Fireflies - Musique

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Owl-City - Ocean Eyes

"Fireflies" Is The Debut Single From American Electronica Project Owl City's Album Ocean Eyes. Frontman Adam Young Wrote How He Enjoyed The Fireflies In His Hometown Of Owatonna Minnesota And The Rest Of The Track About Seeing Fireflies While He Was Awake With Insomnia With Matt Thiessen Of Relient K Fame Also Producing And Providing Guest Vocals. The Song Is Built Around A "bleepy" Synthline And Includes Lyrics About Insomnia Fireflies And Summer. The Music Video For "Fireflies" Premiered On July 21 2009 And Was Directed By Steve Hoover. It Features Adam Young Playing The Song On A Lowrey Spinet Organ In A Toy-Filled Bedroom Where Most Of The Toys Including Robie Sr. A Tyrannosaurus Rex A Speak & Spell Toy Cars Including One Based On The UK Children's TV Character Brum And A Blimp Come To Life. Most Of The Toys Are Older Model Toys With Most Of Them From The 1970s And 1980s 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. As The Song Begins Young Presses A "magic" Button On The Organ's Control Panel Turning On Various Lamps And Lanterns Throughout The Room Some Shaped Uniquely E.G. One Shaped Like A Lemon And One Like A Hot-Air Balloon . The Toys Become Sentient During The Second Verse Moving Faster And More Erratically As The Song Progresses Towards The End. Once Young Presses The "magic" Button Again The Toys Deactivate And The Room Goes Dark. The Video Ends With Young Turning Off His Organ As The Camera Fades To Black. The Music Video Gained Rotation On VH1 And MTV And As Of 2024 The Music Video Has Over 500m Views And 4 Million Likes On YouTube. "Fireflies" Was Generally Well Received By Music Critics And Was An Inescapable Hit Spin Columnist Rob Arcand Wrote That The Tune "cascaded Throughout The World Inescapable In Public Spaces In The Years That Followed. Something About Its Mawkish Saccharine Lyrics Were So Flawlessly Inoffensive As To Make It The Perfect Song For Light-Rock Radio And The Track Rippled Through Airwaves In Malls Airports Commercials And Public Transit Until Even The Most Earnest Fans Grew A Little Tired." American Electronic Producer James Ferraro Commonly Credited With Pioneering The Electronic Genre Vaporwave Called "Fireflies" The Best Song Of The 21st Century Interpreting It On Twitter As Having Themes Of Mass Surveillance And "circadian Rhythm Disorder From Ever Present Sic Devices". In May 2017 The Song Was Repurposed As An Internet Meme Usually Involving The Song Being Played At An Extremely Loud Volume Or Being Remixed To Fit A Certain Theme. Another Variant Of The Meme Involved Writing A Pun For The Line "You Would Not Believe Your Eyes If Ten Million Fireflies". The Song Received Further Notability In June When Owl City Was Asked To Interpret The Lyric "I Get A Thousand Hugs From 10 000 Lightning Bugs." Following Its Virality As An Internet Meme The Song Re-Entered The Billboard Charts At Number Eight On The US Rock Streaming Songs Chart. 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. 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. It Is Available As Downloadable Content For Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Hero Warriors Of Rock And Rock Band 3. The Song Was Released As A Free Download On The Game Tap Tap Revenge 3 By Tapulous.