"Umbrella Beach" is a song by American electronica act Owl City. The song was released as the third single from his second studio album, Ocean Eyes on May 17, 2010. It is also the second UK single released from the album.[1]
Speaking with Female First, Young stated that the song is about, "a hermit living in a box car on the edge of the shoreline that corroded so badly, it wound up at the bottom of the bay. Rather than finding a new home, the hermit chooses to learn to scuba dive and now spends his days deep under the waves in his boxcar".[3]
"Umbrella Beach" was originally released as a promotional single on November 22, 2009, preceding the release of the official first single "Fireflies."[4] An exclusive remix created by Kenny Hayes is included on the single release.[5]
Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating, "By essentially re-working the best bits of 'Fireflies' and cranking up the BPM a few notches, Young has fashioned another stellar indie-folk-electro smash that should encourage even the most stubborn toe-tapper to have a jump around."[6] Fraser McAlpine of BBC Radio gave a mixed review giving the song a 3 out of 5 star rating. He remarked, "I find I'm grateful for the blasts of syntrumpet, for the backwash of Netto Pet Shop Boys synthpop, cos they're doing what the coffee has long since failed at, namely keeping my brain focussed. I also find the lyrics start to make a crazy sort of sense, in the way that unreasoned things tend to sparkle in the middle of the night."[1]
Music videoedit
The music video for "Umbrella Beach" premiered on April 16, 2010 via YouTube and was directed by Alexander Brown. The video tells about a boy who is trying to build a plane to cross the sea and go to another island. At the end of the video, a group of his friends help him push the plane down a hill for takeoff. It is not shown whether or not the plane successfully flies. Adam Young did not appear in the music video apart from photos on a table. The video was filmed in Hope Cove, England.[7] The plane used in the video was created by Robin Crowley.[8]
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umbrella, beach, song, american, electronica, city, song, released, third, single, from, second, studio, album, ocean, eyes, 2010, also, second, single, released, from, album, single, cityfrom, album, ocean, eyesreleasedmay, 2010genreelectropoplength3, album, . Umbrella Beach is a song by American electronica act Owl City The song was released as the third single from his second studio album Ocean Eyes on May 17 2010 It is also the second UK single released from the album 1 Umbrella Beach Single by Owl Cityfrom the album Ocean EyesReleasedMay 17 2010GenreElectropopLength3 50 Album Version 3 23 Radio Edit LabelUniversal RepublicSongwriter s Adam YoungProducer s Adam YoungOwl City singles chronology Vanilla Twilight 2010 Umbrella Beach 2010 Middledistancerunner 2010 Audio sample source source track filehelpMusic video Umbrella Beach on YouTube The album cover is a picture of the beach at Santa Monica California taken from the Santa Monica Pier Umbrella Beach entered the UK Dance Chart on the week ending May 8 2010 at number 25 2 later peaking at number 12 Contents 1 Background and release 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Track listing 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 ReferencesBackground and release editSpeaking with Female First Young stated that the song is about a hermit living in a box car on the edge of the shoreline that corroded so badly it wound up at the bottom of the bay Rather than finding a new home the hermit chooses to learn to scuba dive and now spends his days deep under the waves in his boxcar 3 Umbrella Beach was originally released as a promotional single on November 22 2009 preceding the release of the official first single Fireflies 4 An exclusive remix created by Kenny Hayes is included on the single release 5 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingBBC nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Digital Spy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating By essentially re working the best bits of Fireflies and cranking up the BPM a few notches Young has fashioned another stellar indie folk electro smash that should encourage even the most stubborn toe tapper to have a jump around 6 Fraser McAlpine of BBC Radio gave a mixed review giving the song a 3 out of 5 star rating He remarked I find I m grateful for the blasts of syntrumpet for the backwash of Netto Pet Shop Boys synthpop cos they re doing what the coffee has long since failed at namely keeping my brain focussed I also find the lyrics start to make a crazy sort of sense in the way that unreasoned things tend to sparkle in the middle of the night 1 Music video editThe music video for Umbrella Beach premiered on April 16 2010 via YouTube and was directed by Alexander Brown The video tells about a boy who is trying to build a plane to cross the sea and go to another island At the end of the video a group of his friends help him push the plane down a hill for takeoff It is not shown whether or not the plane successfully flies Adam Young did not appear in the music video apart from photos on a table The video was filmed in Hope Cove England 7 The plane used in the video was created by Robin Crowley 8 Track listing editDigital downloadNo TitleLength1 Umbrella Beach 3 502 Umbrella Beach Kenny Hayes remix 6 10 Promo singleNo TitleLength1 Umbrella Beach Long Lost Sun remix 3 25Charts editChart performance for Umbrella Beach Chart 2010 Peakposition UK Dance OCC 9 12 UK Singles OCC 10 110Release history editRelease dates for Umbrella Beach Region Date Format Label Ref United Kingdom May 17 2010 CD single Universal Republic 1 Australia May 24 2010 11 References edit a b c d Fraser McAlpine May 20 2010 Owl City Umbrella Beach BBC Radio Retrieved February 5 2023 Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 Official Charts May 2 2010 Retrieved June 21 2023 Owl City Ocean Eyes Track by Track Female First February 15 2010 Retrieved June 21 2023 Umbrella Beach Owl City Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic Retrieved June 20 2023 Umbrella Beach Single by Owl City Apple Music Retrieved February 5 2023 a b Robert Copsey May 18 2010 Owl City Umbrella Beach Digital Spy digitalspy co uk Jimmy Brown April 16 2010 Owl City s Umbrella Beach by Alexander Brown PromoNews TV Retrieved February 5 2023 Owl City Umbrella Beach Robin Crowley Retrieved June 21 2023 Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Zywietz Tobias Chart Log UK The O Ozric Tentacles zobbel de Tobias Zywietz Retrieved August 13 2012 Owl City Umbrella Beach australian charts com Retrieved March 2 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Umbrella Beach amp oldid 1211484406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,