Sit Next to Me

"Sit Next to Me" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. The song is featured as the third track on the band's third studio album Sacred Hearts Club and was released as the record's third single by Columbia Records on July 13, 2018. "Sit Next to Me" (Versions) was recorded on October 13, 2017 and featured a radio edit, acoustic version, and a reworked version of the song. It was then released to US modern rock stations.

"Sit Next to Me"
Single by Foster the People
from the album Sacred Hearts Club
ReleasedJuly 13, 2018
Genre
Length4:03
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Foster the People singles chronology
"Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"
(2017)		 "Sit Next to Me"
(2018)		 "Pay the Man (Remix)"
(2017)

Music video

The official video for "Sit Next to Me" was directed by Fourclops and Brinton Bryan and was released on July 13, 2018.[1] The video features 100 posts from Instagram influencers and celebrities and also includes submissions from Foster the People fans all over the world. "It was fun to play with the premise of a music video that hijacks your social feed," said director Fourclops in a prepared statement. "Instagram is a major destination for consuming media these days, and it made for an exciting setting for our video. We asked ourselves, what would it look like if all of the accounts within Instagram become transformed by a song?"[2]

Track listing
Download
No.TitleLength
1."Sit Next to Me"4:03
"Sit Next to Me" (Versions)[3]
No.TitleLength
1."Sit Next to Me" (Radio edit)3:22
2."Sit Next to Me" (Acoustic)4:18
3."Sit Next to Me" (Rework)5:32

Personnel

Foster the People

  • Sean Cimino – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mark Foster – lead vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, piano, programming, synthesizer, vibraphone, songwriting, production
  • Isom Imnis – piano, keyboards, drums, bass, percussion, backing vocals, songwriting, production
  • Mark Pontius – drums, percussion, songwriting

Additional personnel

  • Austin Mensales – songwriter, guitar

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA)[28] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Country Date Format Label
Various[29] July 13, 2017 Download Columbia
United States[30] September 3, 2017 Modern rock radio
North America[31] October 13, 2017 Download
United States[32][33] January 22, 2018 Hot adult contemporary
February 13, 2018 Contemporary hit radio
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References
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