Yellow Hearts

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"Yellow Hearts"
Yellow Hearts - Ant Saunders.jpg
Single by Ant Saunders
from the EP Bubble
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Genre
Length3:43
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Anthony (Ant) Saunders
Producer(s) Anthony (Ant) Saunders
Ant Saunders singles chronology
"Dial Tone"
(2019)
"Yellow Hearts"
(2019)
"U Know It's Real"
(2020)

"Yellow Hearts" is the debut single by American pop singer Ant Saunders which was self-released on October 18, 2019, and re-released by Arista Records in November 2019. The song gained popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok, which led to it gaining over 100 million streams across all platforms collectively. [2]

Contents

Reception

The song later went viral on TikTok in November 2019, along with many other indie pop songs such as Beach Bunny's single "Prom Queen." [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Music video

Saunders released the Idle House directed music video for the track on December 10, 2019. [7] [8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Audrey Mika version

Charts

Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [10] 37
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [11] 16
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [12] 53
Ireland (IRMA) [13] 43
Lithuania (AGATA) [14] 34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [15] 27
Portugal (AFP) [16] 145
Singapore (RIAS) [17] 30
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [19] 64
US Billboard Hot 100 [20] 81
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [21] 32
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [22] 41

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] Gold35,000
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [25] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousOctober 18, 2019Self-released [26]
AustraliaNovember 29, 2019 Contemporary hit radio [27]
United StatesDecember 10, 2019Arista [28]
ItalyDecember 13, 2019Sony [29]

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