California (song)
| California | |
|---|---|
| Phantom Planet | |
| publication | April 23, 2002 |
| length | 3:14 |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| Author (s) | Alex Greenwald, Jason Schwartzman |
| album | The Guest |
California is a song by the American music group Phantom Planet (A. Greenwald, D. Robinson, J. Brautbar, J. Schwartzmann and S. Farrar) from the 2002 album The Guest . In the United States , the single was released on May 23. April 2002. It is the theme song for the US television series OC, California .
California is about driving along US Highway 101 to California . Roman Coppola , cousin of songwriter Jason Schwartzman , shot the music video.
The success of the series The OC and the song became known and was in a Simpsons episode than parody played. However, the song can also be heard in other films or television series such as Fastlane or The Enron Bankruptcy . It is also on the soundtrack to Nix as Orange County included.
Chart placements
In 2005 the song took 57th place in the German annual charts.
| Chart | Top ranking | Weeks | Entry date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 24 | March 28, 2005 |
| Austria | 3 | 23 | May 1, 2005 |
| Switzerland | 17th | 17th | June 5, 2005 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 19th | March 18, 2005 |
Web links
- Music video on tape.tv
- Review by Heather Phares on allmusic.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Singles information at allmusic (English).
- ↑ cliparchiv.tv: Videography: Roman Coppola ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 21, 2011.
- ↑ Sources for chart placements: DE AT CH UK
