#The thrill lyrics empire of the sun full#

The duo put out the title-track ' Walking on a Dream' in anticipation of the album's release. While the record had been largely recorded and mixed throughout 2007, the self-titled Pnau album took precedence for Littlemore and Mayes in the first half of 2008. When they had accumulated enough material Mayes and duo began to record the album throughout 2007 with the assistance of Jonathan Sloan. As Steele was living in Perth and Littlemore was in Sydney the two spent time writing songs separately while meeting occasionally in Sydney to decide on the musical direction and style. The new project began to develop under the working title of 'Steelemore' as a collaboration between Steele and Littlemore, with Pnau partner Peter Mayes listed as a producer and occasional co-writer. Littlemore said, 'We fell in love with music again with I think this is first great song.' The release of Pnau brought an interest from Elton John, who signed Littlemore to his management company. A track-by-track analysis of the album Pnau revealed that writing of 'With You Forever' with Luke Steele inspired Littlemore's band to begin work on a collaborative project.

This prompted a change in direction for the band who began to craft a work more vocally-centered album featuring guest performances. They collaborated on the tracks 'Freedom' and the opener 'With You Forever' where Steele supplied the vocal. The two reconvened in 2006 to work on two songs for the Pnau album that was released in late 2007. After a falling out over the song on Lovers the co-operation ceased for a while, with Littlemore commenting 'I'm a very intense person and I take things to heart'. Littlemore helped write the song 'Tell the Girls That I'm Not Hangin' Out', which appeared on The Sleepy Jackson's 2003 debut album, Lovers, and Steele had some artistic input in Littlemore's 2006 art-rock project Teenager. Over the years that followed, the two collaborated on a number of occasions. Both were at the time signed to EMI and had already been working on different projects. Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore met in 2000 after being introduced by Steele's A&R executive, Simon Moor, in a bar in Sydney. The duo have won a number of Australian music awards, with Walking on a Dream receiving 11 nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, winning seven, including Album of the Year. As a live band, they have performed internationally and are known for their flamboyant appearance and elaborate stage sets. The band are signed to EMI Music Australia/ Virgin. The band's second album, Ice on the Dune, was released in June 2013, preceded by lead single ' Alive' on 16 April. The album provided a number of internationally charting singles including ' Walking on a Dream', which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number sixty four on the UK Singles Chart, and ' We Are the People', which peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart. Įmpire of the Sun's 2008 debut album, Walking on a Dream, brought the duo international success and has been certified double platinum in Australia and gold in the United Kingdom. The duo is a collaboration between Luke Steele, of alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson, and Nick Littlemore, of electronic dance band Pnau. The song was also featured in the 2012 racing video game Forza Horizon and later in the 2016 Honda Civic 'The Dreamer' commercial, which helped revive the song in the charts, with the song debuting on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart after more than seven years of release, peaking at number 65.Empire of the Sun are an Australian electronic music duo formed in 2007. The song was made the Single of the Week on the iTunes Store for the week of 21 April 2009. In Europe, it reached number eight in both Belgium and Ireland and peaked in the top 100 on the UK Singles Chart.

Although the single was originally due for release in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2009, the date was postponed until 6 July. 'Walking on a Dream' won the category for Single of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, and, in the following year, it won Dance Work of the Year at the APRA Awards.

It was listed at number four in the 2008 Triple J Hottest 100 popularity poll. On the Australian ARIA Charts, it reached number ten, and was certified double platinum to indicate shipment of over 140,000 units.

#The thrill lyrics empire of the sun full#

The full Sam La More remix was made available as a free download on the band's official website. The track was co-written by band members, Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore with Jonathan 'Donnie' Sloan. 'Walking on a Dream' is the debut single by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun, which was released on 30 August 2008 as the lead single ahead of their debut album of the same name (3 October 2008).