Stratus (song)

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"Stratus"
Moments in Grace - Stratus.jpg
Single by Moments in Grace
from the album Moonlight Survived
A-side "Stratus (Radio Edit)"
B-side "Stratus (Album Version)"
ReleasedJune 15, 2004 (2004-06-15)
RecordedJune 2003 (2003-06) – November 2003 (2003-11)
Studio
  • Salad Days, Beltsville, Maryland
  • Soundtracks, New York City
Genre
Length3:39 (Radio Edit)
4:13(Album Version)
4:08(EP Version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Moments in Grace
Producer(s) Brian McTernan
Music video
Video on YouTube

"Stratus" is a song by American alternative rock / post-hardcore band Moments in Grace, released on June 15, 2004. [2] It was produced by Brian McTernan and distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records and Salad Days Records. [2] [3] The song was the first and only single from the band's debut full-length album, Moonlight Survived . On June 21, 2004, the song reached No. 2 on CMJ New Music Report 's Loud College Rock, No. 3 on Loud Rock Crucial Spins, and No. 14 on CMJ Top 200. [4] The single helped Moonlight Survived peak to No. 13 on CMJ's Top 200 chart on August 30, 2004, [5] and the album spent six weeks on CMJ's Radio 200 chart, [6] peaking to No. 109 on October 11, 2004. [7]

Contents

On July 17, 2004, Moments in Grace filmed a music video for the song with director Laurent Briet in Los Angeles, California. [1] [8] The video premiered on August 12, 2004, five days before Moonlight Survived was released, [9] [10] and later aired on MTV and Fuse. [11] [12] Two days after the video's filming, on July 19, 2004, Moments in Grace was invited to MTV's Paramount Plaza studio for a photo shoot and video interview promoting the single. [13] [11] The track was regularly performed on the band's 2003–2005 promotional tour.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Stratus (Radio Edit)"3:39
2."Stratus (Album Version)"4:13
Total length:7:52

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes. [14]

Moments in Grace
Guest musicians
Production

Charts

Charts (2004)Peak
position
US ( CMJ New Music Report ) Loud College Rock [4] 2
US ( CMJ New Music Report ) Loud Rock Crucial Spins [4] 3
US ( CMJ New Music Report ) CMJ Top 200 [4] 14

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