Glow (Madcon song)

"Glow" is an English language song by the Norwegian urban duo Madcon It is the first single released from their fourth album Contraband. The song is produced by production team Element, and written by Element and Madcon. Madcon performed the song during the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 interval in Oslo, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The song was accompanied by flash mob dance arranged by Element^[2] at various locations, showing collective dancing by hundreds of ordinary people in various locations including at the Telenor Arena where the event was being held, as well as (in order of appearance) at L'Alfàs del Pi (Spain), Reykjavík (Iceland), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Gothenburg (Sweden), Vilnius (Lithuania), London (United Kingdom), Düsseldorf (Germany), Dublin (Ireland).

Additional celebration footage was shown (in their order of appearance) from Malta, Lithuania, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Russia, France, Turkey, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Albania, Ireland, Slovenia, Serbia, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Latvia, Belarus, United Kingdom, Croatia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Slovakia, Ukraine, Cyprus, live scenes from Hamburg (Germany), an individual in the North Sea (unidentified location), Moldova, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Spain, Israel.

There was also special appearance footage by HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit, her daughter HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra and her son Marius Borg Høiby.

Track listing

Digital download^[3]

"Glow" – 3:50

Chart performance

The song was released as a single making it to #1 in the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart for 10 consecutive weeks (weeks 23 to 32 / 2010). It also made it in many European singles charts: Germany (reaching #4), Finland (#6), Ireland (#12), Austria (#14), Denmark (#16), Sweden (#17), Spain (#34), Switzerland (#38), The Netherlands (#59) and UK (#70).^[4]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^{[ 1]}	14
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^{[ 1]}	20
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)^{[ 1]}	25
Czech Republic (IFPI)^{[ 1]}	41
Denmark (Tracklisten)^{[ 1]}	16
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^{[ 1]}	6
Ireland (IRMA)^{[ 1]}	12
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)^{[ 1]}	59
Norway (VG-lista)^{[ 1]}	1
Slovakia (IFPI)^{[ 1]}	8
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^{[ 1]}	34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^{[ 1]}	17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^{[ 1]}	38
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^{[ 1]}	70

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart^[5]	50
European Hot 100 Singles^[6]	75
German Singles Chart^[7]	12

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)^[8]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[9]	8× Platinum	80,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "Glow - Single by Madcon". Apple. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
↑ ELEMENT official website
↑ "Madcon - Glow". Amazon.
↑ "Glow" page on aCharts.us website
↑ http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp
↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/european-hot-100-singles
↑ http://www.einslive.de/musik/charts/2011/jahrescharts.jsp
↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Madcon; 'Glow')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
↑ "Trofe Oversikt" (in Norwegian). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Norway. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

v t e Madcon

Discography

Studio albums	It's All a Madcon (2004) So Dark the Con of Man (2007) An InCONvenient Truth (2008) Contraband (2010) Contakt (2012) Icon (2013)

Singles	"Doo-Wop" "Infidelity" "Beggin'" "Back on the Road" "Liar" "Glow" "Freaky Like Me" "Outrun the Sun" "Helluva Nite" "Kjører på" "Fest på Smedstad vest" "In My Head" "One Life"

Featured singles	"Sunrise"

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