Not About Angels

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"Not About Angels"
Birdy - Not About Angels (Official Song Cover).png
Song by Birdy
from the album The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture)
Length3:09
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Jasmine Van den Bogaerde
Producer(s) Jasmine Van den Bogaerde

"Not About Angels" is a song by English musician Birdy. It is one of the theme songs for the film adaptation of the book The Fault in Our Stars . [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song premiered on YouTube on 12 June 2014. [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [9] Gold45,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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