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The Sun by The Cat Empire
The Sun is an EP by The Cat Empire, released in 2002. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hello”, on 4 lists with a best position of #6.
The Sun is the Cat Empire's great lost record: an EP the Melbourne crew cut in June 2002 as the follow-up to their Live @ Adelphia set, and never put in a single shop. Copies were sold at the gigs on their American tour and then more or less vanished; Felix Riebl has admitted he doesn't own one, while bassist Ryan Monro says he has a copy or two tucked away. Collectors noticed, and a signed copy went for $900 on eBay in 2008.
The songs didn't stay lost, though. Riebl's vocals and percussion, Harry James Angus's trumpet and Ollie McGill's keys whip up the band's hot-blooded stew of jazz, funk, ska and Latin-flavored rock, and most of it resurfaced later: "Hello", "The Chariot", "The Rhythm" and "The Crowd" were cut again for the self-titled debut, "Two Shoes" landed on the album of the same name, and "Song for the Day" turned up on Cities.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Sun on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello | 4 | #6 | – | 2003–2025 | |
| 2 | Two Shoes | 2 | #13 | – | 2005–2007 | |
| 3 | The Chariot | 1 | #100 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.