Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2005


Stars (Switchfoot song)

Buy Stars (Switchfoot song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'Stars'" is the first single released from American rock band Switchfoot's fifth album 'Nothing Is Sound'. "Stars" was released to radio on June 28, 2005, and again on July 5. It was the most-added song on Modern Rock Radio in its first week of release[http://musicremedy.com/s/Switchfoot/album/Nothing_Is_Sound-1693.html Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound] and peaked at number sixteen on the US Modern Rock chart. The song was certified gold as a digital single on December 13, 2005.[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Switchfoot&format=SINGLE&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Switchfoot singles] It is the band's third most successful song, behind previous hits "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move". On iTunes, an acoustic mix of the track is available.

Lyrical themes



In an August 2011 interview with 'Songfacts', lead singer Jon Foreman explained the inspiration for "Stars":

In another interview, Foreman said that "Stars" is about perspective, a song about stepping back in the midst of chaos and looking at the stars; the idea of anti-entropy, implying there must be something keeping the world together. "The first verse looks at things from Descartes perspective, pinning the center of the universe on the individual. 'Maybe I've been the problem,' maybe I'm overcast, falling apart, etc... The second verse talks about our world from the perspective of the stars looking down on earth from the eternal dance of gravity and motion."Originally posted as 12 Days of Switchfoot at [http://www.switchfoot.com/12days12.htm switchfoot.com] (published September 2, 2005 - retrieved January 12, 2007) partial text still available at [http://www.brokenmasterpieces.com/archives/001745.html brokenmasterpieces.com] (retrieved June 17, 2008)

The song is a fan favorite for its introspective lyrics and reverberant, aggressive sound.

Music videos



The music video for this song was filmed at Universal Studios, mostly underwater.[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506994/20050804/story.jhtml Switchfoot Look Like California Raisins After Video Shoot] - MTV published August 4, 2005 (retrieved January 12, 2007) The video features the band playing in an outdoor setting, but as the video progresses, they can be seen "floating" in a watery environment. At the apex of the song, right before the bridge of the song, this environment bursts, and the band plays in the rain until the end of the video.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-5snutHG0 Switchfoot - Stars]

The video was directed by Scott Speer and produced by Coleen Haynes.

A music video based on a shortened version of this song was used for 'American Idol', in partnership with Ford, in a Mustang commercial.

Track listings



;UK CD single

# Stars (Album Version)

# Stars (Acoustic Version)

# Dare You To Move (Acoustic Version)

# Stars (Video)

Charts



Certifications



Awards



In 2006, the song won a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. It was also nominated for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners] on About.com; Jones, Kim

References




Buy Stars (Switchfoot song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 2005



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1104430591.