Glow (Madcon song)

"Glow"
Single by Madcon
from the album Contraband
Released	30 May 2010 (2010-05-30)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Electropop, Europop
Length	3:50 [1]
Songwriter(s)	Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Yosef Wolde-Mariam, Tshawe Baqwa
Producer(s)	Element
Madcon singles chronology
"Liar" (2008) "Glow" (2010) "Freaky Like Me" (2010)

"Glow" is an English language song by the Norwegian urban duo Madcon. It is the first single released from their fourth album Contraband. The song is produced by production team Element, and written by Element and Madcon. Madcon performed the song during the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 interval in Oslo, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The song was accompanied by flash mob dance arranged by Element ^[2] at various locations, showing collective dancing by hundreds of ordinary people in various locations including at the Telenor Arena where the event was being held, as well as (in order of appearance) at L'Alfàs del Pi (Spain), Reykjavík (Iceland), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Gothenburg (Sweden), Hamburg (Germany), Vilnius (Lithuania), London (United Kingdom), Düsseldorf (Germany), Dublin (Ireland).

Additional celebration footage was shown (in their order of appearance) from Malta, Lithuania, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Russia, France, Turkey, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Albania, Ireland, Slovenia, Serbia, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Latvia, Belarus, United Kingdom, Croatia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Slovakia, Ukraine, Cyprus, live scenes from Hamburg (Germany), an individual in the North Sea (unidentified location), Moldova, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Spain, Israel.

Track listing

Digital download ^[3]

1. "Glow" – 3:50

German CD Single

1. "Glow" (Radio Edit) - 3:49
2. "Glow" (Extended Version) - 7:36

Chart performance

The song was released as a single making it to #1 in the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart for 10 consecutive weeks (weeks 23 to 32 / 2010). It also made it in many European singles charts: Germany (reaching #4), Finland (#6), Ireland (#12), Austria (#14), Denmark (#16), Sweden (#17), Spain (#34), Switzerland (#38), The Netherlands (#59) and UK (#70). ^[4]

Charts Chart (2010) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 14 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [6] 20 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [7] 25 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [8] 41 Denmark (Tracklisten) [9] 16 Germany (GfK) [10] 4 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] 6 Ireland (IRMA) [12] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 59 Norway (VG-lista) [14] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [15] 8 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [16] 34 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 17 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 38 UK Singles (OCC) [19] 70

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position Austrian Singles Chart [20] 50 European Hot 100 Singles [21] 75 German Singles Chart [22] 12 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Austria (IFPI Austria) [23] Gold 15,000* Germany (BVMI) [24] Platinum 300,000^ Norway (IFPI Norway) [25] 10× Platinum 100,000* * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one hits in Norway in 2010

References

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12. "Chart Track: Week 22, 2010". Irish Singles Chart.
13. "Madcon – Glow" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
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18. "Madcon – Glow". Swiss Singles Chart.
19. "Madcon: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
20. "Jahreshitparade 2010 - austriancharts.at". Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
21. "European Hot 100 Singles - Year-End". Billboard .
22. "Die deutschen Top 20 Singles von 2010 - Charts - Musik - 1LIVE". Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
23. "Austrian single certifications – Madcon – Glow" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
24. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Madcon; 'Glow')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
25. "Norwegian single certifications – Madcon – Glow" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved November 24, 2021.