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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
Length3:58 (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. 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.[3] Another remix features vocals from American rapper Iann Dior.

"Heat Waves" is the group's most successful single to date and was a number-one hit in Australia, in addition to being a top-five hit in several European countries, and reaching the top 10 in the United States.[4] It has surpassed more than 950 million streams on Spotify.

Composition[]

Bayley stated that "Heat Waves" "is about loss and longing, and ultimately realising you are unable to save something".[5]

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 six weeks at the top of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached the top 20 in several territories. "Heat Waves" reached number 10 on the US Billboard 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).[4][6] On the UK Singles Chart the single originally peaked at number 19 in the first half of 2021. After wide use as the backing music in various TikTok videos, the song re-entered at number 18 in September 2021 and continued into the top 5.[7][8] 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.[9] On Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US, the song reached the peaks of 20 in its 36th week and 15 in its 34th week, respectively.[10][11]

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 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".[12]

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 October 2021, the lyric video on YouTube has amassed over 50 million views.

Track listing[]

Original release[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves"3:58
Diplo remix[14]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Diplo remix)2:21
Riton remix[15]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Riton remix)2:40
Heat Waves (with Iann Dior)[16]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (with Iann Dior)2:55
2."Heat Waves"3:58
Sonny Fodera remix[17]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Sonny Fodera remix)3:11
Oliver Heldens remix[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Heat Waves" (Oliver Heldens remix)4:03
Heat Waves (Expansion Pack)[19]
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)[71] 7× Platinum 490,000double-dagger
Austria (IFPI Austria)[72] Platinum 30,000double-dagger
Canada (Music Canada)[73] 4× Platinum 320,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[74] Gold 45,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)[75] Platinum 400,000double-dagger
Italy (FIMI)[76] Platinum 70,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[77] 3× Platinum 90,000double-dagger
Poland (ZPAV)[78] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
Portugal (AFP)[79] Platinum 10,000double-dagger
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[80] Gold 20,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] Platinum 600,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[82] 3× Platinum 3,000,000double-dagger
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[83] Gold 1,000,000dagger
Sweden (GLF)[84] 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 [85]

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