Billboard is reporting that Glee‘s version of “Teenage Dream” is on track to have the single-best sales week ever for a song from the show. Released on Tuesday, the song reportedly sold 55,000 copies in its first day — the highest of any Glee track to date — via iTunes, and is predicted to sell between 150,000 to 175,000 downloads by Sunday, Nov. 14.
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I don’t mind Katy Perry, but I really preferred this version of the song, and it really fit the scene.
i usually just wait until the cds come out, but this song was too good to wait for
Little known fact – they were recorded by a Tufts acapella group!
Yeah! That made me love the song even more, since I love the Bubs!
Love the Beezelbubs! I watched them on the Sing-Off and the Teenage Dream performance definitely reminded me of them, b/c it was a capella, all boys, preppy, etc. No wonder, they were doing the background vocals!
Love The Bubs. Did they get credit in the episode credits? It will be interesting if Vocal Adrenaline competes as against the Warblers because the Warblers (Bubs) are clearly better singer…no AutoTune!
I thought the Auto Tune was really obvious in the song, especially when he sang the “young forever” part, which is a shame since Darren Criss is a legitimately good singer.
It’s not autotune, it’s the Bubs doing the acapella thing; you’re ears are so used to crapola that you can’t recognize real voices blended in harmony and not a synthesizer.
Thank you, I was wondering if it was them!!
Really EW? How many Glee related articles do you need in a day?
EW writes Glee articles because people read them. You read this, Rolo, so you show the interest is there.
Don’t bother with Rolo, Phil. He’s an idiot in every thread on EW.
I dont like the glee version it bugs me. Just sounds super bland.
Me either. Glad to know I’m not the only one who didn’t like this song either. I thought it was just plain awful.
So happy for them,I love it.
I actually prefer this version to Katy Perry’s. She can’t auto-tune her way out of bad vocals.
Considering the original Katy Perry version is by far the worst song of the year I was surprised that I enjoyed the Glee version. It’s amazing how much real talent can make a difference.
I take that back. California Girls was the song I was thinking about. But Teenage Dream is still pretty darn bad.
And I say that as someone who doesn’t care for Katy very much at all.
You don’t say.
It is a fantastic pop song. I loved the song before Glee and like it more now. I HATE California Girls. But TD is pop gold.
Darren Criss is awesome! I loved this version and it made me love him even more. He’s Harry FREAKIN’ Potter!
And this version was TOTALLY AWESOME!!
Darren was great!! Harry FREAKIN’ Potter is totally awesome with red vines!
Not surprised. There are moments, rare, when this show achieves magic. This was one of them.
Well said!
The performance was the best Glee scene this season–maybe ever. The song is fantastic and Darren Criss is an instant star.
This has lessons for Ryan Murphy and the producers:
1. People LIKE hearing the harmonizing, energy, and full-bodied sound of an entire CHOIR instead of the same leads (Rachel & Finn) singing lead while everybody else basically sings backup. Darren Criss didn’t dominate the song like Lea Michelle usually does.
2. Ease up on the auto-tune.
3. Choose more songs that capture the spirit of what it means to be young. The glee kids are starting to sound too old because of the song choices.
Yes! Totally agree about #3 especially. If it’s a song I liked when I was young, then it’s WAY WAY WAY too old for those guys.
Silliest critique ever. Music is timeless; a good song is good no matter year it is or the age of the person singing it.
This is so funny!! Its got none of the original cast singing it!! That’s so weird!!
I was thinking that, maybe they will keep Darren longer
Note to Ryan Murphy: See, people DO want to hear/buy songs that feature more talent than auto-tune!
(Not that the regular cast isn’t talented. They ARE. But the show’s tendency to overproduce the musical numbers really keeps them from shining.)
I never liked this song until I heard it on Glee.
Me neither. Darren Criss sings it WAY better than Katy Perry does!!!
Loved the song, & Bubs on Sing-Off. But hate Apple & ITunes, so guess I do w/o it for a bit.