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This song will be in your top ten on sunday . Such is the appeal and popularity gained by those little fire flies , on down loads weeks before physical release . A charming little song .

Oh dear - I guessed that this was coming!

@ Reason One: agreed when it comes to many songs, for this one I happen to think that any 'real' singing would actually make the song far less enjoyable - it's all so silly and fantastical - having 'proper' singing on it would be like having a grown man say 'buhbye dada' instead of a baby.. it is just not quiite as adorably cute..

@ Reason Two: clunky rhymes, sure.. daft as anything lyrics, of course.. I love a song that doesn't take itself too seriously.. or seriously AT ALL :P

@ Reason Three: I cannot believe that you gave that shoddy 'Echo' song more stars than this.. :)

i love owl city but i think this is one of the lesser songs that adam young wrote.. can't see how its done so well.. his voice i think is dissimilar to metro station as it doesnt sound like he's whining..

try 'vanilla twilight', 'cave in' or 'on the wing' if you're not convinced by this. i would give it 3 stars too.

Listened to the songs flatknees suggested and I'm still not impressed by Owl City, the songs are better than Fireflies but all feel a bit too easy listening. There nothing really there to keep my attention through-out (apart from the rubbish lyrics).

gutted.

thanx for hearing me out though harry.

I've listened to this once and found it annoying.

What CurtainJerker said.

Well , you won't be able to escape this song , for the next 2 months or so , so it will either grow on you , or you will have to go and live on the moon to escape it .

We will send a shuttle to pick you up , when the coast is clear . ;)

Reason 3 is the existence of The Postal Service, surely

I'm with Kat on this song .

It's the quirkiness and warmth of Adam's vocals that give it added appeal , and couple this with the playfulness of the lyrics , it's a winning combination , that will capture the hearts of many a listener .

It's already A listed at Radio 1 , 6 weeks before release , and will go top 10 on Sunday , and if my ear for a tune is as good as I know it is , it will go top 3 at it's peak .

Just like in America , thousands of people are gonna absolutely love this song .

With all the snow we have had , the vision of fireflies , will warm many a heart .

A monster hit ! ( IN WAITING )

Owl City does rip off The Postal Service

Well , you won't be able to escape this song , for the next 2 months or so , so it will either grow on you , or you will have to go and live on the moon to escape it .


Sadly true, as this one of those songs that was picked up by mainstream, local radio stations (well in Birmingham at least) at least a month and a half before its release, which means it will be endlessly repeated, Chasing Cars-esque for about 3 months, maybe more. Which is sad cos i dont mind it at the moment, its quite pleasant with daft lyrics but its merry all the same, its listenable. After 3 months of 'its hard to say i'd rather stay awake while i'm asleep' (WHAT???) though, i think i may have to take up spirit's Kind offer of some time on the moon.

I like it. It's good fun, quirky and the vocals are good. Although you are right at the samt time Fraser.

It's a grower and what I've heard from the album sounds good.

And good point on Girls Can't Catch being better than this... it clearly isn't.

We do offer a "shuttle " bus sevice Jonesy !

At 13 ...

Liam , do you and Curtains take it in turns to make the BIG F feel special ?

You two seem to be on a rota to be Smithers to Fraser's C. Montgomery Burns !

You will be having "I love THE BIG F " t- shirts made up next .....

I do love Fraser's reviews and often jump to his defence. I guess Im a fanbaby lol.

Although 4 stars to Girls Can't Catch is a joke.

I also love THE BIG F !!!!

He does a great job.

But offering differing viewpoints is fun too !

And boy , does it generate interest, at times...

Maybe Owl City will be a one hit wonder.......

Not a chance !

naa they won't be.. vanilla twilight next i think...

i am a huge fan of ben gibbard and the postal service, so when i first owl city my initial reaction was 'rip off'.. but through listening a lot you find subtle differences.. also the young can't help it if he sounds like gibbard... its his voice

I heard this for the first time last night while flicking through TV station's and I thought it was a new Postal Service song at first, then I couldn't see Ben singing... Obviously lol.

Liam, you STAY AWAY from my singles reviewer!

BOYS ! BOYS ! BOYS !

Stop fighting over THE BIG F !

As we all know , there is enough of him to go round.

Shotgun.

At 10.

"This song will go top 3 at it's peak "

Wow , straight in at Number 2 , got that one right.

Next week , it will probably be number 1 .

Heres the thing I love owl city, (have for quite a while now) but fireflies is not his best song by a long shot, my personal top four of his songs are vanilla twilight, the saltwater room, fuzzy blue lights, and hello seattle.

Cheers Richard ,I will check them out .

Flatknees appears to like Vanilla Twilight too !

Spirit, it won't be number one. Either Glee will snowball masively this week (although, this week's ep isn't much loved) or Justin Bieber will be number one. I think it will remain at 2.

So 1. Justin 2. Owls 3. Glee.

Are you the same Blogging Liam , that said Vampire Weekend would have the number 1 album ?

*Looks at chart *

Florence is number 1 .

Don't wish to make you "cross" , or put a wooden stake through your heart , but that prediction was a little " batty . "

Ye :( I was wrong. Happens to the best of us. I should make all predictions with "probably" before them ;)

Oh I forgot about 'Replay'. Scrap my previosu prediction. I'm sure Spirit will quote it to haunt me at some point, but I'm scrapping it. It's too tough to call between those 3 + 'Replay'. I only like 2/4, but the others are popular.

Just let me know when you would like me to quote it and haunt you.

I can do requests....

Seriously you think Justin Bieber will be number 1 ?

I don't think so , he is not getting enough radio play , and only appeals to too small an audience .

Sunday's number 1 will be either IYAZ , OWL CITY or after another excellent show last night , THE GLEE CAST !

One of those three will do it.

In the album chart , expect a VERY high new entry in the Top Ten for LOST PROPHETS , their advance order sales are extremely good !

Hmm Bieber was selling well at the start of the week. It's getting a tonne of radio play, sadly. Perhaps it wont get it and now it's number 9 in the iTunes chart. Releasing his album the same week was an error in terms of single sales.

So are you gonna scrap another prediction and trust me ?

Looking at the main download charts around (kind of cheating but who cares) I'm predicting that Iyaz could hold on for another week. It has more wide-spread appeal and, personally, I find it less annoying. Don't really like either though.

Changed my mind, Fireflies will be no.1 this week.

Yeye I scrap the prediction.

At 25 , I said this will probably be tonight's number 1.

Liam and Harry disagreed with me...

Can someone please tell me who tonight's number 1 is ?

lol

Dunno. Is it Justin Bieber?

Hey, me and Liam both scrapped our predictions on the 20th, that's four days before the chart was annouced, so I think it's safe to say that we're all right. High fives all round!

Haha , on the 20th , I remember 2 gorgeous guys jumping on my band wagon !!

Hope u enjoyed the ride.

It was a bumpy one :p.

Can I register how much I absolutely love this song. It's the biggest grower I've heard in a long time. Absolutely fantastuc tune.

Somebody stuck it on in the dying dregs of a house party on Friday and it was amazing.