Counting Stars

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"Counting Stars" is a song by the American pop-rock band OneRepublic. It was released on June 14, 2013, as the second single from their third studio album, *Native* (2013).

Here are some key details about the song:

• Writers and Producers: The song was written by the lead singer, Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella.
• Meaning: Tedder explained the song is about the anxieties of making life work, "How are we gonna pay the bills?' You know, all those things you wanna do with your life – how are we gonna make them work? How's this actually gonna happen or come to pass? So, instead of counting sheep, we're counting stars."
• Musical Style: "Counting Stars" is in the key of C♯ minor. The tempo starts at 107.6 beats per minute and then increases to 122 beats per minute.
• Lyrics: Some of the lyrics are:

> Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

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> Dreaming about the things that we could be

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> But, baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

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> Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars

• Commercial Success: The song has been very successful.
• It reached number one in several countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom.
• In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
• As of December 2014, it had sold over 5.3 million copies in the US.
• It spent a significant amount of time on the charts, with 68 weeks on the Hot 100, and 25 consecutive weeks in the top ten.