Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song)

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"Home"
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Single by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
from the album Up from Below
ReleasedJanuary 2010 (2010-01)
Genre Indie folk, country folk
Length5:06
Label Rough Trade, Community
Songwriter(s) Jade Castrinos
Alex Ebert
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros singles chronology
"40 Day Dream/Geez Louise"
(2009)
"Home"
(2010)
"Memory of a Free Festival"
(2010)
Music video
"Home” on YouTube

"Home" is a song written and recorded by American group Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from the album, Up from Below . The song came in at number 73 on Australian radio station Triple J's 100 hottest songs of the past 20 years. [1]

Contents

Song

The song is a duet between Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos, [2] with portions of spoken word from both. [3] Whistling is prominent in the song, [4] totaling three minutes [5] including the opening melody. [3] Instruments include guitar, piano, and trumpet.

Track listing

Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos shared the vocals on the original recording of "Home" AlexEbert JadeCastrinos 20130616.jpg
Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos shared the vocals on the original recording of "Home"

All tracks are written by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home
No.TitleLength
1."Home (radio edit)"3:16
2."Home"5:06

Music video

A music video for the song features a selection of clips of the band on tour in Australia. [6] [7] It was made by Ryan Gall, with cinematography from Gall, Petey Klein, Stephen Frizza and Hamish Siddins. [8]

Notable media appearances

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [32] Platinum70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [33] Gold45,000
Italy (FIMI) [34] Platinum50,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [35] Gold30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] 2× Platinum1,200,000
United States (RIAA) [37] Platinum1,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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