Stars (Hum song)

"Stars"
Single by Hum
from the album You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Released 1995 (1995)
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Space rock, alternative metal
Length

5:09 (Album Version)

4:32 (Radio Edit)
Label RCA
Writer(s) Hum
Producer(s) Keith Cleversley, Hum
Hum singles chronology
"I'd Like Your Hair Long"
(1995)		 "Stars"
(1995)		 "The Pod"
(1995)

"Stars" is the second single from Hum's 1995 album You'd Prefer an Astronaut. The single was modestly successful in the United States, peaking at number eleven on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number twenty-eight on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The single was vital in helping You'd Prefer an Astronaut sell over 250,000 copies. In addition, the song has digitally sold 26,000 copies, which Billboard estimates is largely due to a Cadillac commercial that used the song.[1] In the Beavis and Butt-head episode, "The Future of Beavis and Butt-head", the duo watch the video and mistake it as being already over, even though it was just beginning.

Music video

A music video was released in 1995 that featured the band performing the song on a darkened stage.

Track listing

The following songs are on the CD single:[2]

  1. "Stars" (Obligatory Radio Edit) – 4:32
  2. "Stars" (Album Version) – 5:09

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Hot Modern Rock Tracks 11[3]
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 28[4]

Cover versions

American Metalcore band Bleeding Through covered the song for the 2006 compilation album Punk Goes 90's.

Evergreen Terrace covered the song on their 2004 album Writer's Block.

American Post-hardcore band Finch covered the song for their 2003 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The song played out the show as they went into credits.

References

  1. ↑ "Hum Back In The Picture With Caddy Commercial". Billboard.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Stars Obligatorty Radio Edit 2trk Promo Cd Cs181". MusicStack. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hum". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hum - Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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