Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream [2008]

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Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo formed by Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau. The duo's name comes from the 1984 novel of the same name by J. G. Ballard, but is not directly named after it.

Their first single titled "Walking on a Dream" was released digitally on August 30, 2008. The single received airtime from many Australian radio stations and has since reached #10 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart., breaking the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach the Top 10 (23 weeks). It has also made the iTunes charts' top ten. It has as well been released as a free single on April 21, 2009. In reference to the book/film "Empire of the Sun", the music video for the song was filmed in Shanghai, China and was directed by Josh Logue. They released a second single, entitled "We Are The People", which was an exclusive iTunes pre-release single, the video for which was shot in Mexico. "We Are The People" peaked at number twenty-four on the ARIA Charts. The third single, Standing on the Shore was released on iTunes on June 12 and for general release on June 23rd. The video was filmed in Lancelin in April 2009

Their debut album, Walking on a Dream, was released on October 4, 2008, with six tracks from the album released online on their MySpace page in the week prior to the album's release. The album debuted at number eight on the ARIA charts, but has subsequently peaked at number six.