| "Miracle" | ||||
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| Single by Hurts | ||||
| from the album Exile | ||||
| Released | 11 January 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012; Pellerin Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden) | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Hurts | |||
| Producer(s) | Hurts | |||
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| "Hurts - Miracle" on YouTube | ||||
"Miracle" is the lead single by British duo Hurts taken off their second studio album Exile ,which was released on 10 March 2013,exactly a day before the album release. The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 4 January 2013. In Germany,the "Robots Don't Sleep Remix" was released instead. A remix EP was released on 1 March.
Two versions of the music video exist. The first video was filmed in Colindale (London). The video was released on 4 February 2013.
Black colour dominates the video. Black marries the band's widescreen synthpop with this dark and dramatic journey through a post-apocalyptic shopping centre,peppered with religious imagery and fearless half-clad dancers,ending on a rooftop with the Hurts hashtag-like logo in flames. [1] This version of the video was leaked and then deleted. The official music video was posted on Hurts official Vevo account on 28 February,giving a very different concept from the first version released. [2]
First version was directed by Chris Turner [3] and the second one by Frank Borin. [4]
Hurts performed the single live at The Jonathan Ross Show on 9 February 2013,which was their first performance of the song on a television programme. [5]
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] | 43 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] | 6 |
| Germany (GfK) [11] | 23 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [12] | 19 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] | 27 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [14] | 120 |