| "Fireflies" | ||||
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| Single by Owl City | ||||
| from the album Ocean Eyes | ||||
| B-side | "Hot Air Balloon" | |||
| Released | July 14, 2009 | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Universal Republic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Adam Young | |||
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| "Fireflies" on YouTube | ||||
"Fireflies" is the debut single from American electronica project Owl City's album Ocean Eyes. Frontman Adam Young wrote the track about seeing fireflies in his hometown of Owatonna, Minnesota while he was awake with insomnia. Matt Thiessen produced the song and provided guest vocals. The song is built around a "bleepy" synthline and includes lyrics about insomnia, fireflies and summer.
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks. Internationally, the song also topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. "Fireflies" was Owl City's only top forty hit in the United States until three years later when "Good Time", a duet with Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, charted at No. 8.[4] It has been covered by Christina Grimmie, Cheryl Cole and others.
"Fireflies" is featured in the video game Disney Sing It: Party Hits, and was used in the promotional video for EyePet.[5] It is available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Rock Band 3.[6][7] The song was released as a free download on the game Tap Tap Revenge 3 by Tapulous.[8]
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- ^ "Disney Sing It: Party Hits". Disney. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ^ "Guitar Hero Song List". Guitarhero.com. June 21, 2012. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ "Rock Band songs". Rockband.com. June 21, 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ Mike Schramm (October 22, 2009). "Free music and a chance to win more from Tap Tap Revenge 3". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 21, 2023.