Satellite (Guster song)

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"Satellite"
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Single by Guster
from the album Ganging Up on the Sun
Released2007
Genre Indie rock
Length4:34(Album Version)
4:12 (Video Version)
3:52 (Single Version)
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Joe Pisapia and Brian Rosenworcel
Producer(s) Joe Pisapia, Jason Lehning
Guster singles chronology
"One Man Wrecking Machine"
(2006)
"Satellite"
(2007)
"Do You Love Me?"
(2010)

Satellite is the second single from Guster's 2006 album Ganging Up on the Sun . The song received support from U.S. alternative rock radio, but failed to chart on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. There was also a Satellite EP released April 10, 2007. The song is also featured in the 2007 film Martian Child . The stop motion video for the song, directed by Adam Bizanski, was released on February 2, 2007. [1]

Contents

The single would go on to earn the band its first gold record in 2018. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Satellite"
  2. "G Major"
  3. "Rise & Shine"
  4. "Timothy Leary"
  5. "I'm Through"
  6. "Satellite" (The Astronauts remix)
  7. "Two of Us" (Live At KCRW)
  8. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Live At The State Theater, Portland, ME)
  1. "Satellite (Single Version)"
  2. "Satellite (Album Version)"

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References

  1. "NEW RELEASE: Guster "Satellite"" . Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved May 5, 2018.