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The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album’s second single on June 14, 2013.The song has been one of the band’s most successful singles, reaching number one in many countries including Canada and the United Kingdom, number two in the United States, and top ten in 20 countries. It has sold over 1 million copies in the United Kingdom.The song’s accompanying music video, directed by James Lees, features the band performing in the ground floor of a building beneath an ongoing church congregation on the upper floor.[3] As of July 2022, the video has received over 3.6\u00a0billion views on YouTube and is one of the most watched videos of all time on the site.Table of ContentsBackground and composition[edit]Music video[edit]Commercial performance[edit]Track listing[edit]Credits and personnel[edit]Weekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Decade-end charts[edit]All-time charts[edit]Certifications and sales[edit]Release history[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Background and composition[edit]Ryan Tedder stated that “‘Counting Stars’ came about [in August 2012] as an idea. It was probably the most versions of any song[…]to get it right”. He also called it “one of [his] two favorite songs on the [Native] album”.[1] Tedder started writing “Counting Stars” while waiting for Beyonc\u00e9 to turn up to a studio session, about a month after starting to write “Love Runs Out”.[4] In an interview with the Official Charts Company, Tedder said, “I had the idea for Counting Stars originally in the summer of 2012 when I was in the Hamptons. I was working in the largest house I’ve ever stepped foot in, which was being rented by Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9. I was in the middle of working on my most recent album with OneRepublic, Native, and during that time I was determined not to work with any other artists. I broke the promise because I also did sessions that year with Beyonc\u00e9. When Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9 invite you to stay with them in the Hamptons, you don’t say no!”[5] He continued: “I was out there for about five days and on the second day I woke up early and I started combing through the internet, searching for stuff that would inspire me for Beyonc\u00e9. I ended up coming across this weird song that had this indigenous folk sound to it that just struck me like lightning. I didn’t like the verses or lyrics, but I loved the feel and movement of it. That ended up inspiring Counting Stars. I debated playing it for Beyonc\u00e9 and putting it forward for her album, but it didn’t feel like a song Beyonc\u00e9 would record. I immediately came up with the chorus idea, went home and for the next three months finished the Native album.”[5]“Counting Stars” is a folk pop[6] and pop rock song[7] with a disco beat.[8] Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post said that the song is “an extremely effective (and infectious) song \u2014 with Tedder’s polished pop hijacking a folk song, and a little R&B attitude in there as well.”[9] The band explained that the song is about “laying in bed awake at night when you’re stressed out of your mind, thinking ‘How are we gonna make ends meet? How are we gonna pay the bills?’ You know, all those things you wanna do with your life \u2013 how are we gonna make them work? How’s this actually gonna happen or come to pass? So, instead of counting sheep, we’re counting stars.”[1]According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, the song has a tempo of 107.6 beats per minute before increasing to 122 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of C\u266f minor, and follows a chord progression of C\u266fm-E-B-A.[10]Ryan’s vocals span from the lower note of B2 to the higher note of C\u266f5Music video[edit]The music video was filmed on May 10, 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and premiered on May 31, 2013. The video features the band performing the song in a gloomy ground floor of a building surrounded by hanging light bulbs, interspersed with scenes of several people in a religious revival service on the upper floor, dancing along with the song. At the end of the video, the ceiling is demolished, causing one of the people in the service to fall through the floor, coming through the ceiling of the room the band is performing in. The video also shows clips of an alligator crawling through the ground floor.[11]The video became the first music video by a band in history to reach 1\u00a0billion views, doing so on November 2, 2015.[12] It has received over 9.8 billion views and 16 million likes on YouTube, and, as of January 2023[update], is the 16th most viewed video on the site.[13]Commercial performance[edit]“Counting Stars” debuted at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 6, 2013.[14] The song peaked at number two on January 18, 2014, and stayed there for two weeks behind “Timber” by Pitbull, featuring Kesha.[15][16] The song spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top ten, and finished fifth for the most total weeks on the Hot 100 after spending 68 weeks on the chart.[17] It is tied with “Apologize” as OneRepublic’s highest-peaking single in the United States, and is their third US top-ten hit. The song has sold over 5.3\u00a0million copies in the US as of December 2014.[18]In Canada, the song set the record for the longest climb to number one on the Canadian Hot 100, reaching number one on its 34th week on the chart on February 8, 2014. The song has topped the charts in Canada, Finland, Israel, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom,[19] and charted within the top ten in 20 countries, including attaining top five placements in Australia, Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, “Counting Stars” spent 34 consecutive weeks inside the top 40.[20] On October 11, 2014, the Official Charts Company confirmed that “Counting Stars” had sold 1 million copies in the UK.[5] On February 28, 2022, Live Nation Entertainment confirmed that song had sold 41 million copies worldwide.Track listing[edit]CD single[21]“Counting Stars” \u2013 4:18“Counting Stars” (Lovelife remix) \u2013 3:55Credits and personnel[edit]Recording[22]Recorded at Black Rock Studio Santorini, Santorini, Greece, and Patriot Studios, Denver, ColoradoMastered at Sterling Sound, New YorkPersonnel[22]Weekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Decade-end charts[edit]All-time charts[edit]Certifications and sales[edit]Release history[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c OneRepublic \u2013 Counting Stars (Track By Track) on YouTube^ “‘Native’: How OneRepublic’s Third Album Brought It All Back Home”. March 25, 2022.^ “Counting Stars | OneRepublic | Music Video”. MTV. 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