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Clouds Across the Moon
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Clouds Across the Moon
| cover = catm85.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Artwork for original release
| type = single
| artist = RAH Band
| album = Mystery
| B-side = Clouds Across the Moon (Solar Horizon Mix)
| released = 18 March 1985
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Jazz-funk, synthpop, new wave, space disco
| length = 6:49 (album version)
4:12 (single edit)
| label = RCA
| writer = Richard Anthony Hewson
| producer = Richard Anthony Hewson
| prev_title = Are You Satisfied? (Funka Nova)
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore
| next_year = 1985
| misc =
}}
"'Clouds Across the Moon'" is a song written by Richard Anthony Hewson. It was released as a single on 18 March 1985 on his studio group the RAH Band's album 'Mystery'. The single reached the top 10 of the singles charts in the UK, The Netherlands and Sweden.
Background
In an interview with 'Smash Hits' on 8 May 1985, Richard Anthony Hewson said that the song took place in the future where there was a 100-year long war on Mars. In regards to the phone call featured in the song, Hewson said that it was "much more difficult to make these calls since British Telecom was privatized." Hewson also mentioned that the phone call cost about "five million six hundred and forty thousand pounds and forty pence. Its been suggested the songs reference to Flight 247 was included to garner airplay from BBC Radio 1 who at onetime had broadcast on the wavelength of 247 metres on the medium wave band. This however is unlikely as Radio 1 had switched to broadcasting on 275 & 285 metres in 1978, nearly 7 years before the songs release. The vocals were performed by Hewson's wife Liz.
Charts
Year-end charts
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Remixes
*"Clouds Across the Moon" was first remixed in 1999 by German house group Tiefschwarz. The remix peaked at No. 85 on the GfK Entertainment Charts.
*"Clouds Across the Moon 07" is a remix of the original recording. The vocals were re-recorded by vocalist Emma Charles and the single was released by Shocking Music in July 2007. Hewson states that the single was remixed and released in response to "the phenomenal demand by fans and DJs, for a modern mix of the 1985 'classic'". As well as new vocals, the new version has a more jazz-funk feel than the original, but still retains the original synthesizer and drum machine.[http://www.music-house.co.uk/eurosolution/release_information.php?SingleID=2044 Euro Solution | Release information | The Rah Band feat Emma Charles: Clouds Across The Moon]
Covers
*In 1995, Japanese techno producer Yoshinori Sunahara covered the song for his debut album, 'Crossover'.
*In 1998, Norwegian electronic duo Frost covered the song for their debut album, 'Bedsit Theories'. It peaked at No. 13 on the VG-lista chart.
* In 2008, Regine Velasquez covered this song from her album, Low Key.
* Clouds Across the Moon is the name of an episode of the British crime drama television series McDonald & Dodds which features one of the characters repeatedly singing a smooth jazz version of the song.
References
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