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"Watch the Sun Come Up"
Single by Example
from the album Won't Go Quietly
Released21 September 2009
Recorded2009
Genre
Length4:22 (album version)
3:25 (radio edit)
LabelData
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Fearless
Example singles chronology
"Hooligans"
(2009)
"Watch the Sun Come Up"
(2009)
"Won't Go Quietly"
(2010)

"Watch the Sun Come Up" is a song by British recording artist Example. It is the first single from Example's second album Won't Go Quietly and was released on 20 September 2009. Some of the lyrics from Watch the Sun Come Up were taken from Example's unreleased song, "One Night" from his 2006 mixtape We Didn't Invent The Remix. The song features additional uncredited vocals from David Stewart.

Music video

The music video was filmed in both London and Ibiza by director Henry Schofield, who had previously worked on Example's other videos and later filmed Professor Green's videos. The video premiered on "datarecordsuk" channel on 21 August 2009 and has clocked up nearly 9 million views.[1] The video shows Example reminiscing about him and a girl he met on holiday; the shots filmed in Ibiza were them on holiday and those in London were him in on his own. Henry Schofield says that he used a visual hook so the scenery in the background morphs, so "...one moment he's in London and in the same shot, it morphs and he's back where he was. It's the same kind of way you would naturally remember something..."

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Radio Edit)3:24
2."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Live Studio Version)4:26
3."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Extended Mix)5:27
4."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Fred Falke Remix)8:12
5."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Blame Remix)6:11
6."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Devil's Gun 'Zeitgeist' Remix)6:07
7."Watch the Sun Come Up" (Moám Remix)7:17
Total length:41:00

Chart performance

Chart (2009–2010) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[2] 27
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[3] 74
UK Dance (OCC)[4] 3
UK Indie (OCC)[5] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 19

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Example – Watch The Sun Come Up (Official Video) (Out NOW)". datarecordsuk. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 20104 into search.
  4. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "British single certifications – Example – Watch the Sun Come Up". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Watch the Sun Come Up in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.