Candles (song)

For other songs, see Candle (disambiguation).

\"Candles\"

Single by Hey Monday from the EP Candles Released

February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)

Recorded

2011

Studio

Abbey Road Studios, London

Genre

Pop rock

Length

3:00

Label

Decaydance
Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Cassadee Pope
Mike Gentile
Sam Hollander
Dave Katz

Producer(s)

S*A*M & Sluggo

Hey Monday singles chronology

\"I Don\'t Wanna Dance\"
(2010)

\"Candles\"
(2011)

Music video

\"Candles\" on YouTube

\"Candles\" is a song recorded by American pop punk band Hey Monday. The song was first included on the group\'s debut album, Hold On Tight (2008). While working on their scrapped second studio album, the band re-recorded the song; this new version was released on February 8, 2011 as the Candles EP, along with an acoustic demo of the song and a previously-unreleased song called \"The One That Got Away\". A music video for the song debuted March 9, 2011 on Just Jared. \"Candles\" was the last single released by the group before they went on hiatus for Cassadee Pope to pursue her solo career.

No. Title Writer(s) Length 1.

\"Candles\"
Cassadee Pope
Mike Gentile
Sam Hollander
Dave Katz
3:00

2.

\"The One That Got Away\"
Pope
Hollander
Katz
Eric Bazilian
Rob Hyman
3:47

3.

\"Candles\" (Demo)
Pope
Gentile
Hollander
Katz
2:46

Credits and personnel

Cassadee Pope – writer, lead vocals
Mike Gentile – guitar
Alex Lipshaw – guitar
Michael \"Jersey\" Moriarty – bass
Elliot James – drums
Will Pugh – background vocals
Clifford Carter – piano
Rob Mathes - strings

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position

US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)

31

Glee version

\"Candles\" Single by Glee Cast from the album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers Released

March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)

Genre

Pop

Length

2:51

Label

Columbia / 20th Century Fox TV
Sony
Epic

Songwriter(s)

Cassadee Pope
Mike Gentile
Sam Hollander
Dave Katz

Producer(s)

Tommy Faragher
Ryan Murphy

The cast of Glee covered the song in their second season episode, \"Original Song\". In the episode, Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) performed \"Candles\" as a duet as part of The Warblers\' setlist for Regionals. As with almost every song performed on the show, the Glee cover was released as a digital single, on March 15, 2011. It is also included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers. The Glee version proved to be more commercially successful than the original, charting in Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom, and The United States.

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position

Australia (ARIA)

100

Canadian Hot 100

86

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

165

US Billboard Hot 100

71

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