"Home" is a song written and recorded by American group

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2005. The group is led by singer Alex Ebert. The band's name is based on a story Ebert wrote in his youth, about a messianic figure named ...

. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from the album, '' Up from Below''. The song came in at number 73 on Australian radio station Triple J's 100 hottest songs of the past 20 years.

Song

The song is a duet between

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and Jade Castrinos, with portions of spoken word from both. It features prominent use of whistling. In total, the song has nearly three minutes of whistling, including the opening melody. Other instruments include guitar, piano, and trumpet.

Track listing

Music video

A music video for the song features a selection of clips of the band on tour in Australia. It was made by Ryan Gall, with cinematography from Gall, Petey Klein, Stephen Frizza and Hamish Siddins.

Notable media appearances

* "Home" was first featured on the 1st-season episode "Debate 109" of the NBC comedy ''

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'' which aired on November 12, 2009, before the song's release as a single in January 2010. * "Home" was first featured on the last episode of the 1st-season "Don't vote for this episode" of the Fox comedy ''

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'' which first aired on May 17, 2011. * "Home" was featured on commercials for

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in 2011, for

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in 2011, for HRV Home Ventilation in

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in 2014. * The song features in the 2012 film '' What to Expect When You're Expecting''. * The song was featured on the season 6 episode of '' Glee'' titled "

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". * It also began to go viral on

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in late November 2020, according to

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's “Viral Hits” playlist, along with the Edith Whiskers ( Tom Rosenthal) cover version. The Edith Whiskers cover was certified Silver by the

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(BPI) in 2023. *In 2023, the song was used in television advertisements for the retailer

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Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song) 2010 singles 2009 songs Rough Trade Records singles Songs written by Alex Ebert