Aurora (electronic music group)
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Aurora | |
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| Also known as | Aurora UK |
| Origin | Weybridge, Surrey, England |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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Aurora, also known as Aurora UK, are a British electronic dance music group, consisting of keyboardist/guitarist Sacha Collisson (born 14 November 1970) and fellow keyboardist Simon Greenaway (born 4 July 1969).[1] Five of their singles charted on the UK Singles Chart; their biggest hit is their cover of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" at No. 5.
Their first and only self-titled album was released in 2002 by EMI Records.[2]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Aurora (2002) (US release renamed Dreaming, credited to "Aurora UK", and contains two additional tracks, "Dreaming (LTI radio edit)" and "Ordinary World (radio mix)")[2]
Singles
[edit]- "Hear You Calling" (1999) - UK No. 71
- "Hear You Calling" (re-issue) (2000) - UK No. 17
- "Ordinary World" (2000) - UK No. 5 (originally by Duran Duran)
- "Dreaming" (2002) - UK No. 24
- "The Day It Rained Forever" (2002) - UK No. 29
- "If You Could Read My Mind" (2002)[3] (originally by Gordon Lightfoot)
- "Sleeping Satellite" (2003) – AUS No. 60[4] (originally by Tasmin Archer)
- "Real Life" (2005)
- "Summer Son" (2006) - UK No. 82 (originally by Texas)
- "Love Resurrection" (2009) (originally by Alison Moyet)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aurora". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Aurora – "Aurora"". Discogs. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Aurora – If You Could Read My Mind (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Chartifacts!" (PDF). ARIA Report. No. 697. ARIA Charts. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2008 – via Pandora.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 33. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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