Sunrise (Simply Red song)

"Sunrise"
Single by Simply Red
from the album Home
Released	24 March 2003
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 12" single, digital download
Genre	Blue-eyed soul, dance-pop, funk
Length	3:19
Label	Simplyred.com
Writer(s)	Sara Allen, Daryl Hall, Mick Hucknall, John Oates
Producer(s)	Mick Hucknall, Stewart Levine
Simply Red singles chronology
"Your Eyes" (2000) "Sunrise" (2003) "Fake" (2003)

"Sunrise" is a song by English musical group Simply Red. It was released in March 2003 as the first single from the album Home. It peaked at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[1]

Content

The song contains samples of Hall & Oates's 1981 smash hit "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and incorporates some of the same lyrics.

Video

The main success of "Sunrise" was due in part to the sensual video being shot on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. It was filmed in February 2003 at a house designed by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	35
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3]	25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]	35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5]	22
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)	3
France (SNEP)[6]	17
Germany (Official German Charts)[7]	14
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[8]	24
Ireland (IRMA)	14
Italy (FIMI)[9]	4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11]	11
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[12]	17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	22
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	7
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	22
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 2003 (U.S.)

References

1. "Hot Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
2. "Australian-charts.com – Simply Red – Sunrise". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Simply Red – Sunrise" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
4. "Ultratop.be – Simply Red – Sunrise" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
5. "Ultratop.be – Simply Red – Sunrise" (in French). Ultratop 50.
6. "Lescharts.com – Simply Red – Sunrise" (in French). Les classement single.
7. "Musicline.de – Simply Red Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
8. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
9. "Italiancharts.com – Simply Red – Sunrise". Top Digital Download.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Simply Red search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
11. "Charts.org.nz – Simply Red – Sunrise". Top 40 Singles.
12. Romanian Top 100: Editia 21, saptamina 2.06-8.06, 2003 at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 May 2005)
13. "Swisscharts.com – Simply Red – Sunrise". Swiss Singles Chart.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics