After the Top 10 success of "Good Time," Owl City's summer smash duet with Carly Rae Jepsen from "The Midsummer Station," Adam Young is eyeballing a second single that's already had a bit of history.
Young tells Billboard the odds-on favorite is "Shooting Star," a Stargate-produced co-write with Relient K's Matthew Thiessen that's already made an appearance on the Christian Songs chart, reaching No. 36. And Young acknowledges he isn't sure if that will help, hinder or not at all affect the song's fate in the secular market.
"That's an interesting place to be, or even think about. I think it could go any of those ways," Young acknowledges. "I prefer to stay out of it and let it do what it's going to do. It certainly might be a help. It could be a hindrance, too. It's hard to tell before things happen, so I feel like whatever does happen, it's kind of meant to be that way and I'll just do my own thing."
"Shooting Star" certainly exhibits Young's decision to reach out to other collaborators on "The Midsummer Station" after playing mostly as a one man band on its three predecessors.
I'm a fan of Adam, I just feel like ATBAB & Ocean eyes were better albums. All the songs in this sound so similar except Dementia, Good Time, and Silhouette.
The only song I really like on this album is "Dementia" with Mark Hoppus. Other than that, theres no "Vanilla Twilight", "Fireflies", or "Alligator Sky" on this album.
Did they push it back?
Gorl BYE
