Heat Waves

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"Heat Waves"
Glass Animals - Heat Waves.png
Single by Glass Animals
from the album Dreamland
Released29 June 2020 (2020-06-29)
Genre
Length
  • 3:58 (album version)
  • 3:13 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Dave Bayley
Producer(s)Dave Bayley
Glass Animals singles chronology
"Dreamland"
(2020) 		"Heat Waves"
(2020) 		"It's All So Incredibly Loud"
(2020)
Music video
"Heat Waves" on YouTube

"Heat Waves" is a song by English group Glass Animals, released as a single from their third studio album Dreamland on 29 June 2020. It was released alongside its music video.

"Heat Waves" is the group's most successful single to date. In addition to reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart and being a top-five hit in several other European countries, it reached number one in Australia, Lithuania, Switzerland and the United States, where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after a record-breaking 59 weeks on the chart.[3][4] By September 2021, the song had accumulated more than one billion streams on Spotify.[5] At the 2022 Brit Awards "Heat Waves" was nominated for Best British Single.[6]

Composition[]

Bayley stated that "Heat Waves" "is about loss and longing, and ultimately realising you are unable to save something".[7] He also stated that "Also, this song is about memories and it's very nostalgic, and sometimes people feel more of that in the winter. Maybe that's part of the reason this song's hung around for so bloody long – everyone's locked inside and trapped in their own thoughts."[8]

"Heat Waves" starts on a high and then drops into despair before rising again for a cheerful, optimistic finale, much like the crests and troughs of a real wave. Bayley came up with the chords one day while playing around on the guitar. He wrote the lyrics in just an hour, prompted by the death of a close friend whose birthday was in June.[8]

The band ran a remix competition for the track, with 19-year-old British producer Shakur Ahmad winning and having his remix issued by the band, alongside a remix by American DJ Diplo in August 2020.[9] Another remix features vocals from American rapper Iann Dior.

Commercial performance[]

"Heat Waves" became a worldwide sleeper hit and the group's most successful single to date. It was voted into first place on the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020, making Glass Animals the first British act to top the countdown since Mumford & Sons won the 2009 poll with "Little Lion Man". It then spent seven weeks at the top of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and was later certified as the number one song for 2021 in Australia. It reached No. 1 in March 2021, stayed there until April 2021, and returned to that position in March 2022.[citation needed] It is the first song ever to stay in the Australian top 10 for more than a year.[citation needed] It also reached the top 20 in several territories.

In the United States, "Heat Waves" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated 12 March 2022, completing a record-breaking 59-week climb to the position.[10] It dethroned Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" after five consecutive weeks at number one. "Heat Waves" previously reached number 10 on the Hot 100 in its 42nd week on the chart, breaking the record for the longest climb to the top 10, surpassing Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" (2007). The song also reached the top five in its 51st week on the chart, breaking the record previously set by Gabby Barrett's "I Hope" (2020).[3][11][12]

On the UK Singles Chart the single originally peaked at number 19 in the first half of 2021. After its inclusion in the EA Sports video game FIFA 21 and wide usage as backing music in various TikTok videos, the song re-entered at number 18 in September 2021 and continued to climb into the top 5.[13][14][15] The viral video also helped the song climb back up 31 places to number 14 on the Irish Singles Chart in its 41st week on the chart, before peaking at number 5. The track has spent a total of 22 weeks in the top 10 to date, the most among tracks in 2021.[16] The song reached number one on the Billboard Global 200 in the issue dated 5 March 2022,[17] and peaked at number one on the Global Excl. US chart.[18]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Colin Read and premiered on 29 June 2020. It shows frontman Dave Bayley walking through the streets of East London[19] pulling a wagon stacked with several TVs, filmed by his neighbours using their phones during the COVID-19 lockdown, before arriving at a venue, setting the TVs up on a stage that then display his bandmates playing their instruments, and singing the rest of the song. Bayley called it "a love letter to live music and the culture and togetherness surrounding it".[20] As of March 2022, the music video on YouTube has amassed over 200 million views.

A lyric video heavily based on the vaporwave imagery was released through Glass Animals official YouTube account on 20 July 2020. The video was produced by designer Notnarcs. It gained almost 30 million views during its first year on YouTube. As of March 2022, the lyric video on YouTube has amassed over 80 million views.

Track listing[]

Original release[21]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves"3:58
Diplo remix[22]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Diplo remix)2:21
Riton remix[23]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Riton remix)2:40
Heat Waves (with Iann Dior)[24]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (with Iann Dior)2:55
2."Heat Waves"3:58
Sonny Fodera remix[25]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Sonny Fodera remix)3:11
Oliver Heldens remix[26]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Oliver Heldens remix)4:03
Heat Waves (Expansion Pack)[27]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves"3:58
2."Heat Waves" (Oliver Heldens remix)4:03
3."Heat Waves" (Riton remix)2:40
4."Heat Waves" (Sonny Fodera remix)3:11

Personnel[]

Glass Animals

  • Dave Bayley – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, strings, percussion, producer, recording engineer
  • Edmund Irwin-Singer – guitar, programming
  • Drew MacFarlane – guitar, strings, programming
  • Joe Seaward – drums

Technical personnel

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Certifications for "Heat Waves"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[98] 8× Platinum 560,000double-dagger
Austria (IFPI Austria)[99] Platinum 30,000double-dagger
Canada (Music Canada)[100] 8× Platinum 640,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[101] Platinum 90,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)[102] 3× Gold 600,000double-dagger
Italy (FIMI)[103] Platinum 70,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[104] 4× Platinum 120,000double-dagger
Poland (ZPAV)[105] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
Portugal (AFP)[106] 2× Platinum 20,000double-dagger
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[107] Platinum 40,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[108] 2× Platinum 1,200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[109] 3× Platinum 3,000,000double-dagger
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[110] Gold 1,000,000dagger
Sweden (GLF)[111] Gold 4,000,000dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
dagger Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release history for "Heat Waves"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States 9 February 2021 Contemporary hit radio Republic [112]

See also[]

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