"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 ''
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''.
"Candles" was the last single released by the group before they went on hiatus for
Cassadee Pope to pursue her solo career.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
*
Cassadee Pope – writer, lead vocals
* Mike Gentile – guitar
* Alex Lipshaw – guitar
* Michael "Jersey" Moriarty – bass
*
Elliot James
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– drums
* Will Pugh – background vocals
*
Clifford Carter – piano
*
Rob Mathes - strings
Chart performance
''Glee'' version
The cast of ''
Glee'' covered the song in their
second season episode, "
Original Song
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". 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
References
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2011 singles
2011 songs
Hey Monday songs
Columbia Records singles
Song recordings produced by S*A*M and Sluggo
Songs written by Sam Hollander
Songs written by Dave Katz
Songs written by Cassadee Pope