Flaming June is a 1997 hit trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 song performed by BT

BT (musician)

Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...

from the Perfecto

Perfecto Records

Perfecto Records is a United Kingdom based Trance record label founded by Paul Oakenfold in 1989.-History:Perfecto was founded by electronic music record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold in 1989...

 album ESCM

ESCM

ESCM is the second album by electronica artist BT, released in 1997. Following Ima, Transeau branched out to create club anthems such as "Flaming June", while also drawing inspiration from drum and bass as well as hip hop...

. The track reached #19 on the UK Top 40 , is considered a dance anthem in the dance music

Electronic music

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 scene , and is widely referred to as an example of progressive trance music.
Flaming June features co-production credits from German

Germany

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 DJ and producer

Record producer

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 Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk

Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...

 and was remixed by Chicane

Chicane (recording artist)

Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....

.

The title of the song seems unconnected with the well-known 1895 painting

Flaming June

Flaming June is a painting by Lord Frederic Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil paints on a 47" x 47" square canvas, it is widely considered to be Leighton's magnum opus, showing his classicist nature. It is thought that the woman portrayed alludes to the figures of sleeping nymphs and...

 of the same name. According to BT, he got the name from a cab driver on his way to a recording studio who commented that it was "Flaming June", referring to the particularly hot weather that day.

Formats and Track listings

12" single version

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Original Mix) (9.14)
2. "Flaming June" (Chicane Remix) (9.20)

Double pack 12" single version

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Original Mix) (8.50)
2. "Flaming June" (Lemon D Remix) (8.13)
3. "Flaming June" (H.H.C. Remix) (7.26)
4. "Orbitus Teranium (Album Version) (8.28)

UK. Promo CD

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Edit) (3.46)
2. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Mix) (8.50)
3. "Orbitus Teranium (Album Version) (8.28)

UK. Maxi Single 1

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Edit) (3.46)
2. "Orbitus Teranium (Album Version) (8.28)
3. "Orbitus Teranium (Lenco Shift Mix) (6.03)

UK. Maxi Single 2

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Mix) (8.50)
2. "Flaming June" (Lemon D Remix) (8.13)
3. "Flaming June" (H.H.C. Remix) (7.26)
4. "Flaming June" (Simon Hales Orchestra) (5.12)

UK, Australia

Australia

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n and Europe

Europe

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an Maxi Single

1. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Edit) (3.44)
2. "Flaming June" (Chicane Remix) (9.20)
3. "Flaming June" (H.H.C. Remix) (7.26)
4. "Flaming June" (BT & PvD Mix) (8.50)

US American

1. "Flaming June" Track 6 (Digital Empire: Electronica's Best Disc 2) (8:38)

Global

1. "Flaming June 2010" Track 12 (Anjunabeats: Anjunadeep:02 Mixed By James Grant & Jaytech)