Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song)

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"Home"
ESMZ - Home cover.png
Single by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
from the album Up from Below
ReleasedJanuary 2010 (2010-01)
Genre
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

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"

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

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‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [35] 3× Platinum90,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [36] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [38] Platinum1,000,000‡

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

Reception

In 2025, Alex Ebert responded to retrospective criticism of the song, after some commentators had called it "the worst song ever written". He argued that the structure of song was fundamentally good and that was evidenced by the various cover versions and changes others had made to it and it still held up. He qualified that it may not be a well recorded song as it had been recorded on tape, he accepted the muffled quality of the audio, saying they had wanted to capture the happenstance incidental quality of the band. Ebert also noted that the song came before the folk pop sound was more widely popularized by other bands such as The Lumineers or Of Monsters and Men. [39]

References

  1. ↑ "Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100". ABC.net.au. April 18, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Ryan, Shane (July 22, 2013). "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: The Authentic Alex Ebert". Paste Magazine. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "The 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ Marah Eakin (June 10, 2014). "Edward Sharpe, "Home," and the modern urban tribe". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019. This week, we're picking our favorite songs with whistling.
  5. ↑ Epting, Peter (2013). Musik im Web 2.0: Ästhetische und soziale Aspekte (in German). Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. ISBN   9783832535391.
  6. ↑ "Edward Sharpe filming music video in Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  7. ↑ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home on YouTube (uploaded May 17, 2010)
  8. ↑ Kremkau, Bryan (May 13, 2010). "Music Video: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – "Home"". ReadJunk.com. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Season 1 · E9 · Debate 109 - Community Soundtrack - Tunefind".
  10. ↑ "Season 1 · E22 · Don't vote for this episode - Raising Hope Soundtrack - Tunefind".
  11. ↑ "Raising Hope". IMDb .
  12. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : IKEA Commercial 2011 / Thuis. september 2011. YouTube .
  13. ↑ IKEA 'Home' Commercial. YouTube . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
  14. ↑ Perez, Rodrigo (May 2, 2012). "'What To Expect When You're Expecting' Soundtrack Features Chiddy Bang, Black Lips, A Fine Frenzy, David Gray & More". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  15. ↑ Brandon Nowalk (September 1, 2015). "Glee: "Loser Like Me" / "Homecoming"". But the best part is the finale, set to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' "Home."
  16. ↑ "British certifications – Edith Whiskers – Home". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  19. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home". Singles Top 100.
  20. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  21. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  22. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in French). Ultratip.
  23. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in French). Le classement de singles.
  24. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 29, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  25. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  26. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" Canciones Top 50.
  27. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home". Swiss Singles Chart.
  28. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  29. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  30. ↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2011" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  31. ↑ "Top de l'année Top Singles 2013" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  33. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Home". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  34. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  35. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Home". Radioscope. Retrieved August 15, 2025.Type Home in the "Search:" field.
  36. ↑ "Spanish single certifications – Edward Sharpe / The Magnetic Zetos – Home". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  37. ↑ "British single certifications – Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros – Home". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  38. ↑ "American single certifications – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Home". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  39. ↑ Danielle Chelosky (August 7, 2025). "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Denies "Home" Is The "Worst Song Ever Written"". Stereogum.
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