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. 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

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Track listing

Credits and personnel

– writer, lead vocals * Mike Gentile – guitar * Alex Lipshaw – guitar * Michael "Jersey" Moriarty – bass * Elliot James – drums * Will Pugh – background vocals *

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– piano *

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Chart performance

''Glee'' version

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'' covered the song in their second season episode, " Original Song". In the episode,

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) 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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