"Without You" is the fourth single released by Australian electropop duo Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun (band)

Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo that formed in 2008. The duo is composed of Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau. The two met in 2000 after both being signed to the same record label. Luke and Nick knew that they instantly had a chemistry like no other...

 from their debut album Walking on a Dream

Walking on a Dream

Walking on a Dream is the debut album by Australian electronic duo Empire of the Sun, released in Australia on 4 October 2008 by EMI. The album was produced by band members Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore along with Peter Mayes....

. The single was digitally released on the Australian iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 on 25 September 2009. The CD single was released in late September. The song has been remixed for single release, making it more uptempo and upbeat.

Lyrics and writing

"Without You" is a notable song on Walking on a Dream as it is the only down-tempo composition on the entire album, contrasting with the previous single releases from the band. The song is a slow, melancholy ballad sung by Steele with such lyrics as; "No future there is no past, No slow there is no fast."

Music video

The music video was shot in Fox Studios

Fox Studios Australia

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 in Sydney

Sydney

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 by Josh Logue.

The music video, which does not feature Littlemore, consists of Steele in black and white birdlike garb and ice-blue contact lens, who is surrounded by a geodesic dome

Geodesic dome

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 made of white neon lights. To complete the ice blue theme, other props include a chair and table of food all within the video's aesthetic. The video was shown on the Australian MTV

MTV

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 website, YouTube

YouTube

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, NovaNation

NovaNation

novanation is a terrestrial and internet 24/7 dance music radio station, broadcasting both in digital DAB+ and online streaming. It is marketed as Australia's first 'digital' dance station in an effort to differentiate itself from analogue stations such as Wild FM, Fresh 92.7 and Kiss FM, which...

.com and in a link on Twitter

Twitter

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NovaNation claims "The Empire of the Sun boys have dropped another video that speaks volumes about their ability to see beyond the music." The video has also been aired on Video Hits

Video Hits (Australian TV series)

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, Channel 99 (GO!

Go! (Australian TV channel)

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) and ABC

ABC Television

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's Rage

Rage (TV program)

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Track listing

iTunes EP

1. "Without You" (new version) – 3:31
2. "Walking on a Dream" (Treasure Fingers Remix) – 5:25
3. "Standing on the Shore" (Losers Remix) – 6:39
4. "Without You" (album version) – 4:58

UK 7" vinyl single

• Purple-colored see-through vinyl

1. "Without You" (new version) – 3:31
2. "Girl" – 3:12

Promo CD single

1. "Without You" (new version) – 3:31
2. "Without You" (new version) (instrumental) – 3:33

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	25 September 2009	EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
	28 September 2009		CD CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...