"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" is a song by American

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band Awolnation. It was released as the

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from their second studio album ''

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'' (2015). The song became their first number-one hit on the Billboard

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chart in early 2015. Band frontman Aaron Bruno has stated in interviews that he wishes the album track "Windows" would have been the first single, but the choice of the first single was a collaborative effort between the record company and himself and he found it easiest to just work to a middle ground.

Music video

The video for "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" was shot in one take by director Hayley Young in

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. It was uploaded to the

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page on January 26, 2015. The video starts showing few actors and then the camera locks on frontman

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, it becomes focused on him throughout the video, capturing his movements, and correlation of facial expressions in regards to the lyrics. Bruno then walks into a sea of people, as the electro rock element implements several scenes, and he is seen dancing casually as he continues to walk and sing.

Track listings

# "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" – 4:19 # "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" nlimited Gravity Remix– 4:59 # "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" oshfather & Jinco Remix– 4:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Awolnation songs 2015 singles 2015 songs Songs written by Aaron Bruno Red Bull Records singles {{2010s-rock-song-stub