Chart performance
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Glad You Came
"Glad You Came" debuted at number one in Ireland, making it the band's first number-one single in the country. The song was at number one for five weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number one with first-week sales of over 117,000 copies, becoming the band's second number-one single in the UK. As of May 2012, it is their biggest-selling single to date with 540,126 copies sold in the UK. In Australia the song was certified Gold for shipping 35,000 copies. In the United States, the song became their first to chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number three for four non-consecutive weeks after it was covered on the television series "Glee", and becoming the highest American chart entry by a British boy band, surpassing Take That who peaked at number seven with "Back for Good" in November 1995. As of May 2013, the song has sold 3,600,000 copies in the United States. The song was the best-selling song by a boy band in digital history before One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" overtook its sales in July 2012.