Sunchyme

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"Sunchyme"
Single by Dario G
from the album Sunmachine
Released 22 September 1997
Format
Recorded 1997
Genre House
Length 3:54
Label Warner
Writer(s)
  • Paul Spencer
  • Scott Rosser
  • Stephen Spencer
  • Nick Laird-Clowes
  • Gilbert Gabriel
Producer(s) Peter Oxendale
Dario G singles chronology
"Sunchyme"
(1997)		 "Carnaval de Paris"
(1998)

"Sunchyme" is the debut single by British electronic music trio Dario G. It was released in September 1997 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Sunmachine (1998). The song heavily samples the track "Life in a Northern Town" by dream pop band The Dream Academy.

The song reached the top 5 position in many European music charts. It also topped the Dance Club Songs chart in the United States following its release there in May 1998. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart whilst Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" was at number one. It was the largest amounts of sales difference between a number-one and number two song on the chart.

The English football club FC Halifax Town plays the song before home games at The Shay.

Music video

The music video of this song features a tribe of African people having their bodies covered with colourful paint to portray the animals of their native land. Later, they jump into a river to wash away the paint.

Charts and certifications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Dario G – Sunchyme". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Dario G – Sunchyme" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dario G – Sunchyme" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dario G – Sunchyme" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ Canada dance peak
  6. ↑ Danish peak
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Dario G – Sunchyme" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Dario G – Sunchyme". GfK Entertainment.
  10. ↑ Search for Irish peaks
  11. ↑ Top Italian singles of 1997
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dario G search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  13. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Dario G – Sunchyme". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1997-10-05". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Dario G – Sunchyme". Singles Top 60.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Dario G – Sunchyme". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1997-10-05" UK Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ Bubbling Under peak
  19. ↑ US peak
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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