Empire of the Sun's "Walking on a Dream"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today on One Song the ultimate pop music dichotomy: It’s a record that is simultaneously huge. But also very niche. The chances are you know the breezy synth pop masterpiece, Walking on a Dream. But how much do you know about Empire of the Sun, the duo who made that song? Probably not a lot. Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY are here to right that wrong. The duo will also take you on a tour of 2000s synth pop, and break down the making of the Pnau remix of Cold Cold Heart (it ties in! We promise!).

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0:00.0	Today on one song, The Ultimate Pop Music Dicotomy, is a record that's simultaneously huge,
0:06.0	but also very niche.
0:07.6	That's right, Tiala, the song we're discussing today, when platinum in the U.S., platinum in the
0:11.8	UK, and 10 times platinum in Australia.
0:14.6	Wow.
0:16.2	One of the most impressive and astonishing things about this song is that even though it's that
0:19.6	sort of niche cool band, it's been, this song in particular is in the Billion
0:23.8	Streams Club up there with Beyonce's Crazy in Love, White Stripes, Seven Nation Army,
0:28.5	Hey Yeah by Alcast.
0:29.8	And this is where the dichotomy comes into play because those other bands you just named
0:33.9	and those other songs, we know those bands.
0:36.0	We know who they are, their lore.
0:37.6	We even know they their past lovers. But the band we're talking about today, chances are some of you
0:42.2	can't even name the members. It's very possible that you can't name a single member of this band.
0:46.9	Well, I'm not sure I can keep this secret much longer. This episode, it's a song you know,
0:51.3	it's Walking on a Dream.
0:52.5	Walking on a Dream.
1:01.4	And a band most people don't know, Empire of the Silent.
1:04.3	Today on this episode of One Song. I'm actor, writer, director, and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddle.
1:17.0	And I'm producer, DJ, and musicologist Luxury, also known as the guy who talks about interpolation on social media.
1:23.6	And this is one song. Luxury, how are you?
1:26.3	I am doing so well.
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