Landed was the first single from Ben Folds' 2005 album Songs for Silverman.[1] It reached 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and 40 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.[2]
Per Folds, "'Landed' is about a friend of mine who was in a bad relationship. I just wrote a song about it."[3] String arranger Paul Buckmaster had done arrangement, but Folds left it out on the initial release. Said Folds, "he’d weighed in strong, almost intrusively I thought. [...] I regretted it before it hit the stores and made sure all subsequent versions of the song were released with strings."[4]
Chart history
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 77 |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[6] | 40 |
| US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] | 23 |
Other Notable Performances
- "Landed" was covered by The Yale Spizzwinks on their 2009 album Cause for Alarm.[8]
- Folds played "Landed" with Daryl Hall on his show Live from Daryl's House on June 12, 2015 (Episode 70).[9]
- Folds guest-starred on a second season episode of the Showtime drama series Billions in April 2017, playing the song.[10]
References
- ^ Rocha, Zach (August 22, 2007). "BEN Ben Folds - "Songs For Silverman"". South Coast Today. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Folds". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ Atkinson, Brian (July 1, 2005). "BEN FOLDS: Music as Therapy". American Songwriter. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Landed – Ben Folds". Album Reviews. November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Folds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Folds Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ben Folds Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Cause for Alarm". Amazon. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Daryl Hall and Ben Folds - Landed". YouTube. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (9 April 2017). "Billions Recap: The Bull Who Gets All the Cows". Vulture. Retrieved 16 February 2023.