"Sleeping Satellite" | ||||
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File:Sleepingsateillite.jpg | ||||
Single by Tasmin Archer | ||||
from the album Great Expectations | ||||
Released | 31 August 1992 | |||
Format | 7" Vinyl, CD Single | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:15 | |||
Label | Virgin Music (UK) SBK Records/Capitol-EMI (U.S.) |
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Writer(s) | Tasmin Archer, John Beck, John Hughes | |||
Producer | Julian Mendelsohn, Paul Wickens | |||
Tasmin Archer singles chronology | ||||
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"Sleeping Satellite" was the debut single by the British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released in 1992. The song peaked at no.1 in the UK, and was also an international hit.
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Although first released in 1992, Archer and her co-writers wrote the song in the late 1980s, but it was only when Archer got a record deal that the song saw the light of day.
Four instruments were used in the recording of "Sleeping Satellite", John Hughes and Robbie McIntosh provided the guitars in the song, and John Beck and Paul Wickens were keyboard players. The drummer was Charlie Morgan whilst Gary Maughan played Fairlight.
Archer sings backing vocals on the track along with Tessa Niles and Carol Kenyon.
"Sleeping Satellite" was released to the UK on 31 August 1992 and swiftly rose up the UK charts to the number one spot, replacing "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen. It stayed there for two weeks, before being dethroned by Boyz II Men’s "End of the Road".
The song was a multiformat success in the U.S. The song hit the Modern Rock Tracks chart the last week of February 1993. Inching up to a peak of #11, it was her best showing on any U.S. chart, but the song gradually proved its crossover potential in April when it appeared first on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and the following week hit the main chart. By the early '90s, the Hot 100 had splintered into several sub-charts, and the song hit two of these, peaking in late May/early June 1993 at #29 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at #16 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. "Sleeping Satellite" also hit #24 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single peaked at #32 on the traditional Hot 100.
Archer's song was successful throughout the world, notably hitting the top 5 in Sweden and Switzerland, #6 in France, and #14 in Australia.
"Sleeping Satellite" is Tasmin Archer’s most successful single to date, her only UK Top 10, and her only single to chart in the U.S.
The song was the final song played on Pennine FM before the station's closure in April 2010.
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Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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UK[5] | Silver | 1 October 1992 | 200,000 |
Peak positions [link]
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End of year charts [link]
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Preceded by "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen |
Irish IRMA number-one single 15 October 1992 – 5 November 1992 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men |
UK number-one single 17 October 1992 – 24 October 1992 (2 weeks) |
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I blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
when I wonder why
are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Did we fly to the moon too soon?
Did we squander the chance?
In the rush of the race
the reason we chase is lost in romance
and still we try
to justify the waste for a taste of mans
greatest adventure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
when I wonder why
are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Have we lost what it takes to advance?
Have we peaked too soon?
If the world is so green
then why does it scream under a blue moon?
We wonder why
If the earth's sacrificed for the price
of its greatest treasure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
when I wonder why
are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
And when we shoot for the stars
what a giant step
have we got what it takes
to carry the weight of this concept?
Or pass it by like a shot in the dark
miss the mark with a sense of adventure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
and the dream that died
with the eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
when I wonder why
are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Don't blame this sleeping satellite…
Don't blame this sleeping satellite