Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song)

"Home"
Single by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
from the album Up from Below
Released	January 2010 (2010-01)
Genre	Indie folk country folk
Length	5:06
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]

Song

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.	Title	Length
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

• "Home" was first featured on the first-season episode "Debate 109" ^[9] of the NBC comedy Community which aired on November 12, 2009, before the song's release as a single in January 2010. ^[2]
• “Home” was also featured in Gossip Girl before being released as a single on October 19, 2009, in the episode Enough About Eve (S3•E9)
• "Home" was first featured on the last episode of the first season ^[10] of the Fox comedy Raising Hope , "Don't Vote for This Episode", which first aired on May 17, 2011. ^[11]
• "Home" was featured on commercials for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in the United States in 2011, for IKEA in the Netherlands in 2011, ^{[12] [13]} for HRV Home Ventilation in New Zealand in 2012 and for Peugeot in the United Kingdom and in France in 2014.
• The song features in the 2012 film What to Expect When You're Expecting . ^[14]
• The song was featured on the season 6 episode of Glee titled "Homecoming". ^[15]
• It also began to go viral on TikTok in late November 2020, along with the Edith Whiskers (Tom Rosenthal) cover version, with the original version of the song appearing on Spotify's “Viral Hits” playlist.^{[ citation needed ]} The Edith Whiskers cover was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023. ^[16]
• In 2023, the song was used in television advertisements for the retailer Leroy Merlin in Portugal.
• "Home" was featured in commercials for Best Friends Animal Society in 2025.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [17] 40 US Billboard Alternative Songs 25 Chart (2011) Peak position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [18] 27 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 52 Chart (2013) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [20] 56 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [21] 39 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [22] 18 France (SNEP) [23] 7 Ireland (IRMA) [24] 57 Scotland (OCC) [25] 40 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [26] 46 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 41 UK Singles (OCC) [28] 50 UK Indie (OCC) [29] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [30] 84 Chart (2013) Position France (SNEP) [31] 83

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [32]	Platinum	70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [33]	Gold	45,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [34]	Platinum	50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [35]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [36]	Gold	30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [37]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [38]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100". ABC.net.au. April 18, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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. "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.
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20. "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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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 December 18, 2024.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.
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