"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. It was released as the album's third single on June 14, 2013 in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
The song has reached great international success, marking one of the band's more successful singles in recent years. It has peaked at number 7 so far on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first Top 10 hit since "Good Life" in 2010 It has also topped the charts in the United Kingdom for two non-consecutive weeks and charting within the top ten in nine countries, including attaining top five placements in Australia, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand.
The song's accompanying music video, directed by James Lees, features the band performing in a basement beneath an ongoing church congregation."Counting Stars" was promoted on The Voice with contestant Michelle Chamuel in June 2013.
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. Throughout the video a trickling water runs down the light bulb and it explodes setting a black out chain reaction. The people jumping also causes the roof of the band members room to slowly break. 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 alligatorcrawling through the basement.
Track listing
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- CD single
- "Counting Stars" – 4:17
- "Counting Stars" (Lovelife remix) – 3:55
Credits and personnel
- Recording
- Recorded at Black Rock Studio Santorini, Santorini, Greece, and Patriot Studios, Denver, Colorado
- Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
- Personnel
- Songwriting – Ryan Tedder
- Production – Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella
- Engineering – Smith Carlson
- Assistant engineering – Matthew Tryba
- Harp – HarpEri
- Backing vocals — Bobbie Gordon, Brent Kutzle, Zach Filkins, David McGlohon
- Mixing – Joe Zook
- Assistant mix engineering – Ryan Lipman
- Mastering – Chris Gehringer, Will Quinnell
Charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[8] | 2 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] | 4 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[10] | 5 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[11] | 17 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] | 10 |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[13] | 10 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] | 3 |
| France (SNEP)[15] | 75 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[16] | 3 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[17] | 9 |
| Hungary (Single Top 20)[18] | 3 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[19] | 2 |
| Israel (Media Forest)[20] | 1 |
| Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[21] | 5 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[22] | 2 |
| Poland (Polish Airplay Top 20)[23] | 1 |
| Scotland (Official Charts Company)[24] | 1 |
| Slovakia (IFPI)[25] | 2 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] | 11 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] | 6 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] | 9 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[30] | 7 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard)[31] | 20 |
| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[32] | 4 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[33] | 22 |
| Venezuela Pop Rock General (Record Report)[34] | 19 |
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