Glow (Madcon song) explained

"Glow" is an English language song by the Norwegian urban duo Madcon. It is the first single released from their fourth album Contraband. The song is produced by production team Element, and written by Element and Madcon. Madcon performed the song during the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 interval in Oslo, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The song was accompanied by flash mob dance arranged by Element^[2] at various locations, showing collective dancing by hundreds of ordinary people in various locations including at the Telenor Arena where the event was being held, as well as (in order of appearance) at L'Alfàs del Pi (Spain), Reykjavík (Iceland), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Gothenburg (Sweden), Hamburg (Germany), Vilnius (Lithuania), London (United Kingdom), Düsseldorf (Germany), Dublin (Ireland).

Additional celebration footage was shown (in their order of appearance) from Malta, Lithuania, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Russia, France, Turkey, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Albania, Ireland, Slovenia, Serbia, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Latvia, Belarus, United Kingdom, Croatia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Slovakia, Ukraine, Cyprus, live scenes from Hamburg (Germany), an individual in the North Sea (unidentified location), Moldova, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Spain, Israel.

Track listing

Digital download^[3]

1. "Glow" – 3:50

German CD Single

1. "Glow" (Radio Edit) - 3:49
2. "Glow" (Extended Version) - 7:36

Chart performance

The song was released as a single making it to #1 in the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart for 10 consecutive weeks (weeks 23 to 32 / 2010). It also made it in many European singles charts: Germany (reaching #4), Finland (#6), Ireland (#12), Austria (#14), Denmark (#16), Sweden (#17), Spain (#34), Switzerland (#38), The Netherlands (#59) and UK (#70).^[4]

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart[5]	50
European Hot 100 Singles[6]	75
German Singles Chart[7]	12

Certifications

See also

• List of number-one hits in Norway in 2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glow - Single by Madcon. Apple. 2010-09-05.
2. http://www.elementmusicworld.com ELEMENT official website
3. Web site: Madcon - Glow. Amazon.
4. http://acharts.us/song/55412 "Glow" page on aCharts.us website
5. Web site: Jahreshitparade 2010 - austriancharts.at . 2012-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227055450/http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp . 2011-02-27 .
6. European Hot 100 Singles - Year-End. .
7. Web site: Die deutschen Top 20 Singles von 2010 - Charts - Musik - 1LIVE . February 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110107091832/http://www.einslive.de/musik/charts/2011/jahrescharts.jsp . January 7, 2011 .