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Her Diamonds

"Her Diamonds" is the lead single from Rob Thomas's second studio album, Cradlesong (2009). Thomas confirmed the single's release via a Twitter account he had created on March 11, 2009. The single premiered on April 22, preceding the release of Cradlesong on June 30. On July 3, 2009, Thomas confirmed in an interview with Natalie Morales and Lester Holt on NBC's Today show that the song references his wife Marisol's auto-immune disease. Thomas announced his wife sang backup on the track and also helped produce its arrangement.

"Her Diamonds"
Single by Rob Thomas
from the album Cradlesong
B-side"Overrun"
ReleasedApril 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)
GenrePop rock
Length
  • 4:40 (album version)
  • 3:48 (radio edit)
  • 3:52 (video edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Rob Thomas
Producer(s)Matt Serletic
Rob Thomas singles chronology
"Little Wonders"
(2007) 		"Her Diamonds"
(2009) 		"Give Me the Meltdown"
(2009)
Music video
"Her Diamonds" on YouTube

Chart performance

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On the Billboard Hot 100 the song reached number 23, his highest peak since 2005's hit "Lonely No More". On the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks radio airplay chart, "Her Diamonds" debuted at number 27.[1] The track would go on to top the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart the week of August 8, becoming Thomas' third number one to date and extending Thomas' streak of top-five singles as a solo artist on the format to six (seven if including "Smooth", his collaboration with Santana).

During its first week of release, it was the most added song to radio in Australia.[2] While on the ARIA Singles Chart the song debuted at number eight and later rose to number three.[3] The song performed well on the Canadian Hot 100. It moved from number 64 to number 42 and then to a peak of number 27.[4] The song also became a massive radio hit, peaking at number 1 on the Australian airplay chart and staying at the top spot for 5 weeks.[5]

Music video

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The music video for the song was directed by Dave Meyers and the video as well as behind the scenes can be seen on Rob Thomas's official website.

The video premiered on May 12, 2009 on VH1.com. The video features American actress Alicia Silverstone. The video starts with scenes of a blue, icy, background. In this background (which is actually ice) reflections of Thomas singing are shown. Later, the video shows Silverstone completely trapped in ice and motionless sitting on a bed in a room. The sun shining through the window melts the ice until Silverstone is shown shivering. She falls to the floor, still shivering. Later, more scenes of Thomas singing are shown, and the video ends with Silverstone gazing out the window at the rising sun. The video reached number one on both Billboard's hot videoclips chart and VH1's top 20 countdown.

Visual effects for the video were created by Baked FX.[6]

Track listing

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Best Buy exclusive CD single edition

  1. "Her Diamonds" – 4:40
  2. "Overrun" – 4:12

Australian CD single

  1. "Her Diamonds" – 4:40
  2. "Overrun" – 4:11

Charts

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Sales and certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28] Platinum 70,000^
United States (RIAA)[29] Platinum 1,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Flo Rida Has Sweet Week on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. September 14, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  2. ^ [1] Archived April 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Top 50 Singles Chart – Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Australian Music Report Weekly Hot 100". Aumreport.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  6. ^ "WATCH IT: Rob Thomas "Her Diamonds"". VideoStatic. June 12, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "Rob Thomas – Her Diamonds". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  8. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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  12. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  13. ^ "Rob Thomas – Her Diamonds". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Rob Thomas Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  20. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2009". ARIA. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  21. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  22. ^ "Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2009" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  23. ^ "Year End Charts – Year-end songs – The Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  24. ^ "Year End Charts – Year-end songs – Radio Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  25. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  26. ^ "Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  27. ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  28. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  29. ^ "American single certifications – Rob Thomas – Her Diamonds". Recording Industry Association of America.
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