I've loved it since I heard it for the first time in late 1992, and yet it was only last November when I finally discovered the name of the artist and the song!!!!! 27 years of not knowing, but wanting to find it. :( There's still some songs I remember which I fear I'll go to my grave, never finding again. :(
I think she has one of the best voices I've ever heard - and never I realised what the song was actually about, just got lost in the melody and energy of the song
Time went by to fast, I get sad thinking about it. We didn’t have a care in the world in the 90’s. Hearing songs like this gives me butterflies in my stomach .
This masterpiece takes me back to being 12 years old. Watching this on top of the pops, and listening to my dad playing this on repeat. Im 43 now, what memories x
I´ve been listening to it almost non stop for the last few days, when I finally managged to find it, since I was too young when it was released, but it was in my head...I´m totally obsessed, Can´t stop listening to it. It´s not even funny anymore.
Such a great song would have no chance at being successful if released now. Poetic and meaningful lyrics are extremely rare in today's successful songs.
Totally agree music had more meaning and musicians etc were more into being an artist, rather than pumping out commercial lifeless garbage with no creative thought behind it whatsoever. Possibly a reflection of today's generation I hate to say
+TheBlackwolf30 Hahahaha!!! Me too!!! I heard this song at a disco in 1994 and I've been searching for it for 3 years. Today, I found it by chance!!! You don't know how happy Iam!!!
+surfer855 I'm in a similar boat, though I've maybe only been looking for a year. This song plays at my work and it's definitely one of the better songs there. I totally thought it was solo Stevie Nicks haha. Such a great hammond solo
This was the #1 song in the States in March 1993. Released in the UK late 1992. It hit #1 while Alabama, my home state and most of the eastern US was snowed in for a week from the Winter Storm Of The Century. I never tired from hearing it over and over and over again from the friendly confines of my room. More pipe organ please and that beautiful voice from Bradford, Yorkshire UK.
My wife bought this song for me when we first met, we also had our first dance together at our wedding to this song. We now have three children and are still together after all these years. So why do i feel like i want to cry listening to this song when it has such wonderfull memories attached to it ? this song has a rare quality, a beauty that makes you want to weep. I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife, Heidi I still love you. :)
You want to cry because the emotive way the song resonates with you. It has given you so many fond memories that you get overwhelming thoughts of happiness they aren't tears of sad but tears of joy man the best kind of emotion any human can have. Also if you get goosebumps when listening to it that also means you have a heightened response to music 🎶 not a bad thing in wmy book enjoy this song as much as possible, I certainly do buddy ☺
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 Верно пишите👍. Тогда по всем углам звучала группа Кар-мэн и Комбинация, со своей колбаской и вишнёвой 9-кой. А мы детьми, весело играли в 12 палочек, чижика, лапту, а вечерами содрогали кварталы пугачами и поджигами🤣.
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 в первые услышал данную композицию на Яндекс-музыке и забрал себе в коллекцию плейлиста "Trip Hop". Когда услыш, подумал Ооо, достойная мелодия на группу Morcheeba похожа (с мурлыкающим голоском солистки Скай Эдвардс), те же Sky and Ross, как же я ошибался, когда узнал дату создания 1992 год😳😱😉 - мощь. А голоса даже похожи.
@@VladimirMedovyjпохожи, она была в ротации в России в 96-97 каждый день я слышал ее по радио, потом услышал в саунде сериала Строго на юг по первому каналу, Морчибу услышил в 2002, самый пик популярности тогда ее был, в России по крайней мере!
"Sleeping Satellite" is the debut single by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released as the first single from the album, Great Expectations in September 1992. The song was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
+AcademicAlgeria Sadly, Black entertainers from countries outside the USA are not treated very well, in my opinion. 'R&B' radio has a rather narrowly defined playlist with token songs by a Marley, now and then, but no real presence of Black singers from without the 'R&B' format. Tashmin Archer is just a beautiful singer with beautiful music, but not Black American. White UK acts are given much more. Not Caribbean, African, or cultural Black music (in English) from elsewhere.
The song gives me goosebumps it is a work of art❤ beautiful her voice is stunning I will never tire of this song... the keyboards are fantastic every bit of this song is just perfection!
@@atadone 💯 I was 20 when this song was first released (1992), & it was my favorite song. Our local radio stations _never_ play it & over the years, I had completely forgotten about this masterpiece.....until last Sunday during a re-air of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 countdown from 1992 that our local radio station airs every Sunday. Needless to say, I've been binge-listening to this song all week, lol. 😊🌷
According to Tasmin, it’s about mankind’s abandonment of space exploration after the moon landings. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/24/tasmin-archer-how-we-made-sleeping-satellite-space-no-1
True. Each time I hear, I have tears in my eyes. The message shall never be forgotten. It shall never lost it's value and that's why it's insanely precious
I was an angry metal head when this came out but for some reason this song blew me away and connected with me the first time I heard it and I still love it almost 30 years later
Yea, I work in a supermarket and this song has been playing for months now! I'm sure I heard it back in the day, it wasn't a pop song on my radar back then. Glad I found it!
@@chriso5662 yes, me too!! I also heard it today at my local shops and googled "I blame you for the moonlit sky" on my phone. Dunno how many years it has been since I last heard it.
I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Did we fly to the moon too soon? Did we squander the chance? In the rush of the race The reason we chase is lost in romance And still we try To justify the waste For a taste of man’s greatest adventure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Have we got what it takes to advance? Have we peaked too soon? If the world is so great Then why does it scream under a blue moon? We wonder why If the earths sacrificed For the price of its greatest treasure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite And when we shoot for the stars What a giant step Have we got what it takes To carry the weight of this concept? Or pass it by Like a shot in the dark Miss the mark with a sense of adventure I blame you sleeping satellite I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
О да! Когда-то в далеком детстве услышал эту песню на одном из локальных кабельных тв и она запала в душу. Клип запомнился лучше. Прошло 30 лет, я забыл мотив, но все же смог найти ее
You're extremely ignorant if you think music is not like that today anymore. Not to mention lazy and incompetent to find good music. There's more NEW good music today than ever in history. Don't base it by the mainstream trash you hear on the radio.
Gilmore Thanks . I almost don't replay to comments like that . some people don't like when you give respect and praise something good . The best music days are gone :(
This song is definitely #1 under-rated of the '90's, as well as 'Joey' by Concrete Blonde, and 'Did He Do it to You' by Tami Show & (the late) Ephraim Lewis' 'Drowining in Your Eyes' (damn, you HAVE to at least listen to that one). Those are my '90's under-rated songs...
I liked this track at the time and bought the album which actually wasn't bad. Haven't listened to it in decades. Checking it out now and really I'm quite blown away by the perfection of her voice. Gorgeous tone, great control, very nice range, that little bit of growl/rasp that she throws in when she chooses. Really underrated singer, criminally so.
Wow, absolute masterpiece. I haven't heard this song in 30 years. There are many emotions after so long What a shame there aren't more songs like this one. She has a very pretty voice
Well, that's because you're fed shit. Only idiots listen to music through radio, because anyone with half a brain knows that you won't hear good music on radio, all they play is mainstream garbage. Try looking a little deeper into modern GOOD music, you might have your mind blown by how good it is.
Wow 2023 and this song came up on LA’s KROQ - ROQ of the ‘80s stream on Apple radio! WOWOWOW! I never knew Tasmin Archer was a Sister?! What an amazing voice! Where did this song go for 31 years?! So many memories, I had just returned to SoCal from my 5-year army deployment in West Germany. Now I have to track her down if she still plays at small venues or anything? God bless all you guys and gals that listen to this song getting too high too fast, have we got what it takes?! Peace & Love 🙏🏽🙏🏼💙🕊️🌻✨
I´ve been searching for this song for years, I didn´t remember the name, the artist or even the lyrics...now I´m obsessed, cant´s stop listening to it.
Bet u heard it on the radio 30 yrs ago, a few times maybe...then poof not again for 30 yrs, but it never was far from your mind....lovely chasing a memory.
@@bigtexmacgonigle444 from Mongolia,I heard this music in 1993 only several times,then no for 30 years,try to find it many times,but today I found it and I am happy.
I love reading all the comments where people remembered a specific moment in time when they hear this song again. Its a shame that words cant convey some of your most precious memories and the way you felt in that moment. Only you get it. Music truly is awesome!
I saw her at Wolverhampton Civic hall think she was the support act for Jeff Healey band, she sang this at the end of her set they put a smoke machine on which engulfed the stage in a cloud of smoke we could hear but not see them playing they kept going till the end lol a great band.
I heard it first time when I was a kid...5-6 years old. I met a dog..i wanted to adopt him,but my mother didn't let me..This song was on a radio when I cried for the dog...I named him Moon...And Gosh, I still remember his blue eyes.When I hear the song,I'm like :" I hope Moon had the best life".
I must have listened to this song hundreds of times. It never stops giving me chills either. It's just everything about this song that's perfect. Her voice, the audio mxing, the vocal effects/layering, the guitar rhythm track, the cool organ solo, you name it. When I play it at home, I crank it and play along on guitar. Such beautiful chord structure..ah... Ms. Archer... you're voice goes straight to my heart... :-)
StarlightShadowDancer Music (whether instrumental or not) is a reflection of the culture it was produced in and sold to. Therefore, the emphasis now is on overt, and over-the-top audio production, with lyrics that appeal to the current crop of kids. In and of itself, love and/or sex has been a constant theme throughout history. What distinguishes the sexually oriented lyrics today is the degree of explicit lyrics, most of it is devoid of human emotion (and/or "love"). What this generally amounts to is something akin to "mating season", where young people are drenched in unbridled libido. What is also "new" is that there's been a significant increase in the amount of females who wish to express their new found sexual freedom. This is a world of sex without consequences. The only human connection to another person comes from their genitalia. I'm am not against sexually explicit lyrics, per se. But, the manner in which this is done now really isn't "art" or very well executed, IMO. It doesn't take a genius to write a rhyme that states: "Me so horny... give it to me... I gotta have it now... hump, hump, my lovely lady lumps...give me that meat/pussy, etc, etc.". The same goes for the "money topic". What is typically stated is that money is everything, without it, you have no power, no hoes, no bitches, and that you're not a player... This is just another warped set of values that kids apparently think is something to live up to, I guess. Now, again, that's not to say a band can't talk about wealth in some fashion. It is all a matter on how it's done and whether they have anything new to bring to the subject. It's up to parents and kids to figure out what any of it means, whether something is life-affirming or just hell bent on hedonistic self-gratification. If you have had the opportunity to listen to Tamin's albums, you'll discover some of her topics are rather "heavy" (i.e., serious) and even downright depressing. But that's what makes a real artist an artist. Someone willing to take you on a musical journey that can touch you deeply on many different levels. It's difficult to market a woman like this because there is no easy way to pigeon-hole her music. All I know is that I feel lucky to live in a world where I can hear her music whenever I want to feed my mind as well as my heart.
Great comment! Totally get where you are coming from and believe you to be correct! Take for example "Wrecking Ball" it's actually a very well written song and great melody, London Grammar do a studio version and it's beautiful. My point is did we have to have Miley in knickers and bra swinging on a fucking wrecking ball? Plus the fact she has an ass of an 8yr old boy! lol I worry about how sexed up the youth of today are, I have seen every part of Rhianna and don't wish to see anymore, I mean, the mystery of what nudity and sex once was has been stripped back and left bare (pardon the pun). It's probably very true that suits in offices target their audience for the artist they produce and ultimately they are driven on the basis of MAKING MONEY, unfortunately it's the world we live in nowadys.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EARWORM FOR THE LAST 2 HOURS. I couldn't think of the lyrics, just the melody of the main chorus line, that was it!! I rang my mum and dad and hummed it down the phone to them, then they got it stuck in their heads until Dad finally remembered what it was! What a journey, and totally worth it - this song is fantastic
Same Thing۔ I was talking to my teenage daughter yesterday about what songs I liked from early 90s۔ I could remember only that it had something to do with space۔ After searching and searching، I finally found it۔ I was 22 when it came out۔ Still sounds fresh۔ Thanks youtube for refreshing my memory۔
I remember seeing it on MTV way back when and really liking it. Ever since I would think about it every 5 years or so, occasionally hearing it play in some random place the the mall or grocery store. Being able to see it here makes me realize how good it really is.
On Twitter this week Tasmin has said a new album is coming, thank God this Woman’s incredible voice will be heard again for the first time since 2006 Sleeping Satellite is a Timeless Classic ♥️😋
This song has it all. Great build-up, great vocals, the organ is fantastic, the acoustic guitar, the Hendrixian embellishments and then the woho ho ho vocals can't be heard loud enough.
Exceptional song, stumbled back on it in 2020, haven't heard it since the 90s. Holds up amazingly well, far superior than the "Grammy winners" of recent years.
I remember when this song came out. It affects me the same way today as it did back then, very haunting and beautiful at the same time. Her voice is so beautiful and the song touches a place in my soul and don't really understand why. Love this song.
Big up to all the 90’s kids out there born in the early 80’s ( me being one of them ) this tune is an absolute gem. So dreamy and spacy, it’s a real beauty of a track 💞🪐
Je suis né en 1991. Cette chanson sublime me ramène à la nostalgie de mon enfance à la fin des années 90, dans un petit coin de France bien loin de Paris, ou la vie y était bien plus simple, le monde moins pourrit et les gens bien plus réels qu’ils le sont aujourd’hui...
When I was about 13 years old-not long after the song first came out in 1992-and in secondary school I seem to remember the school system in the UK joined up with the BBC to promote a whole series of courses promoting the works of Shakespeare to school pupils. There was much publicity about it at the time on the BBC, and now every time I hear this song I close my eyes and I can think back to my teenage years. In my mind I can STILL see my secondary school classrooms and corridors, the pupils in their uniforms, and the art posters depicting Shakespeare plays in the school library.
Boy I remember this song being number 1 here in the UK for 3 weeks in October 1992. A classic example of brilliant Folk/Rock and superb songwriting, lyrics and amazing vocals by the vastly underrated Tasmin Archer... One of all time favourite songs..
This used to play on the car radio on long trips when I was a young child in 1993, I always loved it, then it just vanished from popular radio, and I never heard it again. I could never remember enough of it to find it over the years, until yesterday im in my local supermarket, and it comes on, I scrambled to grab my phone and search for the lyrics, as I didn't have signal to install shazam!!
I heard this song in airplane on headphones in the mid 90s. Up above the clouds when the sun rose. And after that a song from enigma played. It was magic. Nice memories.
Wow!! Absolutely love that description I looovvveee flying and always have a playlist, I'm going to add this song to it and play it on my next trip. Shalom
This song has a special place in my heart. I took delivery of my brand new Mazda 323 saloon and decided to take my car for a long drive from the showroom. as soon as I switched on the FM radio this was the first song I got to hear in the year 1993. Yes time does fly. Life will be short and there is so much to do.
+Mohd Khan I used to play this track while going home along the country road. Beautiful to listen to when there was a clear night sky with a full moon hanging low above the hills.
That would have been beautiful mate but then I realised you were talking about a car!!! Really not driving a baby home for the first time or something emotional a car! Check yourself bro!!!
