- published: 25 Feb 2010
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In audio engineering, a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal. The term can also be used for film cinematography or theatre lighting, in much the same way (see fade (filmmaking) and fade (lighting)).
A recorded song may be gradually reduced to silence at its end (fade-out), or may gradually increase from silence at the beginning (fade-in). For example, the songs "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve[citation needed] and "Turn to Stone" by Electric Light Orchestra[citation needed] fade in from the beginning, while the songs "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf,[citation needed] "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey,[citation needed] and "Hey Jude" by The Beatles[citation needed] fade out. However, "Born to be Wild" and "Boogie Oogie Oogie" fade out in a matter of seconds, whereas "Hey Jude" takes over 2 minutes to completely fade out. "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp takes about a minute to fade out.[citation needed] Fading-out can serve as a recording solution for pieces of music that contain no obvious ending.
I'm in transit
Floating stranded on this boat
And I pledge my self allegiance
To a better night sleep at home
And the sweet sweet sun's comin' down hard
The sun's comin' down hard
It burns the bones
So hold a hand for cover
Hold a hand for cover
Hold a hand for cover from harm
Woo oo oo...
Talk don't change a thing
Oh, it's fading fader
Woo oo oo...
Words don't sink it swims
Oh, it's fading fader
Bless this mess
We tried our best
That's all that we can do
While the angels walk
With the lonely ones
In the cold rain to rescue you
And this fable world's comin' down hard
The wall's comin' down hard
On all our homes
So hold a hand for cover
Hold a hand for cover
Hold a hand for cover from harm
Woo oo oo...
Talk don't change a thing
Oh, it's fading fader
Woo oo oo...
Words don't sink it swims
Oh, it's fading fader