Bonfire Heart

Bonfire Heart is the lead single from British singer-songwriter James Blunt's fourth studio album, Moon Landing (2013). The song was written by Blunt and OneRepublic's lead singer Ryan Tedder, with whom Blunt had previously written the single "Stay the Night".

"Bonfire Heart"
Single by James Blunt
from the album Moon Landing
Released	6 October 2013 (2013-10-06)[1]
Genre	Pop rock, folk rock
Length	3:54
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	James Blunt, Ryan Tedder
Producer(s)	Ryan Tedder
James Blunt singles chronology
"Dangerous" (2011) "Bonfire Heart" (2013) "Heart to Heart" (2014)
Music video
"Bonfire Heart" on YouTube

The song debuted at number six and climbed to number four in the UK Singles Chart.

Promotion

Blunt's record label sent out an email notifying Blunt's fans of the song's release, only to later discover they had inadvertently emailed their entire database. Blunt later took to Twitter to apologise for emailing "the whole of the UK by mistake".[2] The email invited its recipients to visit Blunt's SoundCloud page, where the song could be streamed for free. The song had its first radio broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 29 July, with a lyric video being uploaded to Blunt's YouTube page later that day.

An accompanying music video directed by Vaughan Arnell was released on 28 August 2013.[3]

On 7 October, Blunt performed the song live on the results show of the Australian X-Factor.

On 5 November, Blunt performed the song live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

On 28 February 2014, Blunt, after being interviewed, performed the song live on Skavlan.

Track listing

Digital download - Single[4]

1. Bonfire Heart (Blunt, Tedder)

CD Maxi Single/Digital download - EP[5]

1. Bonfire Heart (Blunt, Tedder)
2. Miss America (Acoustic Version from Angel Studios) (Blunt, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector)[6]
3. Next Time I'm Seventeen (Blunt, Matt Hales, Dan Wilson)[7]
4. Heroes (Blunt, Guy Chambers)[8]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2013–14) Peak position scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[9] 3 scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 1 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 22 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 15 scope="row" Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 51 scope="row" Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[14] 5 scope="row" France (SNEP)[15] 26 scope="row" Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 1 scope="row" Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[17] 4 scope="row" Hungary (Single Top 40)[18] 7 scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[19] 13 scope="row" Israel (Media Forest)[20] 2 scope="row" Italy (FIMI)[21] 9 Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[22] 1 scope="row" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 52 scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 8 scope="row" Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[25] 15 scope="row" Scotland (Official Charts Company)[26] 11 scope="row" Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27] 41 Slovenia (SloTop50)[28] 1 scope="row" Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] 30 scope="row" Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 42 scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 1 scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32] 4 scope="row" US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[33] 31 scope="row" US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[34] 26

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position Australia (ARIA)[35] 56 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[36] 58 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[37] 88 Germany (Media Control AG)[38] 32 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[39] 88 Slovenia (SloTop50)[40] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 48 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 80 Chart (2014) Position Slovenia (SloTop50)[43] 23 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[44] 2× Platinum 140,000^^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[45] Gold 15,000^* Canada (Music Canada)[46] Gold 40,000^* Germany (BVMI)[47] Platinum 300,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[48] Platinum 30,000^* New Zealand (RMNZ)[49] Gold 7,500^* Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[50] Platinum 30,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[51] Platinum 612,000[52] ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Personnel

• Smith Carlson - Engineer[53]

References

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2. Blunt, James (29 July 2013), @DirtyLilBlunt on Twitter, retrieved 1 August 2013
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48. "Italian single certifications – James Blunt – Bonfire Heart" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 October 2013. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Bonfire Heart" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".
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52. "The biggest songs Ryan Tedder has written with other artists". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
53. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/smith-carlson-mn0001068720

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics