Miracle (Hurts song)

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"Miracle"
HurtsSingleMiracleCover.jpg
Single by Hurts
from the album Exile
Released11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)
Recorded2012; Pellerin Studios
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s) Hurts
Producer(s) Hurts
Hurts singles chronology
"Blood, Tears & Gold"
(2011)
"Miracle"
(2013)
"Blind"
(2013)
Alternative Single Cover
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"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.

Contents

Music video

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]

Live performances

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]

Formats and track listing

  1. "Miracle" – 3:44
  1. "Miracle (Robots Don't Sleep Remix)" – 3:41
  1. "Miracle" – 3:44
  2. "Miracle (BURNS 50Hz Version)" – 4:47
  3. "Miracle (Breakage's an Inferior Titles Moment Remix)" – 5:06
  4. "Miracle (Russ Chimes Remix)" – 4:32
  5. "Miracle (ATATIKA's 'Miraculous' Remix)" – 5:44
  1. "Miracle" – 3:44
  2. "Miracle (BURNS 50Hz Version)" – 4:47
  3. "Miracle (Breakage's an Inferior Titles Moment Remix)" – 5:06
  4. "Miracle (Russ Chimes Remix)" – 4:32
  5. "Miracle (Kill FM Remix)" – 5:11
  6. "Miracle (∆T∆TIK∆'s 'Miraculous' Remix)" – 5:44

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 43
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [10] 6
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 23
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [12] 19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 27
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [14] 120

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  2. Hurts – Miracle on YouTube
  3. Hurts 'Miracle' by Favourite Colour Black – promonews
  4. http://vimeo.com/61593135 Hurts "Miracle" directed by Frank Borin
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