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composers
Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Kevin Hunter


publisher
© EMI Virgin Music / GMW Music / Bucks Music
© JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd / Hornall Music / GMW Music. (Post 2013 credit)


background
Written after the Real Life album, Space was one of the centrepieces of Our Secrets Are The Same, gaining enough attention to be selected as a potential single by Chrysalis in 1999/2000.

It was remixed by Gary Wilkinson in March 2000 for a proposed single. The single was eventually cancelled when the album was withdrawn from release. Johnson Somerset, who'd produced one of the best remixes of the previous single War Babies, was also commissioned to produce some dance reworkings.

It was unofficially premiered by Jordi Tarda on the 21st October 2000 when he leaked the album on his radio show.

A sentimental ballad along the lines of Let There Be Love and War Babies, the central chorus was wrapped around the well-known poem:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have a wish, I wish tonight.

The song was officially unveiled on The Floating World tour, the first from Our Secrets Are The Same to be played live.

"Space being the metaphor for emotional alienation. Walking the same streets physically, yet often spiritually we live on different planets. A universe between us, yet I feel myself still calling out over the music and through the distance." - Jim, Silver Box.

The studio version was finally released as part of the Silver Box retrospective. Gary Wilkinson's single mix was finally issued as part of the Greatest Hits + package in 2013, the same year that Johnson Somerset unveiled his Moscow Mix on his YouTube channel.

Despite it's relative obscurity, the song became a live favourite, and was featured during the band's Celebrate: Greatest Hits + tour. After the tour's conclusion, the band returned to the recording studio and re-recorded a "band" version of the song.




lyrics
The lyrics have never been published: a transcription follows

I'll hurt you if you say I did,
Take you down and your all alone.
Imagination wears you out,
Crying brings you down again.
The dream is over,
The feeling's gone,
If we were something you were dreaming all along.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams tonight.

Does anybody cut you?
Does anybody let you down?
You're praying for someone soon,
To lie beside you now.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams tonight.

Star light,
Star bright.

You were saying where you'd take me,
And that's where I'll be found,
But you were sleeping talking dreaming,
Whisper take me now... Yeah star bright.

Star light,
Star bright,
I'm the star you see at night.
And I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Be in your dreams...

The dream is over,
Party's over.
I'm still waiting,
Nothing's falling.
No confusion,
No suspicion,
If you're talking,
I will listen.

Star light,
Star bright,
Be in your dreams tonight.



discography
Unmastered Version (4:14)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich

Our Secrets Are The Same Unmastered CD Our Secrets Are The Same Spanish Unmastered CD Our Secrets Are The Same German Unmastered CD

Album Version (4:15)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth

Our Secrets Are The Same Withdrawn CD Silver Box Promo CD #5 Silver Box

Single Version (5:28)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich
Remixed by: Gary Wilkinson
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth

Celebrate: The Greatest Hits + Promo CD Celebrate: The Greatest Hits + Promo CD Celebrate: The Greatest Hits + 2CD Celebrate: The Greatest Hits + 3CD Celebrate: The Greatest Hits + Australian Promo 2CD

Johnson Somerset Mercury Mix (7:03)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich
Remixed by: Johnson Somerset

Johnson Somerset Moscow Mix (7:00)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Kevin Hunter
Mixed by: Charlie Burchill and Chris Fudurich
Engineer: Chris Fudurich
Remixed by: Johnson Somerset

Live Version (29th March 2013) (4:28)
Recorded: Sands Centre, Carlisle, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter

Simple Minds Live Generic CD Simple Minds Live Specific CD

Live Version (6th April 2013) (4:36)
Recorded: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter

Simple Minds Live Generic CD Simple Minds Live Specific CD

Live Version (15th April 2013) (4:27)
Recorded: O2 Academy, Bournemouth, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter

Simple Minds Live Double CD Simple Minds Live Specific CD Simple Minds Live Commercial CD

Live Version (26th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Palladium, Riga, Latvia
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (27th January 2014) (4:31)
Recorded: Circus, Helsinki, Finland
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (29th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Circus, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (30th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (31st January 2014) (4:31)
Recorded: Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (1st February 2014) (4:27)
Recorded: Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (3rd February 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (4th February 2014) (4:27)
Recorded: Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB




downloads
Live Version (26th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Palladium, Riga, Latvia
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (27th January 2014) (4:31)
Recorded: Circus, Helsinki, Finland
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (29th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Circus, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (30th January 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (31st January 2014) (4:31)
Recorded: Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (1st February 2014) (4:27)
Recorded: Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (3rd February 2014) (4:29)
Recorded: Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB

Live Version (4th February 2014) (4:27)
Recorded: Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street

Simple Minds Live Generic USB




live history
The Floating World Tour: 2002
Alive And Kicking Tour: 2003
Intimate Tour: 2005
Greatest Hits +: 2013
Americas Tour: 2013
Greatest Hits + European Tour: 2014