Happy Home (song)

"Happy Home"
Single by Hedegaard featuring Lukas Graham
Released10 March 2014
Recorded2013
GenreElectropop, pop
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hedegaard
Lukas Graham singles chronology
"Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind Pt 2)"
(2012)
"Happy Home"
(2014)
"Mama Said"
(2014)

"Happy Home" is a song by Danish DJ Hedegaard featuring the vocals of Lukas Graham. The song was co-written by Hedegaard himself and Lukas Graham Forchhammer (Lukas Graham). Released on Copenhagen Records in association with Universal Music Denmark, it reached number one on Hitlisten, the Danish Official Singles Chart.

The song received heavy play on the Danish radio station P3 and was put in heavy rotation on several other Danish radio stations. On streaming and sale, it was number one for several weeks in Denmark[1] and now has accumulated more than 31 million streams total (until February 2015).

After a performance of the song on the Norwegian talk show Senkveld med Thomas og Harald,[2] it became number one on the Norwegian iTunes and was certified 3× Platinum on streaming in Norway.[3] and peaked at number four on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart. It also cracked the top 40 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart.

Awards

In 2014, Hedegaard won a Danish Grammy as "Producer of the Year" for the hit "Happy Home" during the Danish Music Awards 2014.

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[4] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 40

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[7] Gold 15,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[8]
Lukas Graham version
Platinum 90,000
Sweden (GLF)[9] Platinum 40,000
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[10] 3× Platinum 7,800,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/DJHEDEGAARD [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald - TV 2 Sumo". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ^ "Lukas Graham høster kæmpe international succes: Nu kommer musikvideoen alle har ventet på - MX.dk". Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  4. ^ "Hedegaard – happy Home". Tracklisten.
  5. ^ "Hedegaard – happy Home". VG-lista.
  6. ^ "Hedegaard – happy Home". Singles Top 100.
  7. ^ "Danish single certifications – Hedegaard – Happy Home". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Danish single certifications – Lukas Graham – Happy Home". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Hedegaard" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Danish single certifications – Hedegaard – Happy Home". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 29 June 2023.