"Chase the Sun" is a song by Italian electronic music group

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with vocals from Auli Kokko. The melody is taken from Ennio Morricone's tune "Alla Luce Del Giorno", from the score of the 1969 film ''

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''. The song was released across Europe in 2000 and 2001 as the lead single from Planet Funk's debut studio album, '' Non Zero Sumness'' (2002). "Chase the Sun" peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and additionally reached the top five in Greece, Romania, and Spain.

Track listings

Italian CD single # "Chase the Sun" (extended club mix) – 7:42 # "Chase the Sun" (instrumental mix) – 8:00 # "Chase the Sun" (radio edit) – 3:47 UK and Australian CD single, UK cassette single # "Chase the Sun" (radio edit) – 3:36 # "Chase the Sun" (extended club mix) – 7:42 # "Chase the Sun" (instrumental) – 8:00 UK 12-inch single :A1. "Chase the Sun" (extended club mix) – 7:42 :B1. "Chase the Sun" (instrumental) – 8:00 :B2. "Chase the Sun" (instrument-aopella) – 3:47 French CD single # "Chase the Sun" (radio edit) – 3:42 # "Chase the Sun" (extended club mix) – 7:57

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. Studio * Recorded in May 2000 at Souled Out! Studios (

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, Italy) Personnel * Marco Baroni – writing, keys * Domenico "GG" Canu – writing, guitar, keys * Sergio Della Monica – writing, guitar, keys * Simon Duffy – writing, engineering, programming * Alex Neri – writing, keys * Auli Kokko – vocals * Alessandro Sommella – guitar * Andrea Cozzani – bass * Planet Funk – production, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Usage

The song was used by

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in early 2001 for its continuity links. The song is also used by

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for their coverage of darts in the UK. The song is played in the auditorium during the advert breaks of Sky-owned tournaments and it has developed a cult following amongst darts fans, who tend to rave and chant during the breaks. The song is also used during any

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match during the early autumn to mid Spring season at the

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, Scotland. The song is also known as the limited overs theme song for English county cricket club Essex Eagles. It is played at Essex games whenever their batsman or fielders enter the field of play in a limited overs match and whenever the team wins. It is also used by

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whenever a penalty or conversion is scored. The song was played for two seasons when the

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rugby union side ran on. The song is used as goal music for Australian A-League clubs

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and

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have used this song as goal music during home matches at Carrow Road. Since the 2017–2018 season, the

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of the

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use the Darts remix as the team's goal song. Avalanche fans rave and chant every time a Colorado player scores a goal.

References

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