"New Moon Rising" is a song by Australian

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band

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. It was released on their second studio album ''

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'', released in 2009. The song shares its name with an Australian

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by the band, the New Moon Rising Tour, and was released as the

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from the album on 25 August 2009. According to the

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, in 2009 in Australia, "New Moon Rising" was the 49th best-selling single by an Australian artist.

Background and composition

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". The song received its first radio play on Australian network

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on 13 August 2009, described as "a thumping, ripping slice of optimistic future-blues." It will be released as a single on 5 October, followed by the album in the succeeding weeks. The song was uploaded to the band's official MySpace page on 17 August 2009. Canadian radio station

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revealed, according to an interview with lead vocalist and guitarist

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, that the song "was inspired by some very odd encounters he had after work," quoting him as saying the following: The song was used in an episode of ''

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''. The song was also featured in the trailer for ''

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'' starring

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and

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Style and influences

In a pre-release review of the album, American music magazine ''

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'' offered the following background and description of "New Moon Rising":

Music video

The

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for "New Moon Rising" premiered on

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on 13 October 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by

. ;Australia CD single (MODCDS069) #"New Moon Rising" – 3:46 #"New Moon Rising" (

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remix) – 4:45 #"New Moon Rising" (Riton Vocal Rub) – 5:06 #"

" (acoustic) – 4:21 ;United Kingdom 12" picture disc (MODVL121) #"New Moon Rising" – 3:46 #"New Moon Rising" (

remix) – 4:45 #"New Moon Rising" (

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Vocal Rub) – 5:06 #"New Moon Rising" (Riton Club Rub) – 5:40 ;Digital download single #"New Moon Rising" – 3:45 ;

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digital download EP #"New Moon Rising" – 3:46 #"New Moon Rising" (YACHT remix) – 4:45 #"New Moon Rising" (Riton Vocal Rub) – 5:06 #"New Moon Rising" (Riton Club Rub) – 5:40 #"New Moon Rising" (Fontan version) – 5:53 #"

" (acoustic) – 4:21

Charts

Release history

"New Moon Rising" was released as a digital download-only single in August 2009 internationally; the specific dates were as follows: 21 August in Ireland; 24 August in Kuwait, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan,Qatar, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen; 25 August in Australia, Canada, China, Iceland, Portugal, Taiwan and the United States; and 28 August in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Greece, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. A CD single was also released in Australia, and a 12" picture disc was issued in the UK.

References

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