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Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go
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Wikipedia article
"'Southern Sun'" / "'Ready Steady Go'" is a double single produced by Oakenfold and released on 20 May 2002. Both songs also appeared on Oakenfold's album 'Bunkka', which was released the following month. "Southern Sun" features vocals by Carla Werner, while "Ready Steady Go" features vocals by Asher D. The remix of "Southern Sun" by DJ Tisto appear on the single release and on DJ Tisto's album 'In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama' of the same year. The original version and various remixes have been included on over 70 compilation albums.
Music video
The song "Southern Sun" was promoted with a video that tells the story of a fashion model. The model faints during an outdoor photo session, then walks away from the session into a forest. There she recovers her lost youth and then travels into outer space in a scene reminiscent of the Stanley Kubrick classic '2001: A Space Odyssey'.
Licensing
"Ready Steady Go" has been licensed in a number of other media, including video games, TV series and high-profile movies. The track was used in the video games 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003', 'DDR Ultramix', 'NFL Blitz Pro' and 'Juiced'. It also appears in the films 'Stormbreaker' (during the scene in which Alex Rider and Sabina Pleasure run across London), 'The Bourne Identity' (during the famous police chase scene), the theatrical version of 'The Hot Chick' and notably in a pivotal nightclub scene in 'Collateral'. It was also used in the television program 'Las Vegas' in the opening of the pilot. In addition it played as a central theme in the 2007 SAAB advertising campaign TV commercials, "Born from Jets."
The song plays in the queue for Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge at Hersheypark, right after the rules of the ride are explained on small wall mounted television screens.
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References
Category:2002 singles
Category:Paul Oakenfold songs
Category:Perfecto Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Oakenfold
Category:Songs written by Paul Oakenfold
Category:2002 songs
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