Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song)

"Home" is a song written and recorded by American group Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from the album, Up from Below. The song came in at number 73 on Australian radio station Triple J's 100 hottest songs of the past 20 years.^[1]

"Home"
Single by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
from the album Up from Below
Released	January 2010 (2010-01)
Genre	Indie folk country folk
Length	5:06
Label	Rough Trade, Community
Songwriter(s)	Jade Castrinos Alex Ebert
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros singles chronology
"40 Day Dream/Geez Louise" (2009) "Home" (2010) "Memory of a Free Festival" (2010)
Music video
"Home” on YouTube

Song

Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos shared the vocals on the original recording of "Home"

The song is a duet between Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos,^[2] with portions of spoken word from both.^[3] Whistling is prominent in the song,^[4] totaling three minutes^[5] including the opening melody.^[3] Instruments include guitar, piano, and trumpet.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Home

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Home (radio edit)"	3:16
2.	"Home"	5:06

Music video

A music video for the song features a selection of clips of the band on tour in Australia.^[6][7] It was made by Ryan Gall, with cinematography from Gall, Petey Klein, Stephen Frizza and Hamish Siddins.^[8]

Notable media appearances

• "Home" was first featured on the first-season episode "Debate 109"^[9] of the NBC comedy Community which aired on November 12, 2009, before the song's release as a single in January 2010.^[2]
• “Home” was also featured in Gossip Girl before being released as a single on October 19, 2009, in the episode Enough About Eve (S3•E9)
• "Home" was first featured on the last episode of the first season^[10] of the Fox comedy Raising Hope, "Don't Vote for This Episode", which first aired on May 17, 2011.^[11]
• "Home" was featured on commercials for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in the United States in 2011, for IKEA in the Netherlands in 2011,^[12][13] for HRV Home Ventilation in New Zealand in 2012 and for Peugeot in the United Kingdom and in France in 2014.
• The song features in the 2012 film What to Expect When You're Expecting.^[14]
• The song was featured on the season 6 episode of Glee titled "Homecoming".^[15]
• It also began to go viral on TikTok in late November 2020, along with the Edith Whiskers (Tom Rosenthal) cover version, with the original version of the song appearing on Spotify's “Viral Hits” playlist.^{[citation needed]} The Edith Whiskers cover was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.^[16]
• In 2023, the song was used in television advertisements for the retailer Leroy Merlin in Portugal.
• "Home" was featured in commercials for Best Friends Animal Society in 2025.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[17] 40 US Billboard Alternative Songs 25 Chart (2011) Peak position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 27 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 52 Chart (2013) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[20] 56 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 39 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[22] 18 France (SNEP)[23] 7 Ireland (IRMA)[24] 57 Scotland (OCC)[25] 40 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] 46 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 41 UK Singles (OCC)[28] 50 UK Indie (OCC)[29] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 84 Chart (2013) Position France (SNEP)[31] 83

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[32]	Platinum	70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[33]	Gold	45,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[34]	Platinum	50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[35]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36]	Gold	30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[38]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.