Silent Sun

Infobox Single |
Name = The Silent Sun


Artist = Genesis
from Album = From Genesis to Revelation
B-side = "That's Me"
Released = start date|1968|2|22
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Folk rock
Pop rock
Length = 2:13
Label = Decca Records (UK)
London Records (U.S.)
Writer = Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel
Producer = Jonathan King
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "The Silent Sun"
(1968)
Next single = "A Winter's Tale"
(1968)
Misc = Extra chronology
Last single = "The Carpet Crawlers 1999"
(1999)
This single = "Silent Sun 2006"
(2006)Extra tracklisting
Album = From Genesis to Revelation
Type = studio
prev_track = "In Limbo"
prev_no = Track 11
this_track = "The Silent Sun"
track_no = Track 12
next_track = "A Place to Call My Own"
next_no = Track 13

"The Silent Sun" (1968) is the premiere single by English rock band Genesis. It was written by Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel at a time when the band's potential producer, Jonathan King, was starting to lose interest. Knowing that King was a fan of the Bee Gees, Banks and Gabriel wrote the song specifically to recapture his attention. It worked. The band was signed and the song was released as a single on February 22, 1968, and they would soon begin work on their debut album, "From Genesis to Revelation."

"The Silent Sun" is a fusion of folk rock and pop rock. The heavy use of orchestral strings and lightweight romantic lyrics make this song a far cry from the progressive music that would follow on Genesis' next album, "Trespass." The song, like most of "From Genesis to Revelation", has been mostly ignored by the band, as it has not appeared on any Genesis compilation or live album.

Personnel

*Peter Gabriel – vocals
*Mike Rutherford – bass guitar
*Tony Banks – piano
*Anthony Phillips – acoustic guitar
*Chris Stewart – percussion

with
*Arthur Greenslade – Orchestral Arrangements