“Southern Sun” is a song produced by Paul Oakenfold and released on his 2002 album Bunkka and as a single. It features vocals by Carla Werner. Remixes by DJ Tiësto appear on the single release and on Tiësto’s album In Search Of Sunrise 3: Panama of the same year.

The song was promoted with a video that tells the story of a fashion model. The model faints during an outdoor photo session, then walks away from the session into a forest. There she recovers her lost youth and then travels into outer space in a scene reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun - Liedtext (Lyrics)

Piece by piece
I release
Once was mine
Now undone
Turned blue
Like New Orleans
And went down like
A southern sun

I still feel you
Beneath my skin
I am tempted
To throw my senses in

Cos it’s easier to fly
Than to face another day
In Southern Sun
And your love is all around

Piece by piece
I release
Once was mine
Now undone
Turned blue like New Orleans
And went down like
A southern sun

I still feel you
Beneath my skin
I am tempted
To throw my senses in

Cos it’s easier to fly
Than to face another day
In Southern Sun
And your love is all around
And in the air to set me free

Set me free

You last like a sun
I’m deflated
I am pieces on the wind
Unrelated

I still feel you
Beneath my skin
I am tempted
To throw my senses in

Cos it’s easier to fly
Than to face another day
In southern sun
And your love is all around
In the air to set me free

Cos it’s easier to fly
And in the air to set me free