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Satellite (Dave Matthews Band song)

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Released
  
1995

Genre
  
Rock

Writer(s)
  
David J. Matthews

Format
  
CD single

Label
  
Bama Rags Records

Length
  
4:51 (Album Version) 4:14 (Cold Radio Version) 4:22 (Fade Radio Version)

"Satellite" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in 1995 as the fifth and final single from their LP Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song originally debuted on their album Remember Two Things. The guitar part for this song evolved from a finger exercise that Dave Matthews used to do.

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"Satellite" references the classic nursery rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", in the line "...Like a diamond in the sky, how I wonder...".

Music video

Actor Johnny Galecki (Also seen in a TV series called The Big Bang Theory) appears in the music video for the song.

Cover versions

  • Mika has recorded a version of this song as the B-side for the vinyl copy of the single "Grace Kelly", as well as an acoustic version exclusive to the Best Buy edition of his album Life in Cartoon Motion.
  • Josh Groban released his cover on the Fan Edition of his All That Echoes album, from 2013.

    • Track listing

    1. "Satellite" (Radio Version) (Cold) — 4:14
    2. "Satellite" (Radio Version) (Fade) — 4:22
    3. "Satellite" (Album Version) — 4:50
    4. "Christmas Song" — 5:34

    References

    Satellite (Dave Matthews Band song) Wikipedia
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