Distant Sun

"Distant Sun"
Single by Crowded House
from the album Together Alone
B-side	"Walking on the Spot" (live) "When You Come" (live) "Skin Feeling" "Weather with You"
Released	20 September 1993 (1993-09-20)[1]
Length	3:51
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Neil Finn
Producer(s)	Youth Crowded House
Crowded House singles chronology
"Four Seasons in One Day" (1992) "Distant Sun" (1993) "Nails in My Feet" (1993)
Music video
"Distant Sun" on YouTube

"Distant Sun" is a song by Australian band Crowded House, released in September 1993 by Capitol Records as the first single from their fourth studio album, Together Alone (1993). The song gave the band another top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 19, but fell shy of the mark in Australia, reaching number 23. It was a top-five hit in Canada and New Zealand, reaching numbers four and five, respectively. In March 1994, a remixed version of "Distant Sun" was released in the United States, reaching number 26 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The regular mix was not released as a single in the US and was only available on the album.

A live version of "Distant Sun" was included on the single for "Locked Out", another single from Together Alone; this version was recorded at Hammersmith Apollo, England on 12 November 1993. In 2005, a tribute album titled She Will Have Her Way was created featuring a collection of Neil and Tim Finn's songs reinterpreted by female singers; "Distant Sun" was performed by New Zealand singer-songwriter Brooke Fraser. Fraser's version is mostly similar to the original version, but the key was changed to suit her voice, and she omitted the line "Like a Christian fearing vengeance from above".