"Sugar" is a song by Australian
electronic music
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duo
Peking Duk and
Jack River. The song was released on 17 January 2019 and peaked at number 54 on the Australian
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2019
The ARIA Music Awards of 2019 are the 33rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards, including the 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA ...
, the song was nominated for
Best Dance Release.
Background and release
Jack River (whose real name is Holly Rankin) supported Peking Duk duo on their 2018 Australian tour and became friends. Peking Duk said "We've always loved what Jack River does and how she does it, so once she said that she loved the idea and hopped on the song, everything fit perfectly. She changed what was once a sombre melancholic skeleton of a song in to a fun, playful and sugary playground."
Jack River said it became "a bucket list item" to work with
Peking Duk. She said "I had a vision for some time of making a whole song inspired by the vocals from all the amazing pop songs I grew up on. We all loved this idea and started to listen to all the best sounds of the early 2000s. We wanted to make something that felt like the sugar-candy world Jack River but dragged into the world of a soft drink commercial, or something an Ice Cream truck might blare on the boardwalks of
LA."
Peking Duk's Adam Hyde describes the finished product as "a mix between
Lou Bega
David Lubega Balemezi (born 13 April 1975), better known by his stage name Lou Bega, is a German singer. His 1999 song " Mambo No. 5", a remake of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental piece, reached number 1 in many European countries and was ...
and
Darude".
Track listing
Charts
Certifications
References
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2019 singles
2018 songs
Peking Duk songs
Jack River (musician) songs
Songs written by Jack River (musician)
Sony Music Australia singles