
Released	17 April 2012
Format	CD digital download
Recorded	Metrophonic Studios (London, England) (2011)
Genre	Eurodance[1] dance-pop
Length	3:19
Label	Island Global Talent
Writer(s)	Alex Smith Elliot Gleave
Producer(s)	Alex Smith
The Wanted singles chronology
"Warzone" (2011) "Chasing the Sun" (2012) "I Found You" (2012)
The Wanted US singles chronology "Heart Vacancy" (2012) "Chasing the Sun" (2012) "I Found You" (2012) Music video "Chasing the Sun" on YouTube

"Chasing the Sun" is a song by English-Irish boy band The Wanted. It was released as their third single in the United States on 17 April 2012, from their debut EP, The Wanted: The EP (2012). It is also the lead single from their third studio album, Word of Mouth (2013).

The song was co-written by Alex Smith and English rapper Example, and is one of the two theme songs for the 2012 animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift. "Chasing the Sun" was released in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2012 and debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

There are two music videos for "Chasing the Sun". The first and official video was directed by Director X. It begins with The Wanted standing on the roof of the Rosslyn Hotel in Los Angeles in the middle of the night. It then begins to intersect with scenes of them in a club with some mysterious women, all of whom have strange sun-shaped tattoos on their hands, arms, thighs or belly. Each of the band meets one of these women and, upon being touched by them, all suddenly have exactly the same tattoo. The band decide to leave the club with their women and start walking down the secluded streets. They soon enter a different club. At the bridge, the boys are back on the roof of the Rosslyn Hotel,^[2] but this time at sunrise. The scene then changes back to the second club, where the boys start to get close to their women, but it turns out that the women are actually vampires, and all five boys get their necks bitten. The video ends with The Wanted walking out of the club into the bright sunlight.^[3][4]

The second video was made specifically for the 2012 film Ice Age: Continental Drift. It features The Wanted performing on blocks of ice in the Arctic Ocean while characters such as Manny, Sid and Diego dance alongside them. It also contains footage from the film.^[5][6]

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews from music critics. Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song four out of five stars writing, "The result may be their darkest club track yet, but it's easily the brightest they've shined since that worldwide smash."^[7] John Earls of The Daily Star wrote: "Jay takes the lead on a brand new track that’s their biggest outright dance choon yet. The lads sound right at home on a track David Guetta would kill for".^[8]

Track listing

• UK CD single^[9] / digital EP^[10]

1. "Chasing the Sun" – 3:14
2. "Chasing the Sun" (Tantrum Desire Dubstep Remix) – 5:22
3. "Fix You" (Live) – 3:29
4. "Glad You Came" (Live) – 3:22

• German CD single^[11]

1. "Chasing the Sun" (2012 Remaster) – 3:14
2. "Fix You" (Live) – 3:29

Credits and personnel

Recording^[12]

• Recorded at Metrophonic Studios, London, England
• Mixed at Mixsuite, Los Angeles, United States

Personnel^[12]

• Alex Smith – songwriter, producer, recording, keyboards, programming
• Elliot Gleave – songwriter
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixer
• Matty Green – assistant mixer
• Tom Coyne – mastering

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[13] 18 scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 5 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[15] 7 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[16] 5 Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100)[17] 25 Brazil Hot Pop Songs[17] 4 scope="row" Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[18] 18 scope="row" France (SNEP)[19] 145 scope="row" Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 17 scope="row" Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[21] 22 scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[22] 4 Luxembourg (Billboard)[23] 6 Mexican Airplay Chart (Billboard International)[24] 3 scope="row" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25] 86 scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26] 18 scope="row" Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[27] 2 scope="row" Scotland (Official Charts Company)[28] 1 scope="row" Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] 33 scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 49 scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[31] 2 scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[32] 50 scope="row" US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[33] 1 scope="row" US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[34] 17

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[35] Platinum 70,000^^ Canada (Music Canada)[36] Platinum 80,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[37] Gold 7,500^* United States (RIAA)[38] Gold 500,000^* ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position Germany (Media Control AG)[39] 87 Poland (ZPAV)[40] 44 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[41] 89 US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[42] 37

Radio and release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	17 April 2012[43]	Digital download	Mercury Global Talent
Denmark[10]	27 April 2012		Island Global Talent
Finland[44]
France[45]
Netherlands[46]
New Zealand[47]
Spain[48]
Sweden[49]
Switzerland[50]
United States	15 May 2012[51]	Mainstream radio airplay	Mercury Global Talent
United Kingdom	20 May 2012[52]	Digital download	Island Global Talent
	21 May 2012[9]	CD single
Germany	27 July 2012[11]

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 2012 (U.S.)

References

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics