Suddenly I See
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| Single by KT Tunstall from the album 'Eye to the Telescope' |
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| Released | 29 August 2005 (UK) | |
| Format | 7", CD, DVD | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock, Pop | |
| Length | 3:21 | |
| Label | Relentless Records | |
| Writer(s) | KT Tunstall | |
| Producer | Steve Osborne | |
| KT Tunstall UK singles chronology | ||
| "Other Side of the World" (2005) |
"Suddenly I See" (2005) |
"Under the Weather" (2005) |
| KT Tunstall US singles chronology | ||
| "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (2006) |
"Suddenly I See" (2006) |
"Other Side of the World" (2007) |
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"Suddenly I See" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and is featured on her debut album, Eye to the Telescope. It was released 29 August 2005 as the third single (second single in United States) from that album, charting at #12 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music). The single was a hit in Australia where it charted at #6 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was also certified gold by ARIA for sales of 35,000 copies.
The song was Tunstall's highest charting in the United Kingdom, spending 26 weeks inside the Top 75 Singles. "Suddenly I See" won her an Ivor Novello Award in 2006 in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically. It is inspired by New York singer and poet Patti Smith, whose album cover for Horses also inspired Tunstall's album cover for Eye to the Telescope.
In the summer of 2006, "Suddenly I See" became popular in the United States after being featured prominently at the beginning of the movie The Devil Wears Prada. It was also the farewell music for female contestants eliminated from the television show So You Think You Can Dance, featured on the season finale of the MTV show The Hills, at the end of a Ghost Whisperer season two episode, for promotional clips of The Amazing Race: All Stars, and the series premiere of Ugly Betty. The song has also been used in Cold Case (5.03 - Running Around). KT also performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The song was one of the candidates for Hillary Clinton's campaign song.
It features in the Torchwood episode Greeks Bearing Gifts. It was also played in Grey's Anatomy episode "Enough is Enough (No More Tears)". The song is featured on the soundtrack of the game Thrillville in the park radio stations and was used in the trailer for the Jessica Simpson movie Blonde Ambition. The song is also the song played for the new Next advert celebrating their 25th anniversary. The song came to be satirized in an episode of Best Week Ever, which mocked the concept of how films and television shows frequently played it during uplifting, feminist scenes, and went on to play the song while contrastly depicting degrading images of women working in sweatshops and strip clubs.
It also appears in the Playstation 2 version of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
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[edit] Music and Lyrics
The song itself is a tribute of sorts to musician/songwriter Patti Smith who inspired Tunstall's career in music.[1] The lyrics describe Tunstall looking at Smith's picture in a magazine and, admiring her fame and accomplishments, suddenly realizes what she wants to do with her life.
[edit] Music video
There are three different music videos, one for the USA, one animated, and one for the UK.
The US Version features Tunstall in different situations involving a circus in Romania. The video was filmed in Bucharest by the local production company, Domino Film - Catalin Neagu, and the casting was done by Standard Casting - Sorin Tarau.[citation needed] This version aired for a short time and the US and has seemingly been replaced in rotations by the animated version.
The animated version, directed by Honey, features KT walking around an animated pop-up fantasy world, and engages in activities such as walking up giant guitars, riding miniature trains, and drifting off into space.
The UK version is a simple performance video in which KT and her band play across from another set of KT and her band.
[edit] Track listings
In the UK, the song was released on three formats for the single release. In the US, it was released only to radio.
- 7" REL21
- "Suddenly I See" (single version)
- "Moment of Madness" (live)
- CD RELCD21
- "Suddenly I See" (single version)
- "Girl & the Ghost"
- DVD RELDVD21
- "Suddenly I See" (video)
- "Miniature Disasters" (live at Glastonbury video)
- "Get Ur Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- EU CD
- "Suddenly I See" (single version)
- "Girl & the Ghost"
- "Moment of Madness"
- "Get Ur Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- AUSTRALIA CD
- "Suddenly I See" (single version)
- "Other Side Of The World" (single version)
- "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree" (single version)
- "Get UR Freak On" (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- iTunes Single
- "Suddenly I See" (Single Version)
- "Suddenly I See" (Live at Webster Hall)
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position[2] |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 10 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 Singles & Tracks | 14 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart | 12 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 25 |
| Spain Los 40 principales | 16 |
| Canadian BDS Charts | 33 |
| Italian Singles Charts | 36 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 6 |
| United World Chart | 39 |
[edit] References and external links
- ^ Lamb, Bill, KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See, Top40.About.Com, Retrieved 26 Oct. 2007[1]
- ^ References for chart positions:
- KT Tunstall: Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.
- Video at Virgin Media
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