Hometown Glory

October 22, 2007

Hometown Glory is the debut single by British singer Adele from her debut album 19, the song was released on 22 October 2007 in the UK as a single. In 2008, the song was released as the fourth single from the album again. Adele wrote the song in just ten minutes after her mother had dissuaded by the idea of ​​leaving their London Situated in West Norwood.

Hometown Glory was first published at her record label Pacemaker Recordings. There, the song was released only in a limited edition of 500 copies on 7 " vinyl record. Initially, it created the extraction not chart. In the week of release of their debut album 19 made ​​it through the song high download sales for the first time in the British charts. In 2010 the song for a Grammy in the category Best Female Vocal Performance was - nominated pop.

Background and composition

2008 Hometown Glory was published as Adele's debut in the United States. Due to the popularity of the song in the UK managed the re-release on 21 July 2008, again only by download sales alone, in the UK Top 40 In July 2008, Adele's third title was "UK Top 20 " hit in the British charts in succession.

The song is played in the sound keys B ♭ with a tempo of 60 bpm. Adele's vocal range is from D4 to A5.

Music Video

The limited record release of Hometown Glory had no promo video. The music video was filmed for the re- release of the single in Hayes, West London in front of a supermarket. In the music video Adele sings the song in the car park, it is posters from various cities to Adele move around.

Use

On 7 April 2008 you could Hometown Glory in the drama series Skins - Skin hear, thus the single 40 then increased again in the UK Top 32 at number On 24 April 2008 was listening to the song in the series One Tree Hill. On 22 May 2008 you could hear the song in the finale of the fourth season of Grey's Anatomy. According to Adele's manager Jonathan Dickins chose Alexandra Patsavas Hometown Glory, after she had seen how Adele had sung it at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles. On 10 June 2008, the song in the British soap opera Hollyoaks could be heard. On 13 October 2008 and 5 November 2010, it was used again.

On 2 July 2008 the song for the fourth season of the U.S. series So You Think You Can Dance was used at a dance by Katee Shean and Joshua Allen. In the second season of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl the song was also heard. A remix version of the song was used for the drama-comedy Misfits and for the soap opera Coronation Street. In an episode of 90210, the song was also heard as well as in The Hills. The song became the rapper Big K.R.I.T. sampled on his single Hometown Hero.

Charts

On April 13, 2008 Home Town Glory rose after the use in the Skins series in the UK Singles Chart at number 32. On July 6, 2008, the song climbed back to No. 74 and peaked the following week at No. 49 on 27 July 2008, the song reached number 19 with its highest placement. In the annual chart, the song reached # 162 In Belgium, the song was particularly successful in Wallonia and reached there Platz 3, in Flanders # 14 in the charts. In France, the song only reached number 95 and peaked in the Netherlands, the single Place 25

The song achieved some attention in the U.S., but missed the Billboard Hot 100

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