"Sit Next to Me" | ||||
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Single by Foster the People | ||||
from the album Sacred Hearts Club | ||||
Released | July 13, 2017 | |||
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Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Foster the People singles chronology | ||||
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"Sit Next to Me" is a song by the American indietronica band Foster the People. The song is featured as the third track on the band's third studio album Sacred Hearts Club and was released as the record's third single by Columbia Records on July 13, 2017. "Sit Next to Me" (Versions) was recorded on October 13, 2017 and featured a radio edit, an acoustic version, and a reworked version of the song. It was then released to US modern rock stations. The song was well-received by music critics, who complimented its production and catchiness.
The official video for "Sit Next to Me" was directed by Fourclops and Brinton Bryan and was released on November 10, 2017. [2] The video features 100 posts from Instagram influencers and celebrities and also includes submissions from Foster the People fans all over the world. A cardboard cut-out of Baloony from Phineas and Ferb is seen in one of the Instagram videos. "It was fun to play with the premise of a music video that hijacks your social feed," said director Fourclops in a prepared statement. "Instagram is a major destination for consuming media these days, and it made for an exciting setting for our video. We asked ourselves, what would it look like if all of the accounts within Instagram become transformed by a song?" [3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sit Next to Me" | 4:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sit Next to Me" (Radio edit) | 3:22 |
2. | "Sit Next to Me" (Acoustic) | 4:18 |
3. | "Sit Next to Me" (Rework) | 5:32 |
Foster the People
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [28] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [29] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Various [30] | July 13, 2017 | Download | Columbia |
United States [31] | September 5, 2017 | Modern rock radio | |
North America [32] | October 13, 2017 | Download | |
United States [33] [34] | January 22, 2018 | Hot adult contemporary | |
February 13, 2018 | Contemporary hit radio |
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