So we burst into colors, colors and carousels,įall head first like paper planes and playground games You look at me it's like you hit me with lightning Take me in, and throw out my heart and get a new one Handle bars, then I let go, let go for anyone
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Hit, hit, hit, hit, hit me with lightning "Starry Eyed" was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 22 July 2013, with sales of 496,278 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2013.
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The song spent two additional weeks at number one, selling 45,579 copies in its second week and 39,942 copies in its third week. "Starry Eyed" debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart, selling 49,118 copies in its first week. Nick Levine wrote for Digital Spy that the song "manages to be folky, poppy and dancey all at the same time, twinkly but not twee, and otherworldly without losing its universal appeal." NME critic Mark Beaumont cited "Starry Eyed" as one of the album's "spangliest tracks" along with "Under the Sheets", commenting that it "finds Ellie love-struck and breathless to disco diva beats and looped soul wails, sounding like an angelic Cheryl Cole."
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The song was used in the MTV teen drama series Teen Wolf and Awkward, as well as during a segment of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in November 2011. "Starry Eyed" is featured in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass and on its soundtrack. Because I'm essentially a pop artist I wanted to write a song that everyone can relate to. I wanted a song that would reach out to people of every background and every enjoyment, whether you enjoy a natural high, taking drugs, drinking or whatever. As opposed to all the sad and depressing things I write about, I decided to write something about the joining together of people in some kind of euphoric state-be it at a festival, at a show or in a club. When asked what "Starry Eyed" was about, Goulding told Digital Spy: