Satellite (Dave Matthews Band song)

"Satellite"
Single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Under the Table and Dreaming
Released	1995
Format	CD single
Genre	Rock
Length	4:51 (Album Version) 4:14 (Cold Radio Version) 4:22 (Fade Radio Version)
Label	Bama Rags Records
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Ants Marching" (1994) "Satellite" (1995) "Too Much" (1996)
Audio sample file info · help Remember Two Things track listing "Recently" (live) (3) "Satellite" (live) (4) "One Sweet World" (live) (5) Under the Table and Dreaming track listing "What Would You Say" (2) "Satellite" (3) "Rhyme & Reason" (4)

"Satellite" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the fifth and final single from their LP Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song originally debuted on their album Remember Two Things. The song presumably evolved from an earlier song Matthews wrote entitled "After Her," which can be heard on a 1991 bootleg. There are no known versions of "After Her" performed live by either Matthews or the Dave Matthews Band. The guitar part for this song evolved from a finger exercise that Dave Matthews used to do. The song's time signature is interpreted as either 6/8 or 3/4.

"Satellite" references the classic nursery rhyme "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", in the line "...Like a diamond in the sky, how I wonder...".

Mika has recorded a version of this song as the B-side for the vinyl copy of the single "Grace Kelly", as well as an acoustic version exclusive to the Best Buy edition of his album Life in Cartoon Motion.

Actor Johnny Galecki appears in the music video for the song.

Track listing

1. "Satellite" (Radio Version) (Cold) — 4:14
2. "Satellite" (Radio Version) (Fade) — 4:22
3. "Satellite" (Album Version) — 4:50
4. "Christmas Song" — 5:34

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	18
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	34