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| Single by the Fray | ||||
| from the album How to Save a Life and Stealth: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | October 7, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | June 24, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Echo Park Studios Bloomington, Indiana | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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"Over My Head (Cable Car)" (originally performed simply as "Cable Car") is a song by American rock band the Fray. It was released in October 2005 as the lead single from their debut album How to Save a Life and from the soundtrack to the science fiction action film Stealth (2005). It hit the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single helped propel their album from the Top Heatseekers chart to the top 20 of The Billboard 200 chart. The CD single was backed with "Heaven Forbid" and a live version of "Hundred". In the United Kingdom, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" was released as the second single from the album, following "How to Save a Life".
The song sold over two million digital downloads in the United States and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA in May 2006.[1] The song was the fifth most-downloaded single of 2006 and was ranked number 13 on the Hot 100 singles of 2006 by Billboard.[2] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2006 but lost to "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas.[3]
The song was ranked No. 43 on Billboard's Best Adult Pop Songs of the Decade list[4] and No. 100 on Billboard's Top 100 Digital Tracks of the Decade list.[5]
After comparisons were drawn between "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and the Chainsmokers' "Closer", Isaac Slade and guitarist Joe King of the Fray were credited as co-writers of "Closer" on September 2, 2016.[6]
- ^ "Yahoo Music".
- ^ "First half sales: Downloads up; CDs, revenues down". USA Today. July 13, 2006. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006.
- ^ "The GRAMMYs | GRAMMY.com".
- ^ "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard.
- ^ "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard.
- ^ Fekadu, Mesfin (September 2, 2016). "2 Fray members get writing credit on Chainsmokers' No.1 hit". Associated Press. Retrieved June 13, 2022.