B-side "Fix You" (live) Genre Eurodance
dance-pop | Format CD
digital download Length 3:19 | |
Released 17 April 2012 (2012-04-17) Recorded Metrophonic Studios
(London, England)
(2011) | ||
"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).
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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, 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.
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.
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." 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".
- "Chasing the Sun" – 3:14
- "Chasing the Sun" (Tantrum Desire Dubstep Remix) – 5:22
- "Fix You" (Live) – 3:29
- "Glad You Came" (Live) – 3:22
- "Chasing the Sun" (2012 Remaster) – 3:14
- "Fix You" (Live) – 3:29