Bubbly by Colbie Caillat

Bubbly was the first song released off of Colbie Caillat's debut album called Coco. It was written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Caillat's father, Ken. In May 2007, it was released as the first song off the album. It was then released to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in June and the United Kingdom received it in September 2008. The album version runs 3:16, while the shortened version for the radio lasts 2:55. It has been certified platinum. There is an acoustic version of this song that lasts nineteen seconds longer than the album version.

Liz Friedlander directed the music video for this song, which airs on MTV, VH1, and CMT. At the end of 2008, this video was seen on YouTube over twenty-seven million times. The album cover of Coco comes off of a still from the music video, where she plays the guitar with a flower in her hair. This song made it up to spot nine on the CMT video countdown, despite the fact it is not a predominantly country song. This song is featured in a karaoke game for PlayStation 2 that released at the end of September of 2008.

Bubby performed very well on the charts, especially considering that this is Caillat's first song released. Bubbly reached fifth on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and as high as second on the U.S Billboard Pop 100. It held the fifth spot of the Hot 100 for seven straight weeks. It also placed first on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. Worldwide, it was able to find success. Bubby was used in an Australian soap opera, which helped propel it into the top spot of the Australian Singles Chart. It placed as high as second on the Canadian Hot 100, where it held this spot for three consecutive weeks. Other chart placements include placing second on the Belgian Singles Chart and the Norwegian Singles Chart. This song placed as high as fifth on the Dutch Top 40. It reached a peak spot of sixth on the Austrian Top 40, New Zealand Singles Chart, French Download Chart, Swedish Singles Chart and Danish Singles Chart. These charts are all that she placed in the top ten of. Other notable charts include placing tenth on the German Singles Chart, eleventh on the Swiss Singles Chart, thirty-second on the European Hot 100 Singles, forty-eighth on the Irish Singles Chart, and fifty-eighth on the UK Singles Chart.

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