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"Counting Stars"
Song

"Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, Native (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. Musically, it is a pop song with strong elements of folk music.[2] It was released as the album's third single on June 14, 2013 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

The song has been one of the band's most successful singles. It has currently peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, tied with "Apologize" as their highest peaking single in the United States,[3] and is their third US top-ten hit. It has also topped the charts in Canada and the United Kingdom for two non-consecutive weeks[4] and charted within the top ten in 20 countries, including attaining top five placements in Australia, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand. The song has sold over 3 million copies in the US as of January 2014.[5] The song will be covered by Skylar Astin, on the 99th episode of season 5 of popular musical series Glee, airing on March 11, 2014.[6]

The song's accompanying music video, directed by James Lees, features the band performing in a basement beneath an ongoing church congregation.[7]

Music video

The music video was filmed on May 10, 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and premiered on May 31, 2013. The video features the band performing the song in a gloomy basement surrounded by hanging light bulbs – which is interspersed with scenes of several people in a Christian revival service. At the end of the video, one of the people in the service falls through the floor, coming through the ceiling of the room the band is performing in. The video also shows clips of an alligator crawling through the basement.[8]

Track listing

  1. "Counting Stars" – 4:17
  2. "Counting Stars" (Lovelife remix) – 3:55

Credits and personnel

Recording[10]
Personnel[10]

Charts and certifications

Release history

Regions Dates Format(s) Label(s)
Austria[9] June 14, 2013 CD single Mosley Music Group, Interscope Records
Germany[9]
Switzerland[9]
United States[61] October 8, 2013 Radio (Top 40)

References

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  3. ^ The Hot 100 : Page 2 | Billboard
  4. ^ OneRepublic reclaim UK singles top spot with Counting Stars
  5. ^ a b Paul Grein (8 January 2013). "Chart Watch: Pitbull & Kesha & Eminem & RiRi". Yahoo Music.
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  8. ^ Twitter / OneRepublic: Counting stars set
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  10. ^ a b Native (Media notes). United States: Mosley Music Group, Interscope Records. 2013. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
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  54. ^ "Italian single certifications – OneRepublic – Counting Stars" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 31 January 2014. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Counting Stars" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  55. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 21 January 2014. Type OneRepublic in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Counting Stars in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  56. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Counting Stars')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
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  61. ^ Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates
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