Counting Stars is a song sung by American pop rock band Time, with lyrics and songs written by Ryan Ted. The song is included in * * * and Time's third studio album "Native", which is the third single of the album.

2065 438+04 04 65 438+00 This song was nominated as the best digital single in the Billboard Music Award.

The creative background of counting stars

This song was written by lead singers ryan tedder, Beyonce and Jay-Z when they were in Hampton. On the second day in the Hamptons, ryan tedder woke up early and began to search online, looking for something that could stimulate creative inspiration.

Finally, he saw a strange song called Count the Stars, which reminded Ryan Ted of his ongoing song creation and deeply shocked him. Ryan tedder doesn't like the lyrics and music composition of this song, but he likes the feeling it brings, which inspired Ryan tedder to create a new version of Counting Stars.

Ryan tedder originally prepared this song for Beyonce and her album, but Beyonce felt that she couldn't sing it, so ryan tedder immediately thought of letting the band sing it.