Landed (Ben Folds song)

2005 single by Ben Folds

"Landed"

Single by Ben Folds
from the album  Songs for Silverman
Released| 2005
Studio| El Rey Theatre
Genre| Rock
Length| 4:28
Label| Epic
Songwriter(s)| Ben Folds
Ben Folds singles chronology
| "Bitches Ain't Shit"
(2005)  | "Landed"
(2005)  | "Jesusland"
(2005)

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"Landed" was the first single from Ben Folds' 2005 album Songs for Silverman.[1] It reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 40 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, making it one of Folds' biggest hits.[2]

Per Folds, "'Landed' is about a friend of mine who was in a bad relationship. I just wrote a song about it."[3] String arranger Paul Buckmaster had done arrangement, but Folds left it out on the initial release. Said Folds, "he'd weighed in strong, almost intrusively I thought. [...] I regretted it before it hit the stores and made sure all subsequent versions of the song were released with strings."[4]

## Chart history

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Chart (2005)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 77
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[6] | 40

## Other notable performances

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* "Landed - University A Cappella Version" was first performed by The University of Colorado Buffoons in 2009 for Ben Folds' University A Capella Album.[7]
* "Landed" was covered by The Yale Spizzwinks on their 2009 album Cause for Alarm.[8]
* Folds played "Landed" with Daryl Hall on his show Live from Daryl's House on June 12, 2015 (Episode 70).[9]
* Folds guest-starred on a second season episode of the Showtime drama series Billions in April 2017, playing the song.[10]

## References

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1. ^ Rocha, Zach (August 22, 2007). "BEN Ben Folds - "Songs For Silverman"". South Coast Today. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
2. ^ "Ben Folds". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. ^ Atkinson, Brian (July 1, 2005). "BEN FOLDS: Music as Therapy". American Songwriter. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
4. ^ "Landed – Ben Folds". Album Reviews. November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
5. ^ "Ben Folds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
6. ^ "Ben Folds Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
7. ^ Vega, Muriel (April 13, 2009). "Ben Folds: Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!". Paste Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
8. ^ "Cause for Alarm". Amazon. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
9. ^ "Daryl Hall and Ben Folds - Landed". YouTube. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
10. ^ Tallerico, Brian (9 April 2017). "Billions Recap: The Bull Who Gets All the Cows". Vulture. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

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Studio albums|

* Rockin' the Suburbs
* Songs for Silverman
* Way to Normal
* Lonely Avenue
* So There
* What Matters Most
* Sleigher

Compilations|

* Songs for Goldfish
* Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP
* Stems and Seeds
* Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!
* The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
* Fifty-Five Vault

Live albums|

* Ben Folds Live
* iTunes Originals

Other albums|

* Shut Up and Listen to Majosha
* Fear of Pop: Volume 1
* The Bens

EPs|

* Speed Graphic
* Sunny 16
* Super D

Singles|

* "Rockin' the Suburbs"
* "Still Fighting It"
* "Tiny Dancer"
* "Bizarre Christmas Incident"
* "Bitches Ain't Shit"
* "Landed"
* "Jesusland"
* "You Don't Know Me"
* "Phone in a Pool"
* "Dear Theodosia"

DVDs|

* Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth
* Ben Folds Live at MySpace

Books|

* A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons

Related articles|

* Discography
* 8in8
* Anna Goodman
* Ben Folds Five
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* Fear of Pop
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* Odd Man Out Tour

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