US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) Portugal Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) Luxembourg Digital Song Sales ( Billboard) Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Safe and Sound"Ĭzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) įinland ( Suomen virallinen radiolista) In the United Kingdom, the single was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist on Augfollowing its official single release in the country the following month, it peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached #2 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It has sold over two million copies in the United States as of January 2014. A sleeper hit, it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2013, over two-and-a-half years after its initial release. "Safe and Sound" first gained commercial success in Germany following its use in a Vodafone commercial, later topping the German Media Control singles chart. īeginning in July 2021, the song was used in an advertising campaign for ADT Home Security titled “It’s Safe To Say”, which featured Drew and Jonathan Scott from the HGTV series “ Property Brothers”. McDonald's has used the song in 2020 in McDonald's Australia promotion for the return of the McRib® & El Maco® as part of the that year’s summer menu. The song is briefly played at a party scene in the beginning of the 2015 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. The music video featured prominent figures Bruce Lee, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Jackie Robinson to promote the all new features, including the "kodo" design Mazda has introduced post- Ford ownership of the company. The song was featured as the background music for the 2014 model year Mazda3 vehicles. Īir New Zealand have used the song in their in-flight safety video for 2014, while the Barcelona's Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) has used it in its dance video to raise awareness and support for research into diseases such as cancer and metastasis, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Actual Coca-Cola bottles served as instruments in the version. Zendaya, Kina Grannis, Kurt Hugo Schneider and Max Schneider (not related) released a cover of the song on March 31, 2014, used for a Coca-Cola commercial. On November 7, 2013, the song was performed by Team Adam (consisted of Tessanne Chin, James Wolpert, Will Champlin, Grey and Preston Pohl) from the fifth season of the series, The Voice. It received a nomination in the Best Music Video category at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The video is set in the Los Angeles Theatre and depicts Capital Cities performing on stage as dancers of all types (1940s swing dancers, 1970s roller-disco skaters, 1990s hip-hop dancers, etc.) emerge from pictures on the wall and film clips from different time periods in the theater's history come to life and compete in dance-offs. The third and most well-known video for the song was directed by Grady Hall and released on April 25, 2013. Another video, directed by Jimmy Ahlander, was released on October 21, depicting the duo being led through a junkyard by a monk. It features alternating historical film clips of dancing and war from the last century generally arranged in chronological order. The first music video for "Safe and Sound" was self-produced and edited by the band and uploaded to their official YouTube account on February 24, 2011. It features a prominent trumpet line, which was only incorporated into its production after eight previous takes of the song. "Safe and Sound" is a synth-pop, dance-pop and alternative rock song, and was written and produced by Capital Cities members Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. It is the theme song for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. Three music videos were produced for the single, with the third video, directed by Grady Hall and set in the Los Angeles Theatre, later being nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. "Safe and Sound" became the duo's breakout hit, peaking at number eight on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and achieving commercial success in several other territories. The song was released as a single on January 6, 2011, and first appeared on their debut EP Capital Cities (2011), later serving as the lead single from their debut studio album, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013). " Safe and Sound" is a song by American indie pop duo Capital Cities, written and produced by band members Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. From the album In a Tidal Wave of Mystery
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