Satellite (Starset song)

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"Satellite"
Single by Starset
from the album Vessels
ReleasedAugust 12, 2017 (2017-08-12)
Recorded2016
Genre Synthrock
Length3:59
Label Razor & Tie
Songwriter(s)
  • Dustin Bates
Producer(s)
Starset singles chronology
"Monster"
(2016)		"Satellite"
(2017)		"Ricochet"
(2018)

"Satellite" is the second single from American rock band Starset's second album, Vessels , after first single "Monster". "Satellite" was released as a single in August 2017, and peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

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Background

The song is the second track, and second single from Starset's second album Vessels . The song was debuted three days prior to the album's January 20, 2017, release date, through Marvel's website in a story detailing the future collaboration of the company with the band to create a supplementary graphic novel about the album. [1] The song was released as a single in August 2017, [2] and has peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart as of November 2017. [3] The band performed the song live in October 2017 at the Loudwire Music Awards. [4]

Themes and composition

The song's sound has been compared to the work of the bands Attack Attack! and 30 Seconds to Mars due to its "processed vocals and huge synth hooks". [5] The song has dense, layered singing, combining heavy guitar, keyboard, synthesizers, and violins. [6] Loudwire noted that the track would make a good single due to its "synth-driven, infinitely listenable melodic lamentations on the desire for connection, with Bates begging, 'Satellite are you here tonight? / Shine your light and set me free'". [7] [4] Multiple reviewers noted it as a standout track of the album. [8] [9] [6] [7]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 40

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References

  1. ↑ "The Marvel Life: Dustin Bates". Marvel.com.
  2. ↑ "Visionary Band Starset Break 1 Billion on YouTube". shorefire.com.
  3. ↑ "Starset - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  4. 1 2 "Starset Send 'Satellite' Into Orbit - 2017 Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire.
  5. ↑ "ALBUM: Starset – Vessels | DEAD PRESS! | It's more than "just music" to us". Dead Press!. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  6. 1 2 Price, Jeremy. "Starset - "Vessels" [Album Review]". puregrainaudio.com.
  7. 1 2 "Starset, 'Vessels' - Album Review". Loudwire.
  8. ↑ Album Review: Starset – Vessels – Rocked
  9. ↑ STARSET "VESSELS" ⋆ musicblendonline
  10. ↑ "Starset Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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