^ " The Irish Charts – – Clouds Across the Moon".^ " Rah Band – Clouds Across the Moon" (in French).^ " Rah Band – Clouds Across the Moon" (in Dutch).^ a b c "RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon (Vinyl)".^ a b "RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon".In 1998, Norwegian electronica duo Frost covered the song for their debut album, "Bedsit Theories".In 1995, Japanese techno producer Yoshinori Sunahara covered the song for his album, Crossover.As well as new vocals, the new version has a more jazz-funk feel than the original, but still retains the original synthesizer and drum machine. Hewson states that the single was remixed and released in response to "the phenomenal demand by fans and DJs, for a modern mix of the 1985 'classic'". The vocals were re-recorded by vocalist Emma Charles and the single was released by Shocking Music in July 2007. "Clouds Across the Moon 07" is a remix of the original recording.
The remix peaked at #85 on GfK Entertainment Charts. "Clouds Across the Moon" was first remixed in 1999 by German house group " Tiefschwarz".
The songs reference to Flight 247 was included to garner airplay from BBC Radio 1 whose wavelength and ID was 247 metres on the medium wave band." The vocals were performed by Hewson's wife Liz. In regards to the phone call featured in the song, Hewson said that it was "much more difficult to make these calls since British Telecom was privatized." Hewson also mentioned that the phone call cost about "five million six hundred and forty thousand pounds and forty pence. In an interview with Smash Hits on, Richard Anthony Hewson said that the song took place in the future where there was a 100-year long war on Mars.