“Ho Hey” by The Lumineers

song info

    “Ho Hey” by The Lumineers (official video) is an alternative rock song.

    
    U.S. Billboard Hot 100: #3 (three) with a bullet, last week #3 (three) with a bullet, Airplay Gainer, up from previous week #4 (four) with a bullet, up from previous week #5 (five), up from previous week #7 (seven) with a bullet, up from previous week #8 (eight), 29 weeks, peak #3 (three)
    Rock: #1 (one), last week #1 (one), previous week #1 (one), previous week #1 (one), up from previous week #2 (two), previous week #2 (two), 35 weeks, peak #1 (one)
    Alternative: #5 (five), down from last week #4 (four), previous week #4 (four), previous week #4 (four), down from previous week #3 (three), previous week #3 (three), 34 weeks, peak #1 (one)
    Pop: #3 (three), up from last week #6 (six), up from previous week #8 (eight), up from previous week #11, up from previous week #16, up from previous week #18, 11 weeks on chart, peak #3 (three)
    Adult Pop: #1 (one), up from last week #2 (two), up from previous week #5 (five), up from previous week #6 (six), 13 weeks on chart, peak #1 (one)
    Radio Songs: #3 (three), last week #3 (three), up from previous week #6 (sx), up from previous week #8 (eight), up from previous week #11, up from previous week #15, 11 weeks on chart, peak #3 (three)
    Digital Songs: #3 (three), last week #3 (three), up from previous week #4 (four), up from previous week #6 (six), up from previous week #7 (seven), down from previous week #5 (five), 29 weeks on chart, peak #3 (three)
    On-Demand Songs: #4 (four), down from last week #3 (three), previous week #3 (three), previous week #3 (three), 24 weeks on chart, peak #3 (three)
    Ringtones: #22, up from last week #23, up from previous week #32, down from previous week #30, 7 weeks on chart, peak #22
    Rock Airplay: #4 (four), last week #4 (four), previous week #4 (four), previous week #4 (four), down from previous week #3 (three), previous week #3 (three), 36 weeks on chart, peak #1 (one)
    Rock Digital Songs: #1 (one), last week #1 (one), previous week #1 (one), previous week #1 (one), up from previous week #2 (two), down from previous week #1 (one), 33 weeks on chart, peak #1 (one)
    United Kingdom Singles: peak #8 (eight)
    Canadian Hot 100: #7 (seven), up from last week #9 (nine), up from last week#11 (eleven), up from previous week #18, 24 weeks on chart, peak #7 (seven)
     Billboard information for the week of Jan 5, 2013
     Billboard chart listings courtesy of Billboard Magazine

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Ho Hey” is a song by American folk rock band The Lumineers. It was released in 2012 as the lead single from their debut self-titled studio album. The music video was also released on March 11th, 2012. “Ho Hey” is their first Top 5 single. It is also their first single to reach Platinum status in the US.

    Prior to the single’s release, the song was featured on a television commercial for Bing on June 1, 2012. The song was also featured on the December 5th, 2011 episode of Hart of Dixie as well as in The Vampire Diaries Season 4 episode 3, The Rager, as well as Bones (TV Series) Season 8, Episode 1. In the UK, the song has been used in an advertisement for E.ON AG and in the final episode of sitcom Cuckoo as well as advertisements for the film Silver Linings Playbook.

    This song has also been used in 2012 advertisements for Microsoft.

Composition

    “Ho Hey” is an indie folk song that is written in the key of C major.

Music video

    The music video for “Ho Hey” was released on March 11, 2012. The video was directed by Ben Fee. The video shows the band singing and dancing to the song with many other people.

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