Stratus (song)

"Stratus" is a song by American alternative rock / post-hardcore band Moments in Grace, released on June 15, 2004. It was produced by Brian McTernan and distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records and Salad Days Records. The song was the first and only single from the band's debut full-length album, Moonlight Survived. On June 21, 2004, the song reached No. 2 on CMJ New Music Report's Loud College Rock, No. 3 on Loud Rock Crucial Spins, and No. 14 on CMJ Top 200. The single helped Moonlight Survived peak to No. 13 on CMJ's Top 200 chart on August 30, 2004, and the album spent six weeks on CMJ's Radio 200 chart, peaking to No. 109 on October 11, 2004.
On July 17, 2004, Moments in Grace filmed a music video for the song with director Laurent Briet in Los Angeles, California. The video premiered on August 12, 2004, five days before Moonlight Survived was released, and later aired on MTV and Fuse. Two days after the video's filming, on July 19, 2004, Moments in Grace was invited to MTV's Paramount Plaza studio for a photo shoot and video interview promoting the single. The track was regularly performed on the band's 2003–2005 promotional tour.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes.
; Moments in Grace

; Guest musicians

; Production