Shooting Star (Song)

Shooting Star is a song by American  electronica band  Owl City from his second extended play  Shooting Star. It was released as the lead single from the EP on May 15, 2012. The song has so far peaked at No. 176 on the  UK Singles Chart and No. 49 on the  Japan Hot 100.

Background
Adam Young began to write "Shooting Star" in 2008 with   Relient K's   Matt Thiessen. The song was planned for inclusion on Owl City's Ocean Eyes  album (2009), but it didn't make the cut. As work began on the follow-up album,   The Midsummer Station  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">(2012), Young brought a 90-second <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  demo<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">of the "old leftover instrumental idea" to Norwegian <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  record producing<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  songwriting<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">team <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  Stargate<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, who helped complete the composition. Young recalled, "All the lyrics were basically written on the spot during those two days... and then I went back home to my own studio in Minnesota to cut the final (version). I think I tweaked some lyrics here and there to make everything feel better, and then the song was finished." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboard_1-0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The song was originally intended to be the lead single from The Midsummer Station, but the success of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" led to Owl City's management choosing the duet "Good Time" instead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]

Reception
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">"Shooting Star" peaked at No. 36 on the US  Christian Songs<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> chart, No. 49 on the  Japan Hot 100<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> chart, and No. 176 on the  UK Singles Chart<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. Scott Fryberger of  Jesus Freak Hideout<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> wrote that the song is "still poppy and very accessible, and Owl City fans will probably feel mostly at home, but it has a bit more of a dance music vibe than the synthpop we're used to." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[3] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> Popcrush's Cristin Maher compared the song's intro, consisting of a "loop of dreamy, high and low digital blips", to that of " Such Great Heights<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">" by  The Postal Service<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[4] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> Tris McCall of  The Star-Ledger<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">called the song "the least successful thing" on  The Midsummer Station<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. McCall added that "while Young can discharge a self-affirmatory verse with the conviction of a choirboy, the song does skirt a bit too close to Katy Perry territory for comfort." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[5]

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Music video
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">On May 14, 2012, Owl City uploaded an official audio stream for "Shooting Star" to his official Youtube channel. The video features some type of fox or dog walking around in a city with orange fur.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Young has posted screen-shots of the upcoming video on his Twitter account for Shooting Star which he has not yet confirmed as to when it will be released. The MTV website includes an interview with Adam about the filming of the video.

Use in media
<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">This song is featured in the 2013 3D animated film, Escape from Planet Earth, twice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">It is also featured in the 3rd trailer of Epic.

Track listing
Digital Download