Blue Savannah

Infobox Single |
Name = Blue Savannah


Caption =
Artist = Erasure
from Album = Wild!
B-side = "Runaround on the Underground", "No G.D.M."
Released = February 26, 1990
Format = 12", 7", cassette, CD
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 4:23
Label = Mute (UK)
Sire (U.S.)
Writer = Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer = Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders, Erasure
Certification =
Last single = "You Surround Me"
(1989)
This single = "Blue Savannah"
(1990)
Next single = "Star"
(1990)

"Blue Savannah" is a song by Erasure which was issued as a single from the duo's fourth studio album "Wild!" in 1990. Mute Records released it in Europe as the album's third single, and Sire Records released it in the United States as the album's second single.

"Blue Savannah" is a mid-tempo synth pop song written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. It has proven to be one of the band's signature songs and the duo still perform it regularly in concert. An uplifting love song, the instrumentation is crisp and heavily synthesized, accented with sweeping, programmed piano.

The music video shows Clarke and Bell performing the song in a large, white room, which gets painted blue as the video progresses. An off-camera person holds a paint brush in view, and the camera follows the hand as it paints Clarke and a shirtless Bell until they both are completely blue. Eventually gold-colored leaves, similar to those featured on the "Wild!" album cover, blow in and cover the duo as they perform.

"Blue Savannah" became one of Erasure's most successful singles, peaking at number three on the UK singles chart. It also returned the band to the Top 20 in Germany, where the song hit number thirteen. The release of the single brought about the usual array of remixes and B-sides. Although several club mixes of "Blue Savannah" were issued commercially, the Shep Pettibone 'Out of the Blue' mix proved to be most popular in dance clubs. The remix, available only on promotional copies of the 12 inch single, was never officially released and fetches a lot of money from collectors on trading sites such as eBay. Compact disc versions of the promotional single which contain the 'Out of the Blue' remix are even more rare. In 2004, HiBias Records started their "Retro:Active - Rare & Remixed" CD series and the 'Out of the Blue' Mix received its first official release, on volume one.

"Blue Savannah" was the inspiration for the song "Escribeme en el Cielo" three years later by the Mexican group Sentidos Opuestos which is strikingly similar in its instrumental arrangements and melody.

Track listings

7" single (MUTE109) / Cassette Single (CMUTE109)

# "Blue Savannah"
# "Runaround on the Underground"

12" single (12MUTE109) / CD single (CDMUTE109)

# "Blue Savannah" (Mark Saunders Mix)
# "Runaround on the Underground"
# "No G.D.M."

Limited 12" single #1 (L12MUTE109)

# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix II)
# "No G.D.M." (Unfinished Mix)
# "Runaround on the Underground" (12" Mix)

Limited 12" single #2 (XL12MUTE109)

# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix II)
# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix I)

Limited CD single (LCDMUTE109)

# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix I)
# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix II)
# "Runaround on the Underground" (12" Mix)

U.S. maxi-single (21428-2)

# "Blue Savannah" (Single Version)
# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix I)
# "Blue Savannah" (Der Deutsche Mix II)
# "Runaround on the Underground" (12" Mix)
# "Blue Savannah" (Mark Saunders Mix)
# "Supernature" (William Orbit Mix)
# "No G.D.M." (Zeus B. Held Mix)