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 Nickname: Love, Loss and Lounging, Man failing in a Relationship, The Next Levitating, "Late nights in the middle of June", The Second Most unrecognized Vulnerable song | |||||||||
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| Lead musician (s) |   Glass Animals | ||||||||
| Songwriting | |||||||||
| Mastermind |  Dave Bayley | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Bayley | ||||||||
| Information | |||||||||
| Released | June 29, 2020 | ||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||
| Language(s) | English | ||||||||
| Recording label |  Polydor Records Wolf Tone [[|]] | ||||||||
| Time | 3:13 (193 seconds) | ||||||||
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| Debut | Monster Hit List, (Wk. 53) August 15, 2020 | ||||||||
| Final appearance | , (Wk. ) [[]], [[]] | ||||||||
| First win | The Weekend Countdown (DWSK), (Wk. 117) November 27, 2021 | ||||||||
| Last win | Magic Top 40, (Wk. 122) January 15, 2022 | ||||||||
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| Eliminated in the Top 40 | (Wk. ) | ||||||||
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Heat Waves is a first song from Glass Animals, released on June 29, 2020.
The man behind the song is the Group's leader Dave Bayley, who is a Lead musician, mastermind and a blaster (both means lead songwriter), and the flagship song of the Badlands era alongside Doja Cat's "Need To Know" and Gayle's "ABCDEFU".
The song features a melancholy tone but maintains high energy through its instrumental, with Bayley speaking on remaining strong through vulnerable moments in your life and embracing your vulnerability.
The main topics is "Love, Loss and Lounging", but didn't recover his lover due to his vulnerable life.
History[]
Dave Bayley is the lone wolf of the song served as Group's lead vocalist.
First Three starts[]
Return in 2021, "Loss and Lounging" and Struggles[]
The song return on week 77 after a 19-week hiatus The song ended the second run on week 108 with 187 appearances and no podiums on a 32-week run.
Third return, Wins in 2022 and "Game On!"[]
The song return in week 118 after a 10-week short break, citing for the revenge and backing support from Tiktok to be recognized, but on week 121 after a 205-chart without a victory, "Heatwaves" wins in Olongapo on their 206th start.
Theory that a businessman from Oxford is behind the song return to be stronger and recognizable than previous Two attempts.
Mastermind-Blaster Bayley told NME, "I feel like everyone in the pandemic has been feeling nostalgic, No one was going out and creating new memories, they were all reliving the old ones. This song is about that – it's about memories, it's about missing someone, everyone's been missing people in this age.", Making turn from being The Kings of Late-Breakers and Bayley dubbed Mr. Third Times the Charm, Hence the battlecry "Game On!" and "Recognized the Nostalgia".
In week 126, the song has a best ever results of 2nd, with 4 victories, but briefly becomes the "Most unrecognized song this week" until Gayle's ABCDEFU retains the top spot.
But the most surprised was on week 132, that the song won Snickers Top 20 on their debut for their 27th career victory.