Children of the Sun (Tinie Tempah song)

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"Children of the Sun"
Tinie Tempah Children of the Sun.jpg
Single by Tinie Tempah featuring John Martin
from the album Demonstration
Released25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
Recorded2013
Studio Elevent Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length
  • 3:51(radio edit)
  • 4:14 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) iSHi
Tinie Tempah singles chronology
"Trampoline"
(2013)
"Children of the Sun"
(2013)
"Lover Not a Fighter"
(2014)
John Martin singles chronology
""Reload""
(2013)
""Children of the Sun""
(2013)
""Anywhere For You""
(2014)

"Children of the Sun" is a song by English rapper Tinie Tempah, featuring additional vocals from Swedish singer John Martin. It was released on 25 October 2013 as the second single from Tempah's second studio album Demonstration (2013). [1] The track was produced by Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal, who also wrote Tinie's hits "Written in the Stars", "Invincible", "Game Over" and "Angels & Stars". [2] The song reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. The song contains two references to Michael Jackson, which included the moonwalk and the song "Black or White".

Contents

Music video

The lyrics video for "Children of the Sun" premiered on Tinie Tempah's YouTube channel on 18 September 2013. [3] The official video, directed by Jon Jon Augustavo premiered on 22 September 2013 with John Martin in the video, at a total length of five minutes and twenty seconds. [4]

Track listing

Digital download [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Children of the Sun" (Radio Edit)3:51
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Children of the Sun" (Radio Edit)3:51
2."Children of the Sun"4:14
3."Children of the Sun" (Instrumental Edit)3:51

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 74
Iceland (Tonlist) [7] 29
Ireland (IRMA) [8] 22
Norway (VG-lista) [9] 19
Scotland (OCC) [10] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 47
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [12] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat
Ireland25 October 2013Digital download
United Kingdom28 October 2013

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