Glow (Madcon song)

"Glow"
Single by Madcon
from the album Contraband
Released May 30, 2010 (2010-05-30)
Recorded 2010
Genre Electropop, Europop
Length 3:50[1]
Writer(s) Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Yosef Wolde-Mariam, Tshawe Baqwa
Producer(s) Element
Madcon singles chronology
"Liar"
(2008)		 "Glow"
(2010)		 "Freaky Like Me"
(2010)

"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]
  1. "Glow" – 3:50
German CD Single
  1. "Glow" (Radio Edit) - 3:49
  2. "Glow" (Extended Version) - 7:36

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)[5] 14
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 20
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] 25
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[8] 41
Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 16
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 59
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[15] 8
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] 34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 38
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 70

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[20] 50
European Hot 100 Singles[21] 75
German Singles Chart[22] 12

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[23] Platinum 300,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[24] 8× Platinum 80,000*

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Glow - Single by Madcon". Apple. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  2. ↑ ELEMENT official website
  3. ↑ "Madcon - Glow". Amazon.
  4. ↑ "Glow" page on aCharts.us website
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Madcon – Glow" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Madcon – Glow" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Madcon – Glow" (in French). Ultratip.
  8. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201036 into search.
  9. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Madcon – Glow". Tracklisten.
  10. ↑ "Musicline.de – Madcon Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  11. ↑ "Madcon: Glow" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  12. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 22, 2010". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Madcon – Glow" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Madcon – Glow". VG-lista.
  15. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201031 into search.
  16. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Madcon – Glow" Canciones Top 50.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Madcon – Glow". Singles Top 100.
  18. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Madcon – Glow". Swiss Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "Madcon: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
  20. ↑ http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp
  21. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/european-hot-100-singles
  22. ↑ http://www.einslive.de/musik/charts/2011/jahrescharts.jsp
  23. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Madcon; 'Glow')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  24. ↑ "Trofe Oversikt" (in Norwegian). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Norway. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

External links

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