The Night Sky

Infobox Single
Name = The Night Sky


Artist = Keane
from Album =
A-side = "Under Pressure"
B-side = "Put It Behind You (Ffrisco remix)
Released = flagicon|UK October 29, 2007
flagicon|MEX November 16, 2007 ("Under Pressure")
flagicon|MEX July 20, 2008 ("The Night Sky")
Format = 7", CD, USB
Recorded = Helioscentric Studios
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 5:03
Label = Island Records
Producer = Keane
Andy Green
Writer = Tim Rice-Oxley
Tom Chaplin
Richard Hughes
Reviews =
Lists = *#1 ("Under Pressure", Mexico)
Last single = "A Bad Dream" (2007)
This single = "The Night Sky" (2007)
Next single = "Spiralling"
(2008)|

"The Night Sky" is a song written and performed by English piano rock band Keane. The song was released as a one-off charity single released by the band in aid of War Child. It was released as a download on October 22 and then a physical release on Island Records on October 29. It was also released in USB format, and was the third of Keane's singles to be released in this format.

The single was controversially deemed ineligible for the UK singles chart, due to the 7" vinyl containing a free poster; in the UK these are seen as 'free gifts', thus making any vinyl singles containing prints disqualified from the charts.A competition was run with the single's release, to win a programme guide, signed by all the artists who played at War Child's charity concert in Brixton Academy. This also rendered it ineligible, as it is deemed an incentive for those who would not under other circumstances have bought the single. Selling the single under USB format was also believed to be the reason for its disqualification from the charts as the charts do not recognize single sales released under the USB format which several Keane singles have been released under.

In Mexico, rather than "The Night Sky", the single's B-side "Under Pressure" has been being broadcasted as an A-side following the song's popularity and its previous release by BBC Radio 1 (explained below).

Track listing

CD

# "The Night Sky"
# "Under Pressure"
# "Put It Behind You" (Ffrisco Mix)

Limited 7" (with free print)

# "The Night Sky"
# "Under Pressure"

USB Release

# "The Night Sky"
# "Under Pressure"
# "Put It Behind You" (Ffrisco Mix)

Download
# "The Night Sky (Radio Edit)"
# "The Night Sky"
# "Under Pressure"
# "Put It Behind You" (Ffrisco Mix)
# "The Night Sky (Demo)"

Information about song

The song is written from a child's point of view on war, thus the support for the foundation.It was composed by pianist Tim Rice-Oxley in late 2005 and the song was meant to be included on "Under the Iron Sea", the band's second album but was replaced on the definite tracklist on March 14, 2006.

B-sides

Under Pressure

The song is a cover for Radio 1's 40th anniversary of 1981 David Bowie and Queen's classic single "Under Pressure" and it was also included on the CD released October 1.
In this cover, singer Tom Chaplin reaches the highest tone achieved by him in a recording (D9) holding the note four seconds more than Mercury on Queen's original version.

Technical information on songs

Chart performance

*From February 16 to February 23, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.keanemusic.com/news.php?action=get&id=2299&y=07&m=09 Keanemusic - Keane release exclusive download for War Child]