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This article is about the Owl City song. For other uses, see Firefly (disambiguation) § Songs.
"Fireflies"
Song

"Fireflies" is a song and the debut single from synthpop artist Owl City's album Ocean Eyes. Relient K vocalist Matt Thiessen is featured as a guest vocalist in the song. Adam Young described the song as "a little song about bugs and not being able to fall asleep at night."[4]

The single has attained worldwide success, topping the charts in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands.

Fireflies was used in the promotional video for Sony's EyePet video game. It is also featured in Disney Sing It: Party Hits.

Music video

The music video for "Fireflies" was directed by Steve Hoover.[5] It features Adam Young playing the song on a Lowrey spinet organ in a toy-filled bedroom, where most of the toys (including an astronaut, toy cars, and a blimp) come to life. Most of the toys are older model toys, with most of them from the 1970s and '80s (the exceptions being a Robosapien and a Roboraptor). There are also vintage household devices such as a black-and-white television and a record player. The video had an exclusive premiere on MySpace, but was leaked onto Dailymotion some time before and YouTube soon after. As of 1st June 2011, the video has received 51.4 million views on YouTube. [6]

Track listings

Europe CD single
  1. "Fireflies" – 3:48
  2. "Hot Air Balloon" – 3:35[7]
US CD promo
  1. "Fireflies" – 3:48[8]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in early-September at number ninety-seven, and it reached number one in its tenth week, becoming Owl City's first number-one single.[9][10] The song stayed at number one for two non-consecutive weeks, in the top ten for fifteen weeks and on the Hot 100 for thirty-one weeks.[11] "Fireflies" contributed to sales of the album Ocean Eyes, and was credited as being responsible for its entry to the top ten on the U.S. Billboard 200.[12] On the Billboard Hot 100 2009 year-end chart, it was ranked sixtieth.[13] The RIAA certified "Fireflies" triple-platinum in June 2010. The song has surpassed the 4 million mark.[14] On the Billboard Hot 100 2010 year-end chart, it was ranked thirtieth.[15]

In the United Kingdom, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number fifty due to early download sales from a fake version that got leaked onto iTunes. The song would go on to make a forty-eight place jump to number two the following week, beaten only to the top by "Replay" by Iyaz. The following week, it rose to number one, and topped the chart for three consecutive weeks, the song has sold 639,587 copies to date.[16] The BPI certified "Fireflies" silver in February 2010. On 2 January, 2011 it was revealed that "Fireflies" is the twentieth most downloaded song of all time in Britain.[17]

In Australia, the song entered at number thirty-eight and on the week of January 10 2010, it topped the chart with 37,354 copies sold, having the biggest sales for a song in one week.

In Japan Hot 100, the song peaked at number three and was ranked sixteenth on the 2010 year-end chart, the highest ranking for an international song for 2010.

The song has attained success worldwide. It has reached number one in Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands (for 10 weeks) and the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Poland, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland.

Covers

The song is featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's new album Alpocalypse in his polka medley "Polka Face"

Charts

Peak position

Release history

Region Date Label Format
United States[62] July 14, 2009 Universal Republic Digital download
Australia[63] November 9, 2009 CD single
United Kingdom[64][65] January 8, 2010 Digital download
February 22, 2010 CD single
Ireland[66] January 14, 2010 Digital download
Poland January 16, 2010 CD single
Germany January 22, 2010 CD single

See also

References

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  3. ^ "LiveDaily Interview: Matt Thiessen of Relient K >> Tour dates at LIVE DAILY". Livedaily.com. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
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  32. ^ German Airplay Chart, Retrieved on 2011-06-03
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