Hearts Like Ours Explained

Hearts Like Ours
Cover:Hearts_Like_Ours,_2013_TNAF_single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Naked and Famous
Album:In Rolling Waves
Label:Somewhat Damaged
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"Hearts Like Ours" is the first single from In Rolling Waves, the second studio album from New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. The song, which is also the sixth single from the ensemble, premiered 23 July 2013 on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe’s “Hottest Record in the World Today”.[1] [2] The video was released on YouTube on 29 July 2013.[3]

Composition and lyrics

Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post stated that "this latest single has some of the same electronic pop manipulation that made “Young Blood” so fun".[4]

Release and reception

The song premiered 23 July 2013 on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe’s “Hottest Record in the World Today”. The video was released on YouTube on 29 July 2013.

Video

The music video, directed by Campbell Hooper of Special Problems, was filmed in Los Angeles and New Zealand.[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of In Rolling Waves.[6]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[7] 83
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[8] 26

Release history

RegionFormatDateLabel
Ireland[9] Digital download2013Somewhat Damaged
United Kingdom[10]

In popular culture

It was used in the fourth episode of the fifth season of The CW television series The Vampire Diaries. Hearts Like Ours appears on the soundtrack for EA Sports game, FIFA 14.[11] The song was also used in the season one finale of the MTV television series Happyland.

Hearts Like Ours was also appropriately used as the closing song to the 6-episode documentary series on the imperious New Zealand national rugby team, the All Blacks - All Or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Naked And Famous Hottest Record. BBC. 23 July 2013. 24 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Hellhound Music The Naked and Famous Announce Sophomore Album. Hellhound Music. 23 July 2013. 24 July 2013.
  3. Web site: The Naked And Famous – Hearts Like Ours. YouTube. 29 July 2013. 3 August 2013.
  4. Web site: Naked and Famous announces new album, shares "Hearts Like Ours". heyreverb.com. 17 August 2013. 28 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130828054401/http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2013/07/23/naked-and-famous-announce-new-album-share-hearts-like-ours/73554/. dead.
  5. Web site: The Naked And Famous unveil 'Hearts Like Ours' video. nme.com. 30 July 2013. 17 August 2013.
  6. In Rolling Waves . CD liner notes . . 2013 . . 3750757.
  7. Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
  8. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=The Naked and Famous|chart=Alternative Songs}} The Naked and Famous – Chart History: Alternative Songs]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 12 September 2013.
  9. Web site: Hearts Like Ours – Single. iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 5 March 2018.
  10. Web site: Hearts Like Ours – Single. iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 5 March 2018.
  11. Web site: FIFA 14 Soundtrack Reveal | FIFA . Ea Sports . 16 September 2013 . 11 November 2013.