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The following are songs which deal directly with Halloween, or deal with related themes and have appeared on a widely released Halloween compilation album. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Oliver Tambo and the ANC's school in Tanzania "was sure happy when we gave them a big check", according to Schechter. In South Africa, "Sun City" inspired musician Johnny Clegg to create a local organization similar to Van Zandt's. "Sun City" also became the catalyst for the 1988-91 South Africa Now TV series.
Van Zandt became interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter , a journalist who was then working with ABC News ' 20/20 , suggested turning the song into a different kind of " We Are the World ", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."
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Sun City was a modest success, reaching #31 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart. It did much better in terms of critical reaction, placing at #5 on the Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for albums for that year. Sun City got the final spot on Rolling Stone's list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s in 1989 and 2016. [20] [21]
A music video was produced for the song, directed by Anton Corbijn. The video is featured on the Directors Label series DVD The Work of Director Anton Corbijn . On February 14, 2008, Joseph Arthur and his band The Lonely Astronauts performed "In the Sun" live on the Late Show with David Letterman .
The song was released as the first single from the album on February 23, 2010, a full month ahead of the album. It was published on-line by Pitchfork on January 22, 2010. [1] The duo performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman on April 2, 2010 in promotion of their new album. [2]
It should only contain pages that are Empire of the Sun (band) songs or lists of Empire of the Sun (band) songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Empire of the Sun (band) songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .