Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song)

"Home" is a song written and recorded by American group Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from the album, Up from Below. The song came in at number 73 on Australian radio station Triple J's 100 hottest songs of the past 20 years.

Song
The song is a duet between Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos, with portions of spoken word from both. Whistling is prominent in the song, totaling three minutes including the opening melody. Instruments include guitar, piano, and trumpet.

Music video
A music video for the song features a selection of clips of the band on tour in Australia. It was made by Ryan Gall, with cinematography from Gall, Petey Klein, Stephen Frizza and Hamish Siddins.

Notable media appearances

 * "Home" was first featured on the first-season episode "Debate 109" of the NBC comedy Community which aired on November 12, 2009, before the song's release as a single in January 2010.
 * "Home" was first featured on the last episode of the first season of the Fox comedy Raising Hope, "Don't Vote for This Episode", which first aired on May 17, 2011.
 * "Home" was featured on commercials for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in the United States in 2011, for IKEA in the Netherlands in 2011, for HRV Home Ventilation in New Zealand in 2012 and for Peugeot in the United Kingdom and in France in 2014.
 * The song features in the 2012 film What to Expect When You're Expecting.
 * The song was featured on the season 6 episode of Glee titled "Homecoming".
 * It also began to go viral on TikTok in late November 2020, according to Spotify's “Viral Hits” playlist, along with the Edith Whiskers (Tom Rosenthal) cover version. The Edith Whiskers cover was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.
 * In 2023, the song was used in television advertisements for the retailer Leroy Merlin in Portugal.