"Rushes" is a 2002 single

2002 in music

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 by Darius Danesh

Darius Danesh

Darius Campbell , also known as Darius Danesh or simply Darius, is a British Iranian platinum-selling singer-songwriter, a West End stage actor, operatic baritone, Sunday Times best-selling author, and an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust.He established himself as a popular West End leading...

, one of the finalists on Pop Idol

Pop Idol (series 1)

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 in 2002. It was his second single release and was taken from his debut album Dive In

Dive In

Dive In is Darius Danesh's debut album, released toward the end of 2002. It was a huge success and went platinum in the UK, charting at number 6 in the UK albums chart during the competitive pre-Christmas sales. He wrote all 12 songs on the album, collaborating with a number of other producers such...

. It was released on November 25, 2002. The song did not hit the heights of his debut number one single, "Colourblind" but it still reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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.

Production

Danesh wrote "Rushes" when he was 16 years old. He originally wrote the lyrics on the back of a bus ticket. It is about a girl who got on the same bus as him, but he could not pluck up the courage to speak to her. As with the majority of the songs on his album, he was involved in the creative writing process.

Track listing

UK CD1

1. Rushes
2. Tear Run Dry (Songwriting Demo)
3. Colourblind (8 Jam Remix)
4. Rushes (Video)

UK CD2

1. Rushes
2. Freefall (Songwriting Demo)
3. Rushes (Acoustic)

Music video

The video for Rushes was shot in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and is about adrenalin rushes.

Darius arrives at his home on a motorbike. He then goes up to his apartment and arranges to meet his band members for a gig later that day.

He gets ready for the gig and then goes out to meet his band members by his car. The band members shown in the video were Darius' band members at that time, namely, Karl Brazil, Deeral, and Greg Haley.

They travel to the gig, speeding through a tunnel, but are then held up by traffic, eventually coming to a standstill. To get to the gig on time they decide to get out of their car and walk the rest of the way.

The band and Darius then perform the gig in front of an audience.

Reception

Michael Osborn wrote in a review for the BBC

BBC

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 that the song is "a rich, chugging, rock-tinged little ditty", although he also commented that it is "hardly a quirky experiment lacking in pop sensibilities".

Chart postitions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	5