"Sunrise" is a song by English musical group

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. It was released on 17 March 2003 as the first single from their eighth studio album, ''

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'' (2003), as well as the first single from frontman Mick Hucknall's new

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, simplyred.com. The song peaked at number seven on the

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, number three in Canada, and number one on the US ''

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'' Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Content

The song contains samples of Hall & Oates's 1981 hit " I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and incorporates some of its lyrics.

Reception

David Jeffries of

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panned the track, calling it the worst on its parent album. He added: "Hall & Oates get sampled and credited, but the vocal hook from

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's " How Long" gets lifted without acknowledgment. It sounds as shoddy as one of the song-combining "mash-up" bootlegs that swept through the U.K., and could be a cover-up for Hucknall's lack of songwriting ideas."

Music video

The main success of "Sunrise" was due in part to the sensual video being shot on the outskirts of

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. It was filmed in February 2003 at the Das Canoas house designed by the renowned Brazilian architect

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for himself, which has since been open to the public.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Sunrise" – 3:18 # "Sunrise" ( Love to Infinity classic mix) – 6:50 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity club mix) – 7:51 # Enhanced section: video/making of the video UK CD2 # "Sunrise" (live at

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) # " Positively 4th Street" (live at Ronnie Scott's) # "Home Loan Blues" (live at Ronnie Scott's) European CD single # "Sunrise" – 3:18 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity classic mix) – 6:50 # Enhanced section: video/making of the video Australian CD single # "Sunrise" – 3:18 # "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro radio mix) – 3:25 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity radio mix) – 3:11 # "Sunrise" (live) – 3:18 # "Positively 4th Street" (live) – 4:32 Japanese CD single # "Sunrise" # "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro radio mix) # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity club mix) Canadian CD single # "Sunrise" – 3:18 # "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro radio mix) – 3:25 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity radio mix) – 3:11 # "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro mix) – 6:14 # "Sunrise" (Motivo Hi-Lectro dub) – 6:42 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity club mix) – 7:51 # "Sunrise" (Love to Infinity classic mix) – 6:50 # "Sunrise" (video) # Making of the video

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' album booklet. Studio * Recorded at

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(London, England) Personnel * Mick Hucknall – words, music, original version production * Daryl Hall – words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)") *

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– words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)") *

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– words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)") * Andy Wright – production, mixing *

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– original version production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Lyrics of this song
{{Authority control 2003 singles 2003 songs Simply Red songs Songs written by Daryl Hall Songs written by John Oates Songs written by Mick Hucknall Songs written by Sara Allen