Silence (Delerium song) explained

Silence
Cover:Silence (cover art).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan
Album:Karma
Genre:
Length:
  • 6:33 (album version)
  • 3:47 (Airscape remix edit)
  • 8:36 (Airscape remix)
  • 3:40 (DJ Tiësto remix radio edit)
Label:Nettwerk
Producer:Delerium
Chronology:Delerium
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Prev Year:1997
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"Silence" is a song by Canadian electronic music group Delerium featuring Canadian singer and co-writer Sarah McLachlan, first released as a single in May 1999. Over the years, its remixes have been hailed as one of the greatest trance songs of all time, over two decades after its initial release.[1] The Tiësto remix of the song was voted by Mixmag readers as the 12th-greatest dance record of all time.[2]

Song

The original album version and subsequent radio edit of the song had a much slower tempo than the more well-known remixes and was essentially structured like a pop song, with the characteristic synthetic instrumentation of the more melodic side of ambient music — though including darker overtones, such as the prominently featured Gregorian chant (Gloria in Excelsis Deo). This last element often invites comparison to popular ambient/new age/world music projects of the 1990s like Enigma and Deep Forest who routinely sample chants from various ethnicities worldwide, though in contrast such vocals featured on Karma were all original recordings.[3]

Although the original song did receive Canadian radio airplay in 1997, it was not released as a single until 1999, two years after the release of Karma, though it was only the Airscape Remix which received airplay at this time, rather than the more downtempo original version. The single prominently included remixes by DJ Tiësto, and Fade, which significantly boosted the song's proliferation through club play (particularly by influential DJs such as Paul Oakenfold) as evidenced by the single's positions on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It was on the soundtrack for the movie Brokedown Palace featuring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale.

As a consequence, the song was largely promoted as an uptempo vocal trance song, which then influenced the marketing of the next several Delerium singles as well. Unlike most of its successors, however, "Silence" also broke into the adult top 40 radio format due to the song's club success,[4] and through radio airplay the original version received mainstream awareness relatively greater than the remixes among club patrons.

Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by the directors collective Twobigeyes, was released in 2000 and was set to the Airscape remix. It has repeatedly been listed within the top 100 Ibiza anthems ever on online messageboards and, more recently, on MTV. The video was filmed on location in the United Kingdom ― mainly at Newgale Beach, Marloes Sands and "The Blue Lagoon" in Abereiddy, all in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Versions of the video featuring the Tiësto and Above & Beyond remixes followed the initial release.

A music video for "Aria", a track from the following studio album "Poem" that was first released as B-Side on a "Silence" single, was released in early 2000, featuring the Mediæval Bæbes. The single and video use the video edit of the song.

Re-releases

2004 saw a new release of the single as "Silence 2004", though no song actually bears that title — the new single went to number one on the US dance chart and contained only remixes, both old and new. Of these, the new Above & Beyond remix is the most central, as the version included on the compilation The Best Of released in advance of the single. The other new remix was by Filterheadz; this version subsequently, in 2006, became popularly mislabelled as the nonexistent "Trentemøller 2006 Remix". A 2017 version of the song entitled "Rhys Fulber Project Cars Mix" featured in the launch trailer for Project CARS 2.[5]

Track listings

UK CD single 1999

  1. "Silence (Sanctuary Mix Edit by Fade)" – 4:18
  2. "Silence (Album Version Edit)" – 4:06
  3. "Silence (Sanctuary Mix by Fade)" – 11:12

US CD single 2000

  1. "Silence (Edit)" – 4:08
  2. "Silence (DJ Tiësto In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:33
  3. "Silence (Airscape Remix)" – 8:37
  4. "Silence (Sanctuary Mix by Fade)" – 11:12
  5. "Aria" – 3.59

UK CD single 1 2000

  1. "Silence (Airscape Remix Edit)" – 3:48
  2. "Silence (DJ Tiësto In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:36
  3. "Silence (Album Version Edit)" – 4:06

UK CD single 2 2000

  1. "Silence (Airscape Remix) – 8:38
  2. "Silence (Original Fade Sanctuary Mix)" – 11:12

Benelux maxi single 2000

  1. "Silence (Airscape Remix Edit)" – 3:46
  2. "Silence (DJ Tiësto In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:29
  3. "Silence (Airscape Remix) – 8:37
  4. "Silence (Original Fade Sanctuary Mix)" – 11:12
  5. "Silence (Album Version Edit)" – 4:06

Benelux CD single 2000

  1. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix – Patrick Kicken Re-Edit)" – 5:11
  2. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix Edit)" – 4:24

German CD single 2000

  1. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix Edit)" – 3:58[6] [7]
  2. "Silence (Airscape Remix Edit)" – 3:47
  3. "Silence (Album Version Edit)" – 4:04
  4. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:31[8]
  5. "Silence (Airscape Remix) – 8:36
  6. "Silence (Original Fade Sanctuary Mix)" – 11:07

US maxi single 2004

  1. "Silence (Above & Beyond's 21st Century Edit)" – 3:42
  2. "Silence (Filterheadz Remix)" – 7:27
  3. "Silence (Above & Beyond's 21st Century Remix)" – 8:51
  4. "Silence (Fade's Sanctuary Mix Edit)" – 3:50
  5. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:33[8]
  6. "Silence (Michael Woods Mix)" – 8:08

UK CD single 2004

  1. "Silence (Above & Beyond's 21st Century Edit)" – 3:39
  2. "Silence (Filterheadz Remix)" – 7:33
  3. "Silence (Airscape Remix Edit)" – 3:39
  4. "Silence (Fade's Sanctuary Mix Edit)" – 3:51
  5. "Silence (Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:32[8]
  6. "Silence (Michael Woods Mix)" – 8:05

European CD maxi 2008

  1. "Silence (Niels van Gogh vs. Thomas Gold Radio Edit)" – 3:29
  2. "Silence (Niels van Gogh vs. Thomas Gold Remix)" – 7:34
  3. "Silence (Lissat & Voltaxx Remix)" – 8:17
  4. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:29[8]
  5. "Silence (Sanctuary Mix)" – 11:12
  6. "Silence (Acoustic Version)" – 5:06

US The Essential Silence Digital Download 2010

  1. "Silence (Album Version)" – 6:35
  2. "Silence (Fade's Sanctuary Remix Edit)" – 4:22
  3. "Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Remix)" – 11:36[8]
  4. "Silence (Airscape Remix) – 8:38
  5. "Silence (Michael Woods Mix)" – 7:13
  6. "Silence (Above & Beyond's 21st Century Remix)" – 8:51
  7. "Silence (Filterheadz Remix)" – 7:32
  8. "Silence (Lissat & Voltaxx Remix)" – 8:18
  9. "Silence (Niels van Gogh Vs. Thomas Gold Remix)" – 7:33

Digital release 2011

  1. "Silence (David Esse & Antoine Clamaran Remix)" – 8:45
  2. "Silence (David Esse & Antoine Clamaran Remix Edit)" – 4:15

Digital release 2012

  1. "Silence (W&W vs. Jonas Stenberg Remix)" – 5:28

Digital release 2016[9]

  1. Silence (Alyx Ander vs. Delerium – Original Mix) – 5:31
  2. Silence (Alyx Ander vs. Delerium – Radio Edit) – 3:39

Digital release 2017[10]

  1. Silence (Rhys Fulber Project Cars Remix) – 6:27
  2. Silence (Rhys Fulber Project Cars Dub) – 6:17

Digital release 2019

  1. Silence (Youngr's 20 Years of Silence Remix) - 4:28
  2. Silence (Dark Matter Remix) - 8:38

'Digital release 2021

  1. Silence (Jens O. remix) Jay Frog - 2:56

Charts

Weekly charts

2000 remixes

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[12] 5
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 15

"Silence 2008"

Year-end charts

2000 remixes

Chart (2000)Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[18] 30
Ireland (IRMA)61
UK Singles (OCC)[19] 55
Chart (2001)Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 23
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 72

"Silence 2008"

Chart (2009)Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[24] 69
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[25] 46

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United KingdomOriginalMay 3, 199912-inch vinylNettwerk[26]
June 7, 1999CD[27]
United StatesJuly 26, 1999Mainstream AC radioIsland Def Jam[28]
Australia1999CD
United Kingdom2000 remixesOctober 2, 2000Nettwerk[29]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rivaldo, Joey . Delerium – Silence 2004 . about.com . November 10, 2008 . February 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090215045646/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/DeleriumSil2k4.htm . dead .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429153651/https://mixmag.net/read/what-is-the-greatest-dance-track-of-all-time-features?p=words%2Fnews%2Fwhat-is-the-greatest-dance-track-of-all-time What is the Greatest Dance Track of All Time?
  3. Web site: Hofmann, Pieter . May 26, 1997 . In a Sacred State of Mind: Delerium's Bill Leeb . Drop-D Magazine . June 17, 2006 .
  4. Web site: Bauer, Henrik . August 14, 2005 . Bill Leeb > Noise Unit 2005 Interview . Mindphaser.com . June 17, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060521215856/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=739 . May 21, 2006 .
  5. Web site: Project CARS 2 – Launch Trailer (4K). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/nsaiLLhN5VQ . 2021-12-19 . live. YouTube.
  6. Web site: Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) (DJ Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise Edit) . . 8 February 2022 . en . March 7, 2017 . 3:55...Provided to YouTube by Nettwerk Records.
  7. Web site: Music in this video - YouTube Help . support.google.com . 8 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) (DJ Tiësto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix) . . 8 February 2022 . en . 2017-02-25 . 11:35...Provided to YouTube by Nettwerk Records.
  9. Web site: Alyx Ander, Delerium New Releases: Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) [Alyx Ander vs. Delerium] on Beatport ]. www.beatport.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093426/https://www.beatport.com/release/silence-feat-sarah-mclachlan-alyx-ander-vs-delerium/1763956 . 2016-08-28.
  10. Web site: Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) [Rhys Fulber Project Cars Mix] from Nettwerk Records ]. Beatport.
  11. Web site: Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 6 January 200. https://archive.today/20190716000430/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240004&arch=t&lyr=2000&year=2000&week=1. dead. July 16, 2019. GfK Chart-Track. May 18, 2019.
  12. Delerium Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs). Billboard. November 16, 2018.
  13. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 17. 43. 15. October 21, 2000. June 6, 2020.
  14. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999. ARIA. September 8, 2020.
  15. Web site: Top 100 of 2000. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html. June 2, 2004. March 16, 2022.
  16. Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001. Airplay Monitor. 9. 51. 54. December 21, 2001.
  17. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2000. Ultratop. nl. March 28, 2019.
  18. Web site: Rapports annuels 2000. Ultratop. fr. March 28, 2019.
  19. Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100. Music Week. 25. January 20, 2001.
  20. Web site: Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001. Jam!. https://web.archive.org/web/20030126204339/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles.html. January 26, 2003. March 26, 2022.
  21. Web site: Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2001. Dutch Top 40. March 25, 2020.
  22. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 2001. MegaCharts. nl. March 28, 2019.
  23. 2005 The Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Club Play Singles. Billboard. 117. 52. YE-58. December 24, 2005.
  24. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2009. Ultratop. nl. June 14, 2020.
  25. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2009. Ultratop. fr. June 14, 2020.
  26. New Releases – For Week Starting 3 May, 1999: Singles. Music Week. 27. May 1, 1999.
  27. New Releases – For Week Starting 7 June, 1999: Singles. Music Week. 31. June 5, 1999.
  28. Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates. Gavin Report. 2265. 29. July 26, 1999.
  29. In-Store Next Week (from 2/10/00). Music Week. 30. September 30, 2000.

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