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"Miracle"
Single by Hurts
from the album Exile
Released	11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)
Recorded	2012; Pellerin Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Length	3:45
Label	Major Label Sony RCA
Songwriter(s)	Hurts
Producer(s)	Hurts
Hurts singles chronology
"Blood, Tears & Gold" (2011) "Miracle" (2013) "Blind" (2013)
Alternative Single Cover
Music video
"Hurts - Miracle" on YouTube

"Miracle" is the lead single by British duo Hurts taken off their second studio album Exile, which was released on 10 March 2013, exactly a day before the album release. The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 4 January 2013. In Germany, the "Robots Don't Sleep Remix" was released instead. A remix EP was released on 1 March.

Music video

Two versions of the music video exist. The first video was filmed in Colindale (London). The video was released on 4 February 2013.

Black colour dominates the video. Black marries the band's widescreen synthpop with this dark and dramatic journey through a post-apocalyptic shopping centre, peppered with religious imagery and fearless half-clad dancers, ending on a rooftop with the Hurts hashtag-like logo in flames. This version of the video was leaked and then deleted. The official music video was posted on Hurts official Vevo account on 28 February, giving a very different concept from the first version released.

First version was directed by Chris Turner and the second one by Frank Borin.

Live performances

Hurts performed the single live at The Jonathan Ross Show on 9 February 2013, which was their first performance of the song on a television programme.

Formats and track listing

• iTunes single

1. "Miracle" – 3:44

• Miracle (Robots Don't Sleep Remix) – iTunes single

1. "Miracle (Robots Don't Sleep Remix)" – 3:41

• Miracle (Remixes) – iTunes EP

1. "Miracle" – 3:44
2. "Miracle (BURNS 50Hz Version)" – 4:47
3. "Miracle (Breakage's an Inferior Titles Moment Remix)" – 5:06
4. "Miracle (Russ Chimes Remix)" – 4:32
5. "Miracle (ATATIKA's 'Miraculous' Remix)" – 5:44

• Miracle (UK Remixes) – iTunes EP

1. "Miracle" – 3:44
2. "Miracle (BURNS 50Hz Version)" – 4:47
3. "Miracle (Breakage's an Inferior Titles Moment Remix)" – 5:06
4. "Miracle (Russ Chimes Remix)" – 4:32
5. "Miracle (Kill FM Remix)" – 5:11
6. "Miracle (∆T∆TIK∆'s 'Miraculous' Remix)" – 5:44

Personnel

• Hurts — keyboards, lyrics, music, programming, production, singer
• Pete Watson – piano, bass guitar
• Paul Walsham – drums
• Wil Malone – conductor, performance arranger
• Dan Grech-Marguerat – engineer, producer
• John Barclay, Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet
• Duncan Fuller – assistant engineer
• Laurence Davis, Richard Watkins, Simon Rayner – horn
• Andy Wood, Richard Edwards – trombone
• Jakob Hermann – engineer, guitar
• Spike Stent – mixing engineer
• David Emery – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering engineer

Charts

References

1. Hurts ‘Miracle’ by Favourite Colour: Black
2. Hurts – Miracle on YouTube
3. Hurts 'Miracle' by Favourite Colour Black – promonews
4. http://vimeo.com/61593135 Hurts "Miracle" directed by Frank Borin
5. The Jonathan Ross Show, Series 4, Episode 6
6. iTunes – Musik – „Miracle (Remixes) – EP" von Hurts
7. iTunes – Music – Miracle (Remixes) – EP by Hurts
8. http://www.qobuz.com/album/exile-deluxe-hurts/0886443735866 Hurts – Exile (Deluxe) all performers
9. "Hurts – Miracle" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
10. "Hurts – Miracle" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
11. "Hurts – Miracle" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
12. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
13. "Hurts – Miracle". Swiss Singles Chart.
14. "CHART: CLUK Update 23.03.2013 (wk11)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

External links

• Hurts - Miracle (Audio) on YouTube

• 2013 singles
• 2013 songs
• Hurts songs