Candles (song)

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"Candles"
Hey Monday - Candles.jpg
Single by Hey Monday
from the EP Candles
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)
Recorded2011
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Pop rock
Length3:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hey Monday singles chronology
"I Don't Wanna Dance"
(2010)
"Candles"
(2011)
Music video
"Candles" on YouTube

"Candles" is a song recorded by American pop punk band Hey Monday. The song was first included on the group's debut album, Hold On Tight (2008). While working on their scrapped second studio album, the band re-recorded the song; this new version was released on February 8, 2011 as the Candles EP, along with an acoustic demo of the song and a previously-unreleased song called "The One That Got Away". [1] A music video for the song debuted March 9, 2011 on Just Jared . [2] "Candles" was the last single released by the group before they went on hiatus for Cassadee Pope to pursue her solo career.

Contents

Track listing

Candles– Digital EP
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Candles"3:00
2."The One That Got Away"
3:47
3."Candles" (Demo)
  • Pope
  • Gentile
  • Hollander
  • Katz
2:46

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Rock Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 31

Glee version

"Candles"
Single by Glee Cast
from the album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers
ReleasedMarch 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
Genre Pop
Length2:51
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

The cast of Glee covered the song in their second season episode, "Original Song". In the episode, Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) performed "Candles" as a duet as part of The Warblers' setlist for Regionals. As with almost every song performed on the show, the Glee cover was released as a digital single, on March 15, 2011. It is also included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers . The Glee version proved to be more commercially successful than the original, charting in Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom, and The United States.

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 100
Canadian Hot 100 [5] 86
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [6] 165
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 71

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