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"When the Stars Go Blue" | |
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Song by Ryan Adams | |
from the album Gold | |
Released | September 25, 2001 |
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Length | 3:31 |
Label | Lost Highway |
Songwriter(s) | Ryan Adams |
Producer(s) | Ethan Johns |
"When the Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song composed and originally recorded by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released on his album Gold on September 25, 2001, and has been described as the "most gorgeous ballad" on that album. [1] "When the Stars Go Blue" has been covered by many artists, including Irish band the Corrs (featuring Bono of U2), country music singer Tim McGraw, and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo.
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Single by the Corrs featuring Bono | ||||
from the album VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin | ||||
Released | April 15, 2002 | |||
Length | 4:19 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Ryan Adams | |||
Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom | |||
The Corrs singles chronology | ||||
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Irish band the Corrs recorded the song on their album VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin , featuring U2's Bono. The cover was released on April 15, 2002, in the United States, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart and number 18 on the Adult Top 40. The song was remixed for their album Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection in 2006.
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Spanish Airplay (PROMUSICAE) [2] | 1 |
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3] | 11 |
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [4] | 18 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) [5] | 46 |
US Triple-A (Billboard) [6] | 30 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | April 15, 2002 | Triple A radio | [7] | |
July 29, 2002 | Contemporary hit radio | [8] |
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Single by Tim McGraw | ||||
from the album Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | ||||
Released | March 6, 2006 | |||
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Label | Curb | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ryan Adams | |||
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Tim McGraw singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"When the Stars Go Blue" on YouTube |
In 2006, the song was released by Tim McGraw as the first single from his compilation album Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 . Heribert Severing, creator and writer of severing.nu, included McGraw's version of "When the Stars Go Blue" on his list of the top Country singles of 2006. [9]
"When the Stars Go Blue" debuted at number 35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 18, 2006.
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Canada Country ( Radio & Records ) [10] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 4 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] | 37 |
US Billboard Pop 100 | 50 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [13] | 12 |
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [14] | 35 |
Year-end chart (2006) | Position |
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US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [15] | 20 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [16] | 20 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [17] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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Single by Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen | ||||
from the album Places I Have Been | ||||
Released | February 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ryan Adams | |||
Venke Knutson singles chronology | ||||
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Kurt Nilsen singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"When the Stars Go Blue" on YouTube |
Norwegian singers Venke Knutson and World Idol Kurt Nilsen recorded a duet that appears in Venke Knutson's album 2005 Places I Have Been. The song was released as a single in Norway in February 2006,reaching number 14 on the Norwegian Singles Chart. [18]
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Norway (VG-lista) [19] | 14 |
Irish/British girlband Wonderland performed the track for their debut performance on television in Ireland. The recorded studio version was included the band's debut album Wonderland .[ citation needed ]
It was also featured in One Tree Hill as a hit song by fictional characters Haley James Scott and Chris Keller (real life singers Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hilton) and features on the One Tree Hill Soundtrack. [20]
The song was performed by Blake Lewis on American Idol Season 6,originally airing on April 17,2007. [21] His cover of the song made it to #92 of the pop charts in 2007. [22]
On July 16,2006,Phil Lesh covered the song in the first set of a show at Charter One Pavilion in Chicago,Illinois.[ citation needed ] The show was made available for purchase via compact disc by Phil Lesh and Friends.[ citation needed ] On April 5,2014,Lesh covered the song in the first set of a show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester,New York.[ citation needed ]
The song inspired a novel of the same name.
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