Chart Performance
On 6 December 2008 "Dog Days Are Over" debuted at #89 on the UK Singles Chart. The following week it dropped one place to #90 before dropping out of the top 100. It then re-entered the chart a month later on 17 January 2009 at #93 before dropping out of the chart again. Approximately four months later the single made another re-entry on 23 May 2009, this time at #91.
Following performances on Top of the Pops, Jools Holland and use in a television advertisement for Slumdog Millionaire and Eat, Pray, Love, "Dog Days Are Over" began to receive increasing amounts of digital downloads, despite not having been re-released. On 10 January 2010, "Dog Days Are Over" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #23, marking its highest peak to date. However, the following week, on the 17 January 2010, the single fell one place to #24. Following the single's re-release in March 2010, it re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #34 on 4 April 2010. The following week, the single rose to #24 before dropping again.
On 15 January 2010 "Dog Days Are Over" entered the Irish Singles Chart for the first time, reaching a peak of #35. This is the third Top 40 hit for Florence in Ireland. Following its re-release in March 2010, the single once again entered the Irish Singles Chart, this time climbing to #24 and a week later to #17. The following week, the single rose to #15 and the week after #13. On 15 April 2010, the single climbed into the Top 10 at #6, marking its current peak and Florence's second most successful single in the Irish Singles Chart, only to Cosmic Love, a later release.
On the week ending 25 September 2010, "Dog Days Are Over" debuted at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the performance of "Dog Days Are Over" on the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, the track sold 96,000 digital downloads which signified a 257% increase over the previous week and leaped to number 21 giving Florence her first top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It has now gone on to sell over 2,000,000 downloads in the United States alone.
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