"When the Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song originally composed and performed by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released with his album Gold on September 25, 2001. The song has been covered by many artists, notably Celtic band The Corrs, country music singer Tim McGraw and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo.
[edit] The Corrs cover
The Corrs recorded the song on their album VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live In Dublin in 2002, featuring U2's Bono. The song was remixed for their album Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection during 2007, and released as a single in Spain, reaching #1 at the airplay chart in September.
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"When the Stars Go Blue" (featuring Bono) |
Ryan Adams |
Mitchell Froom |
4:20 |
[edit] Music video
The Corrs and Bono in the music video for "When the Stars Go Blue"
The video for "When the Stars Go Blue" is pieced together from the "Live" session at VH1.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Tim McGraw cover
In 2006, the song was released by Tim McGraw as the first single from his album Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, with added country-style and more instrumental aid.
[edit] Music video
The video was directed by Sherman Halsey. It features McGraw performing in a snowy background surrounded by clusters of pine trees. It was shot in Crivitz, Wisconsin. The video was shot in black-and-white. Throughout the video, several reflections of people can be seen in the trees. In the end of the clip, McGraw starts to walk backwards, turns around, starts to run, then disappears, leaving only a trail of footprints behind. The version of the song in the video is edited to fit into the time of 3:19. It was released in April 2006.
[edit] Chart performance
"When the Stars Go Blue" debuted at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 18, 2006.
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Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs |
4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
37 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 |
50 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |
12 |
[edit] Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen cover
The Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and World Idol Kurt Nilsen made a duo that appears in Venke Knutson's album 2005 Places I Have Been. The song was released as a single in Norway in February 2006 reaching #14 in the Norwegian Singles Chart.[3]
[edit] Other versions
Irish/British girlband Wonderland performed the track for their debut performance on television in Ireland. Both live and studio version is available on Youtube. The recorded studio version was included the band's debut album Wonderland released in United Kingdom and Ireland on 6 June 2011.
It was also featured in One Tree Hill as a hit song by fictional characters Haley James Scott and Chris Keller (real life singers Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hilton) and features on the One Tree Hill Soundtrack.
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