Stellar (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Stellar

| cover = incubus stellar.png

| type = single

| artist = Incubus

| album = Make Yourself

| released = June 13, 2000

| recorded = May–June 1999

| studio = NRG Studios, Los Angeles

| genre = Nu metal{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-nine-best-nu-metal-singles-by-coldrain-s-masato-david-hayakawa | title=The nine best nu metal singles by Coldrain's Masato David Hayakawa | date=November 12, 2015 | accessdate=June 13, 2023| website=Louder }}

| length = 3:20

| label = {{hlist|Epic|Immortal}}

| writer = Incubus

| producer = Scott Litt

| prev_title = Pardon Me

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Drive

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|-nqRkAsZumc|"Stellar"}}

| type = single

}}

}}

"Stellar" is a song by American rock band Incubus. It was released on June 13, 2000, as the second single from their third album Make Yourself.{{cite magazine |date=June 9, 2000 |title=Alternative: Going for Adds |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-06-09.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |page=121 |access-date=January 16, 2023}} The song reached number 2 on the US Modern Rock Tracks and also reached number 17 on the US Mainstream Rock charts and number 7 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2000-09-08 https://www.billboard.com/artist/incubus/chart-history/rtt/

Music video

The music video released in 2000 has the band playing in a surreal, celestial atmosphere. A young woman (played by Brandon Boyd's then-girlfriend Jo)[https://books.google.com/books?id=m-qexhnZaukC&q=%22Considering+his+androgynous+beauty+and+sweet+demeanor%2C+plus+Incubus&pg=PA74 SPIN Nov 2001, Vol. 17, No. 11] ends up traveling into space to meet Boyd. During the chorus, the band is seen playing in front of a white screen with floating lines and graphs spinning around in the background.

In other media

Track listing

;US Promo

  1. "Stellar (Radio Edit)"

;US Single

  1. "Stellar" (Acoustic)
  2. "Stellar" (Album Version)

Charts

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!Chart (2000)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=March 3, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|17|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=March 3, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|7|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=March 6, 2021}}

Personnel

;Incubus

;Production

References