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In the Sun (Joseph Arthur song)

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Format
  
CD, 7" vinyl

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Released
  
August 1, 2000 (US promo) April 23, 2001 (Europe)

Recorded
  
Sound City, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles

Length
  
4:08 (radio edit) 5:36 (album version)

Label
  
Real World Records Virgin Records

"In the Sun" is the second single from Joseph Arthur's second studio album Come to Where I'm From, though the song had been performed during Joseph's live shows as early as 1996. The single was released in the UK and Europe on April 23, 2001 via Real World Records and Virgin Records. The original singles were very limited in production and are now out of print and hard to find. A music video was produced for the song, directed by Anton Corbijn. The video is featured on the Directors Label series DVD The Work of Director Anton Corbijn.

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On February 14, 2008, Joseph Arthur and his band The Lonely Astronauts performed "In the Sun" live on the Late Show with David Letterman. (Video on YouTube)The song appears in the Scrubs episode My New God, Season 5 Episode 5.

Track listing

CD:

  1. "In the Sun" (Edit) – 4:08
  2. "The Other Side" – 3:15
  3. "Cocaine Blind" – 3:19

7" vinyl (US white label promo):

  1. "In the Sun" (Edit) – 4:08
  2. "Speed of Light" – 4:30

US promo CD:

  1. "In the Sun" (Edit) – 4:08
  2. "In the Sun" (Album Version) – 5:37
  3. "In the Sun" (Call-Out Hook #1) – 0:10
  4. "In the Sun" (Call-Out Hook #2) – 0:10
  • Tracks 5–23: Interview with Joseph Arthur, March 6, 2000 (interviewed by Bart Lipton in Los Angeles)

    • In films

    The song is used in the alternate ending of the 2002 Bourne Identity film.

    Michael Stipe's cover version

    In 2005, Michael Stipe of R.E.M. recorded a cover of the song with producer James Iha for a Hurricane Katrina relief benefit EP released exclusively through the iTunes Store. Stipe recorded "In the Sun" with Chris Martin of Coldplay and Joseph Arthur himself. Additionally, a remix was provided by Justin Timberlake and will.i.am.

    EP track listing

    1. "In the Sun" (with Chris Martin) – 4:56
    2. "In the Sun" (JAW Breakers Remix by Justin Timberlake and will.i.am) – 5:13
    3. "In the Sun" (with Joseph Arthur) – 4:58
    4. "In the Sun" – 4:55
    5. "In the Sun" (Live on Austin City Limits with Coldplay) – 3:40
    6. "In the Sun" (Live Acoustic Couch Rehearsal with Joseph Arthur) – 5:53

    Other cover versions

  • Peter Gabriel, on the tribute album Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute (1997). Since Joseph was on Peter Gabriel's Real World label at the time, Joseph allowed the song to be covered by Gabriel even though Joseph himself had yet to record the song for Come to Where I'm From.
  • Donna De Lory, on her album In the Glow, released by Secret Road Records.
  • Howie Day sang a cover, uncredited, over the ending credits of the film Saved!.
  • Aron Wright sang a cover which was featured in season 11 of Grey's Anatomy during the episode "She's Leaving Home". Michael Stipe's cover of the song was originally featured in the season 2 episode "It's the End of the World".

    • References

    In the Sun (Joseph Arthur song) Wikipedia
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