Candles (EP)

Candles
EP by Hey Monday
Released February 8, 2011
Recorded Spring 2010
Genre Pop rock, pop punk, power pop
Length 8:93
Label Decaydance/Columbia
Hey Monday chronology
Beneath It All
(2010)
Candles
(2011)
The Christmas EP
(2011)
Singles from Candles
  1. "Candles"
    Released: February 8, 2011

Candles is the second EP and the first digital–only EP by American pop punk band Hey Monday. On January 27, Hey Monday announced that a new version of "Candles," an old acoustic demo of "Candles," and a brand new song titled "The One That Got Away," which was released on iTunes on February 8. The "Candles" music video was released on March 9, 2011.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Cassadee Pope

No. Title Music Length
1. "Candles (2011 remix)"   Gentile, Hollander, Katz, Cassadee Pope 3:01
2. "The One That Got Away"     3:47
3. "Candles (Demo)"     2:47

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Sound Alarm [1]

The Sound Alarm gave the EP a 6.5 out of 10 stating "While I am not thrilled with this new EP, I do like the overall new sound of Hey Monday and look forward to hearing a more formal release from this band in the future."

References

Glee

The song was covered as the first duet sang between Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) on Glee at the regionals competition in Original Song.