Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go

""Southern Sun" / "Ready Steady Go""
Single by Oakenfold
from the album Bunkka
Released 20 May 2002
Format CD
Genre

Southern Sun Electronica (original version)

Vocal trance (Tiesto remix)

Ready Steady Go Breakbeat
Label Perfecto Records, Maverick
Songwriter(s) Paul Oakenfold
Producer(s) Paul Oakenfold
Oakenfold singles chronology
"Planet Rock"
(2001)		 ""Southern Sun" / "Ready Steady Go""
(2002)		 "Starry Eyed Surprise"
(2002)

"Planet Rock"
(2001)		 "Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go"
(2002)		 "Starry Eyed Surprise"
(2002)

"Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go" is a double single produced by Paul Oakenfold and released in 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. Remixes by DJ Tiësto appear on the single release and on Tiësto'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.[1]

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 race to Sayle Tower in London on horseback), The Bourne Identity, the theatrical version of The Hot Chick and notably in a pivotal nightclub scene in Collateral.

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.

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[2] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 16
US Hot Dance Club Songs 9

References

  1. ↑ "Track Search: Southern Sun". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  3. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.


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