Scorchio (instrumental)

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"Scorchio"
Charlie May
Producer(s)
  • Coe
  • Emerson
  • May
Sasha singles chronology
"Be as One"
(1996)
"Scorchio"
(2000)
"Wavy Gravy"
(2002)
Darren Emerson singles chronology
"Scorchio"
(2000)
"H2O"
(2002)

"Scorchio" is an instrumental by Welsh DJ

UK Dance Chart.[3] The song also charted in the Netherlands, and has been included on numerous compilations.[4]

Background and composition

The Roland Jupiter-8 was used in the main riff

The collaboration had started after Sasha and Emerson met at a show in Uruguay that they had both been performing at, shortly following Emerson's departure from electronic music group

Charlie May, the latter performed song's main riff, on a Roland Jupiter-8 synthesiser.[1]

The instrumental was named after a recurring sketch in the BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show.[1]

The song was written with a tempo of 135

beats per minute in the key of F minor.[5] On the topic of the song's composition, Sasha stated that "[it] just came together so effortlessly, [...] and it really captured a moment".[1]

Reception

In the liner notes of the Kiss mix album Kiss House Nation 2001, Mixmag music editor Matthew Kershaw named "Scorchio" among 2000's "uncategorisable" club tracks, highlighting how it "managed to have the most outrageously sunny, Ibiza-fied main riff but also a dark, progressive edge."[6]

Formats and track listings

CD[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Scorchio" (Edit)3:39
2."Scorchio" (Full Length Version)9:36
3."Scorchio" (Emerson's Late Nite Dub)6:26
Vinyl[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Scorchio" (Full Length Version)9:43
2."Scorchio" (Emerson's Late Night Dub)9:27

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
23
UK Dance Singles (Official Charts Company)[3]
1
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 23
Netherlands (
MegaCharts)[4]
88

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d DJ Mag (2018). "Game Changer: Sasha & Darren Emerson 'Scorchio'". DJ Mag. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sasha / Emerson* – Scorchio (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^
    MegaCharts
    . Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Sasha, Emerson - Scorchio (Full Length Version)". Beatport. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. ^ Kiss House Nation 2001 (tray insert). various artists. Universal Music TV. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "Sasha / Emerson* – Scorchio". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Sasha/Emerson - Full Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  9. ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement (Search "Sasha") Retrieved 6 June 2020