The late Zach Sobiech’s “Clouds” is a hit once again. The 2012 single returned to the top of the iTunes chart over the weekend and is expected to hit the Billboard singles chart later this week.
The renewed interest in the inspirational hit follows a feature film of the same name that was released on Disney+ on Friday. It’s based on the memoir “Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way,” written by Sobiech’s mother, Laura.
Sobiech, a Lakeland teenager, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare kind of bone cancer, in 2012. He recorded “Clouds” as a way to say goodbye to his friends and family and posted it to YouTube in December that year. By the time of Sobiech’s death that May at the age of 18, “Clouds” had gone viral and earned more than 3 million views. It has since topped 15 million views.“Clouds” made it all the way to No. 3 on Billboard’s hot rock songs chart and found success in Canada, France, England, Belgium and Switzerland. It also inspired a number of cover versions and a tribute video featuring more than 30 stars lip syncing to the song, including Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles, the Lumineers and Jason Derulo. At the end of the video, Mraz says: “Thank you Zach. You’ve written a great song, dude. It’s a real pleasure to sing it, and sing it with you. Thank you.”
The film “Clouds” was initially going to be released to theaters, but due to the pandemic, Warner Bros. sold it to Disney for its streaming service. It has earned mostly warm reviews, with a Variety critic writing that it “flirts with the generic, but has a heart and soul in pretty much the right place.”
Proceeds from the song benefit the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund, which has raised more than $2 million to research treatments for the cancer.
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