Since the dawn of time (or rather, since 2009), mankind has been haunted by an important unanswered question: What do the lyrics of Owl City’s “Fireflies” mean? Specifically, the line “Cause I’d get a ...

Since the chart week ending June 15, "Fireflies" has grown from 1.4 million total on-demand weekly streams to cracking 4 million, and has stayed pretty steady in its bump (3.8 million streams in the… ...

Not long ago, at a local bar’s karaoke night, I saw some drunk bro perform “All Star,” the 1999 hit single by the American rock band Smash Mouth. Even with YouTube user Jon Sudano still diligently ...

The internet is a place where one day you can be jamming your favorite throwback hit, and the next day it’s a meme to all of your friends. Back in 2009 Owl City released its breakthrough hit ...

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If you've been on Twitter lately, you might have noticed a rejuvenated interest in Owl City's 2009 earworm, "Fireflies." While the reason behind it is, frankly, as mystifying as the song's nonsensical ...

If you were alive in the early 2010s chances are you've heard of the synth-pop song "Fireflies" by Owl City. The song is both annoyingly catchy and ridiculously cute, yet there's one lyric that has ...

Amidst the bevy of irony-laced synths and AutoTuned hooks currently saturating the pop landscape, Owl City’s No. 1 hit “Fireflies” is a welcome refreshment. The phantasmagoric, electro-pop song… By ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Owl City has revealed the mathematical reasoning behind one of the confusing lyrics from his 2009 hit ‘Fireflies’. Owl City – aka Adam Young – shot to prominence nearly eight years ago with the single ...

Minnesota native Adam Young, better known as Owl City, moves 7-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Fireflies," his debut effort on the list. By Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard, The Associated Press NEW ...