Umbrella Beach

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"Umbrella Beach"
Umbrella beach.jpg
Single by Owl City
from the album Ocean Eyes
ReleasedMay 17, 2010
Genre Electropop
Length3:50(Album Version)
3:23 (Radio Edit)
Label Universal Republic
Songwriter(s) Adam Young
Producer(s) Adam Young
Owl City singles chronology
"Vanilla Twilight"
(2010)
"Umbrella Beach"
(2010)
"Middledistancerunner"
(2010)
Audio sample
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Umbrella Beach"3:50
2."Umbrella Beach" (Kenny Hayes remix)6:10
Promo single
No.TitleLength
1."Umbrella Beach" (Long Lost Sun remix)3:25

Charts

Chart performance for "Umbrella Beach"
Chart (2010)Peak
position
UK Dance (OCC) [9] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 110

Release history

Release dates for "Umbrella Beach"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United KingdomMay 17, 2010 CD single Universal Republic [1]
AustraliaMay 24, 2010 [11]

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