Bonfire Heart

"Bonfire Heart"
Single by James Blunt
from the album Moon Landing
Released 29 July 2013[1]
Format CD single, digital download
Genre Folk pop
Length 3:54
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) James Blunt, Ryan Tedder
Producer(s) Ryan Tedder
James Blunt singles chronology
"Dangerous"
(2011)		 "Bonfire Heart"
(2013)		 "Heart to Heart"
(2014)

Bonfire Heart is the first single from British singer-songwriter James Blunt's fourth studio album, Moon Landing (2013). The song has been written by Blunt, in collaboration with OneRepublic's lead singer Ryan Tedder, with whom Blunt has previously worked for the single "Stay the Night".

The song debuted at number six and climbed to number four in the UK Singles Chart.

Promotion

Blunt's record label sent out an email notifying fans of the song's release, only to later discover they had inadvertently emailed a much larger mailing list. Blunt later took to Twitter to apologise for emailing "the whole of the UK by mistake".[2] The email invited its recipients to visit Blunt's SoundCloud page, where the song could be streamed for free. The song had its first radio broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 29 July, with a lyric video being uploaded to Blunt's YouTube page later that day.

An accompanying music video directed by Vaughan Arnell was released on 28 August 2013.[3]

On 7 October, Blunt performed the song live on the results show of the Australian X-Factor.

On 5 November, Blunt performed the song live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

On 28 February 2014, Blunt, after being interviewed, performed the song live on Skavlan.

Tracklisting

Digital download - Single[4]
  1. Bonfire Heart (Blunt, Tedder)
CD Maxi Single/Digital download - EP[5]
  1. Bonfire Heart (Blunt, Tedder)
  2. Miss America (Acoustic Version from Angel Studios) (Blunt, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector)[6]
  3. Next Time I'm Seventeen (Blunt, Matt Hales, Dan Wilson)[7]
  4. Heroes (Blunt, Guy Chambers)[8]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[9] 3
scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 1
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[11] 1
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 12
scope="row" Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 51
scope="row" Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[14] 5
scope="row" France (SNEP)[15] 26
scope="row" Germany (Media Control Charts)[16] 1
scope="row" Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[17] 4
scope="row" Hungary (Single Top 40)[18] 7
scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[19] 13
scope="row" Israel (Media Forest)[20] 2
scope="row" Italy (FIMI)[21] 9
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[22] 1
scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 8
scope="row" Poland (Polish Airplay Top 20)[24] 15
scope="row" Scotland (Official Charts Company)[25] 11
scope="row" Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[26] 41
scope="row" Spain (PROMUSICAE)[27] 32
scope="row" Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 60
scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 1
scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[30] 4
scope="row" US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[31] 31
scope="row" US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[32] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Germany (Media Control AG)[33] 32
Hungarian Airplay Chart[34] 88

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[35] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[36] Gold 15,000x
Canada (Music Canada)[37] Gold 40,000^
Germany (BVMI)[38] Gold 150,000^
Italy (FIMI)[39] Platinum 30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[40] Gold 7,500*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[41] Platinum 30,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[42] Gold 400,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ iTunes - Music - Bonfire Heart - Single by James Blunt
  2. ↑ Blunt, James (29 July 2013), @DirtyLilBlunt on Twitter, retrieved 1 August 2013
  3. ↑ Wilson, Ethan (3 September 2013). "James Blunt "Bonfire Heart" (Vaughan Arnell, dir.)". Video Static. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Bonfire Heart - Single by James Blunt". Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ iTunes - Musik – „Bonfire Heart - EP" von James Blunt
  6. ↑ BMI | Repertoire Search
  7. ↑ BMI | Repertoire Search
  8. ↑ BMI | Repertoire Search
  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  13. ↑ "James Blunt Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for James Blunt.
  14. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201349 into search.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in French). Les classement single.
  16. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". GfK Entertainment.
  17. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  18. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  19. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 42, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  20. ↑ "Lily Allen – Somewhere Only We Know Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
  21. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". Top Digital Download.
  22. ↑ "Luxembourg Digital Songs - January 11, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  23. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". Top 40 Singles.
  24. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 20. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart: 19 October 2013". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  26. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201339 into search.
  27. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" Canciones Top 50.
  28. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". Singles Top 60.
  29. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". Swiss Singles Chart.
  30. ↑ "October 2013/ Archive Chart: 26 October 2013" UK Singles Chart.
  31. ↑ "James Blunt Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for James Blunt.
  32. ↑ "James Blunt Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary for James Blunt.
  33. ↑ "Top 100 Singles Jahrescharts 2013" (in German). VIVA. Viacom International Media Networks. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  34. ↑ "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 - radios 2013" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  35. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 Singles". ARIA. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  36. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 20 July 2014. Enter James Blunt in the field Interpret. Enter Bonfire Heart in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  37. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". Music Canada. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  38. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (James Blunt; 'Bonfire Heart')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  39. ↑ "Italian single certifications – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2013. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter James Blunt in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  40. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - 23 December 2013". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  41. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (James Blunt; 'Bonfire Heart')". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  42. ↑ "British single certifications – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 November 2013. Enter Bonfire Heart in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search