100,000 Fireflies

"100,000 Fireflies"
Single by The Magnetic Fields
from the album Distant Plastic Trees
Released September 1991
Format 7-inch vinyl, CD
Genre Twee Pop, Indie Pop
Length 3:20
Label Harriet Records
Writer(s) Stephin Merritt

"100,000 Fireflies" is a song and the debut single by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, featuring on their 1991 debut studio album Distant Plastic Trees. It is one of the band's most famous and best loved songs and is known for its bleak, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and black humour[1] and for Susan Anway's sparse, soprano vocal performace.[2]

Owing to its re-release in 1995 as part of the 2 for 1 Distant Plastic Trees/The Wayward Bus album, Glide Magazine named it the 2nd best modern rock song of the previous decade in 2004.[3]

References

  1. ^ "100,000 Fireflies". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/song/100000-fireflies-t1389961. Retrieved 17 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies". Stylus Magazine. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/seconds/the-magnetic-fields-100000-fireflies.htm. Retrieved 17 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "20 Top Modern Rock Songs Of The Past Decade (1994-2004)". Glide Magazine. http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/51382/20-top-modern-rock-songs-of-the-past-decade-1994-2004.html. Retrieved 17 December 2011.