Chase the Sun (song)


"Chase the Sun" is a song by the Italian electronic music group Planet Funk with vocals by Sally Doherty. It was released on January 22, 2001 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Non Zero Sumness. The song peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and additionally reached the top five in Greece, Romania and Spain. The melody is taken from Ennio Morricone's tune "Alla Luce Del Giorno", from the score of the 1969 film Metti, una sera a cena.

Track listing

CD maxi – 2001
  1. "Chase The Sun" – 8:00
  2. "Chase The Sun" – 7:59
  3. "Chase The Sun" – 3:45

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Usage in sports

The song is used by Sky Sports for their coverage of darts in the UK. The song is played in the auditorium during the advert breaks of Sky-owned tournaments and it has become a cult following amongst darts fans, who tend to rave and chant during the breaks.
The song is also used during any Braehead Clan ice hockey match during the early autumn to mid Spring season at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
The song is also known as the limited overs theme song for English county cricket club Essex Eagles. It is played at Essex games whenever their batsman or fielders enter the field of play in a limited overs match and whenever the team wins.
It is also used by Leinster rugby whenever a penalty or conversion is scored.
The song is used as goal music for Adelaide United FC.
As of the 2017-2018 season, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League use the Darts remix as the team’s goal song.
The song was played for two seasons when the Western Force rugby union side ran on.