Aurora (electronic music group)

Aurora
Aurora
Also known as	Aurora UK
Origin	Weybridge, Surrey, England
Genres	Electronic; house; trance;
Years active	1999–present
Members	Sacha Collisson; Simon Greenaway;
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Aurora, also known as Aurora UK, are a British electronic dance music group, consisting of keyboardist/guitarist Sacha Collisson (born 14 November 1970) and fellow keyboardist Simon Greenaway (born 4 July 1969).^[1] Five of their singles charted on the UK Singles Chart; their biggest hit is their cover of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" at No. 5.

Their first and only self-titled album was released in 2002 by EMI Records.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Aurora (2002) (US release renamed Dreaming, credited to "Aurora UK", and contains two additional tracks, "Dreaming (LTI radio edit)" and "Ordinary World (radio mix)")^[2]

Singles

"Hear You Calling" (1999) - UK No. 71
"Hear You Calling" (re-issue) (2000) - UK No. 17
"Ordinary World" (2000) - UK No. 5 (originally by Duran Duran)
"Dreaming" (2002) - UK No. 24
"The Day It Rained Forever" (2002) - UK No. 29
"If You Could Read My Mind" (2002)^[3] (originally by Gordon Lightfoot)
"Sleeping Satellite" (2003) – AUS No. 60^[4] (originally by Tasmin Archer)
"Real Life" (2005)
"Summer Son" (2006) - UK No. 82 (originally by Texas)
"Love Resurrection" (2009) (originally by Alison Moyet)^[5]

References

^ "Aurora". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Aurora – "Aurora"". Discogs. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ "Aurora – If You Could Read My Mind (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ "Chartifacts!" (PDF). ARIA Report. No. 697. ARIA Charts. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2008 – via Pandora.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 33. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

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[1] "Aurora". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[7851-Aurora-2] "Aurora – "Aurora"". Discogs. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[3] "Aurora – If You Could Read My Mind (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[ARIA_Charts-4] "Chartifacts!" (PDF). ARIA Report. No. 697. ARIA Charts. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2008 – via Pandora.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-5] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 33. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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