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"Sunrise"
Single by Simply Red
from the album Home
B-side	"Positively 4th Street" (live) "Home Loan Blues" (live)
Released	17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
Studio	Metropolis (London, England)
Length	3:19
Label	simplyred.com
Songwriter(s)	Mick Hucknall Daryl Hall John Oates Sara Allen
Producer(s)	Andy Wright
Simply Red singles chronology
"Your Eyes" (2000) "Sunrise" (2003) "Fake" (2003)
Music video
"Sunrise" on YouTube

"Sunrise" is a song by English musical group Simply Red. It was released on 17 March 2003 as the first single from their eighth studio album, Home (2003), as well as the first single from frontman Mick Hucknall's new record label, simplyred.com. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, number three in Canada, and number one on the US Billboard 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 AllMusic panned the track, calling it the worst on its parent album. He added: "Hall & Oates get sampled and credited, but the vocal hook from Ace'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 Rio de Janeiro. It was filmed in February 2003 at the Das Canoas house designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer for himself, which has since been open to the public.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Home album booklet.

Studio

• Recorded at Metropolis Studios (London, England)

Personnel

• Mick Hucknall – words, music, original version production
• Daryl Hall – words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)")
• John Oates – words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)")
• Sara Allen – words, music ("I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)")
• Andy Wright – production, mixing
• Gota Yashiki – original version production

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

• List of Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play number ones of 2003

References

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External links

• Lyrics of this song

• 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