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For the 1928 French film, see The Little Match Girl (1928 film). For the 2006 Disney animated short film, see The Little Matchgirl (2006 film).
"Match Girl" redirects here. For the short story by Anne Bishop, see Match Girl (short story).
"The Little Match Girl"
A. J. Bayes illustration, 1889
Author
Hans Christian Andersen
Original title
"Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne"
Country
Denmark
Language
Danish
Genre(s)
Short story
Published in
Dansk Folkekalender for 1846
Publication date
December 1845
"The Little Match Girl" (Danish: Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks") is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845. It has been adapted to various media, including an animated short film, a television musical, and an animated virtual reality story called "Allumette".[1]
Contents
1 Summary
2 Publication
3 Adaptations
3.1 Amusement park attractions
3.2 Anime and manga
3.3 Audio recordings
3.4 Comics
3.5 Films
3.5.1 16mm short subject films
3.5.2 Animated films
3.5.3 Live-action films
3.6 Games
3.7 Literature
3.8 Music
3.9 Television
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Summary[edit]
On a cold New Year's Eve, a poor, young girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold and early hypothermia, and she is walking barefoot having lost her two large slippers as it was of her mother.[2] Still, she is too afraid to go home, because her father will beat her for not selling any matches, and also as the many cracks in their shack can't keep out the cold wind. The girl takes shelter in a corner formed by two house projected further out into street and sits down.[3]
The girl lights the matches to warm herself. In their glow she sees several lovely visions, starting with a warm stove, then a luxurious holiday feast where the goose almost jumps out at her, and then a magnificent Christmas tree larger than the one at the rich merchant's house. The girl looks skyward and sees a shooting star; she then remembers her late grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone is dying and is going to Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness all through her life. To keep the vision of her grandmother alive for as long as she can, the girl lights the entire bundle of matches at once.
After running out of matches the child dies and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the girl dead in the nook, frozen with a smile on her face, and guess the reason for the burnt-out matches beside her. They feel pity for her, although they had not shown kindness to her before her death. They have no way of knowing about the wonderful visions she saw before her death or how gloriously she is celebrating the New Year in Heaven with her grandmother.[4]
Publication[edit]
"The Little Match Girl" was first published December 1845, in Dansk Folkekalender for 1846. The work was re-published as a part of New Fairy Tales (4 March 1848), Second Volume, Second Collection (Nye Eventyr (1848), Andet Bind, Anden Samling), and again 18 December 1849 as a part of Fairy Tales (1850; Eventyr). The work was also published 30 March 1863 as a part of Fairy Tales and Stories (1863), Second Volume (Eventyr og Historier (1863), Andet Bind).[5]
Adaptations[edit]
Amusement park attractions[edit]
The Little Match Girl in the Fairy Tale Forest, Efteling, Netherlands
The Fairy Tale Forest (Sprookjesbos in Dutch) of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands has a three-dimensional attraction showing the story of the Little Match Girl, called Het Meisje met de Zwavelstokjes.[6] In this attraction, use is made of the pepper's ghost technique.
Anime and manga[edit]
In Is the Order a Rabbit?, Sharo starts daydreaming while handing out flyers, humorously seeing it as a death flag when she connects her actions to the match girl.
Chapter 18 of the manga series Binbou Shimai Monogatari (2004) replays the tale of "The Little Match Girl", featuring the protagonists Asu and Kyou with a happy ending twist.
In Chapter 24 (Volume 3) of Love Hina, Su makes Shinobu dress up as a Little Red Riding Hood type and sell matches to raise some travelling money to Okinawa. When that plot initially fails and Shinobu starts to cry, a good number of passers-by are moved to tears and prepare to buy all her matches until the two girls are chased off by resident Yakuza.
In the Japanese anime Gakuen Alice, the main character, Mikan Sakura puts on a play about The Little Match Girl to earn money.
Episode 201 of Gin Tama, "Everybody's a Santa", parodies The Little Match Girl, where Yagyu Kyubei narrates a humorous retelling of the story, featuring Kagura as the eponymous title character, replacing match sticks with Shinpachi, a human punching bag.
"Girl Who Doesn't Sell Matches But is Misfortunate Anyway" is the final episode of the 2010 anime series Ōkami-san, which draws inspiration from various fairy tales. The episode features a character called Machiko Himura, who is based on the little match girl.
"The Little Key Frames Girl", episode 11 of the anime Shirobako (2014), humorously replays the whole match girl story from a more modern and lower stakes point of view.
In "Christmas Osomatsu-san", episode 11 of the anime Osomatsu-san (2015), Iyami humorously acts as The Little Match Girl, dying in the end.
Match Shoujo, a manga by Sanami Suzuki (2014–15), is being made into a live-action film starring Sumire Sato, as the title character.[7]
In "Let's Get Wiggy With It", episode 2 of the anime Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003–05), Don Patch humorously recites a story of him selling churros at Christmas time with no one buying, showing a Churro buried and covered in snow in the end, resembling death.
In "Troupe Dragon, On Stage! (They Had A Troupe Name, Huh)", episode 10 of the anime Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017), the main characters decide to stage a performance of "The Little Match Girl" for a nursing home on Christmas. Throughout the episode, the characters add their own ideas to the story (such as magical girls and the Forty-seven rōnin), to the point that the performance bears virtually no resemblance to the original.
Audio recordings[edit]
The record "Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol" published by Peter Pan Records features a reading on the B side.
Comics[edit]
In issue #112 of Bill Willingham's Fables (a comic book series about living embodiments of storybook characters), The Little Match Girl is introduced to Rose Red as one of the paladins of the embodiment of Hope, ostensibly on the night that the girl is doomed to die (Christmas Eve, in this telling). The child identifies herself as "the caretaker of hope deferred", braving the deadly cold and saving the meager pennies she earns towards the promise of a better life in the future, and stubbornly denying that her death is close at hand.
Films[edit]
16mm short subject films[edit]
In 1954, Castle Films released a 16 mm English language version of a 1952 black and white French short live-action film. Instead of her grandmother, the Virgin Mary, whom the match girl believes is her own long-lost mother, takes the girl to Heaven. No mention is made of the father beating the child.[citation needed]
Animated films[edit]
Color Rhapsodies (1937), a Charles Mintz studio color adaptation including the grim ending, considered among the studio's best films. It was nominated for the 1937 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons), and lost to Disney's short The Old Mill. This version of the story is slightly different from Andersen's story, specifically near the end.
La Tartelette (1967), a Jacques Colombat short film inspired by Andersen's story, with a black humour twist ending.
Hans Christian Andersen no Sekai (1971, The World of Hans Christian Andersen), Toei Animation's animated film based on Andersen's works.
The Little Match Girl (2003), an animated short film by Junho Chung for Fine Cut: KCET's Festival of Student Film.
"The Little Match Girl" (2005), ADV Films' adaptation released in Hello Kitty Animation Theater, Vol. 3.
The Little Match Girl (2006), the last of four Walt Disney Animation Studios shorts originally intended to be part of a Fantasia (1940) compilation film, which project was canceled. This short was then developed as a stand-alone film and was nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Animated Short, losing to The Danish Poet. This short was subsequently released as a special feature on the 2006 Platinum Edition DVD of The Little Mermaid (1989). In 2015, the short was released on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray Disc.[8]
Live-action films[edit]
The Little Match Seller (1902), a short silent film directed by James Williamson
The Little Match Girl (1914), a 9 minute long silent film directed by Percy Nash.
The Little Match Girl (1928), La Petite Marchande d'Allumettes), a 40-minute silent film by Jean Renoir.
La Jeune Fille aux Allumettes (1952), French director Jean Benoît-Lévy's film version, includes a brief dance sequence with ballet star Janine Charrat.
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (1953), Danish film director Johan Jacobsen adapted the Andersen story to a short film, starring Karin Nellemose, Françoise Rosay, and Agnes Thorberg Wieth. The film competed for the short film prize of the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[9]
La vendedora de rosas (1998; Little Rose Selling Girl), directed by Víctor Gaviria, is a film by Colombian movie about homeless children victims of solvent abuse, loosely based on "The Little Match Girl"; it competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2003) is a Korean movie.
Matchstick Girl (2015), a modern adaptation short film set in the UK, was produced and directed by Joann Randles.
Match Shojo (2016), a Japanese adaptation of Sanami Suzuki's manga starring Sumire Sato.[10]
Games[edit]
Suikoden III, (2002), a video game for the PlayStation 2, contains a highly abridged play version of "The Little Match Girl". In the game, the player can cast characters in different roles and have them perform a shortened version of the story.
Yakuza 5, (2012), a video game for the PlayStation 3 has a substory named "The Little Match Girl" during Taiga Saejima's segment of the game that involves a little girl selling matches for 100 yen.[11] A similar sunstory also appears in Yakuza (2005) and its remake, Yakuza Kiwami (2016).
The Little Match Girl, (2015), a visual novel for web browsers and Android that tells the story.
In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine, the Little Match Girl, tired of seeing that no one buys her matches, starts selling tobacco, various alcoholic beverages and even drugs, stating that "it is much more profitable and demand is high".
THE iDOLM@STER 2, (2011), a video game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has a song titled "Little Match Girl" available in the first DLC pack for the Xbox 360 version and available by default in the PlayStation 3 version. The song features a romanticized version of the story. The song has made further appearances in THE iDOLM@STER SHINY FESTA, THE iDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL, and in the 2011 anime adaptation of the series.
"QURARE Magic Library", (2014), a Korean mobile game that's also been imported to the PlayStation 4 to the west. There is a Kodex card in game called "Little Match Girl" which is a Super Rare + card and features the passive Resurrect V skill for Tank decks. The image is drawn by STUDIO NCG, and its description is very different from the original story, with a much darker ending.
Literature[edit]
Anne Bishop published the short story "Match Girl" in Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995).
On page 319 of Clarissa Pinkola Estés' book Women Who Run with the Wolves (1992), "The Little Match Girl", the author tells the story to her aunt, followed by a lucid analysis.
In Neil Gaiman's novella A Study in Emerald (2004), the main characters view a set of three plays, one of which is a stage adaptation of the "Little Match Girl".
Novelist Gregory Maguire read a short story based on "The Little Match Girl" over the air on NPR. He later expanded the short story into a novel, published as Matchless: A Christmas Story (2009).[12]
William McGonagall retold "The Little Match Girl" in a poem.[13]
Jerry Pinkney wrote an adaption of the story setting it in the early twentieth century.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, Hogfather (1996), gave the story a less morbid ending, thanks to the intervention of Death himself: Death's manservant, Albert, notes that the tale of the little match girl is meant to remind people that they could be worse off even when completely penniless, but with Death currently acting as the Hogfather to compensate for the original's absence, he is able to use his current dual status to give the little match girl a gift of a future.
Hans Tseng adapted "The Little Match Girl" into a short story manga, featured in the first volume of Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga (2003).
In Anne Ursu's novel Breadcrumbs (2011), the main character Hazel meets in the woods a character based on the Little Match Girl.
"The Little Match Girl" was one of the key inspirations for the main character Rosemary in Michael Sajdak's novelette Voices of the Dead (2017).
Music[edit]
In 1994, Frederik Magle released the album The Song Is a Fairytale, of songs based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales, with Thomas Eje and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen amongst others. "The Little Match Girl" is one of the songs.[14]
In 1988–96, the German avant-garde composer Helmut Lachenmann wrote an opera based on the story, called Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, also including a text by Red Army Faction founder Gudrun Ensslin.
In 1995, German singer Meret Becker included the song "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern" in her album Noctambule.
In 2001, guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors released the album The Little Match Girl based on the story.
In 2001, the Hungarian band Tormentor wrote the song "The Little Match Girl," with lyrics based on the story.
In 2002, GrooveLily released the album Striking 12, a musical based on "The Little Match Girl", which subsequently opened off-Broadway in 2006.
In 2005, Erasure's music video of their song "Breathe" was a modern adaptation of the story.
In 2006, the English band The Tiger Lillies and a string trio released the album The Little Match Girl based on the story.
American composer David Lang completed his own rendition of the original story in 2007. The Little Match Girl Passion is scored for four solo voices, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with percussion, and was written for Paul Hillier and his ensemble Theater of Voices. The work was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2008. It presents Hans Christian Andersen's tale in Lang's characteristic post-minimalist style with thematic influence from Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John and St. Matthew Passions.
In 2010, Vocaloid producer Akuno-P produced the song "The Flames of the Yellow Phosphorus", an alternate take on the story. In the song, the girl must sell all the matches she has, or else her father will not feed her. After lighting a match, she decides to burn her father's house down and steal his money for food, as to not be cold nor starving. She gets burned at the stake as punishment.
In 2012, The Crüxshadows recorded the song "Matchstick Girl" on their album As the Dark Against My Halo, which according to the band's frontman, Rogue, refers to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
Tori Amos's 2015 musical The Light Princess includes the song "My Fairy-Story", where the main character reads this story and compares it to her own situation.
In 2015, Japanese techno-rap unit Wednesday Campanella produced the song "Match Uri no Shōjo" (「マッチ売りの少女」, 'The Little Match Girl').
Television[edit]
In 1974, a contemporarized version set in Cincinnati on Christmas Eve was aired on WLWT. This Christmas special was placed in syndication and last aired on the Family Channel in December 1982.
In 1986, HTV released The Little Match Girl as a musical based on the original story. The cast included Twiggy and Roger Daltrey. It included the song "Mistletoe and Wine", which became a Christmas hit a year later for Cliff Richard.[15][16]
In 1987, a modernized version, The Little Match Girl, was shown on American television. The cast included Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rue McClanahan, and William Daniels.
In 2009, a modernized version set to original music and narrated by F. Murray Abraham was presented by HBO Storybook Musicals, in which the girl is the daughter of a homeless New York couple forced to live underground in an abandoned subway station due to the economic collapse of the 1990s.
A short parody version of the Little Match Girl was featured in Robot Chicken episode "Garbage Sushi" with the Little Match Girl voiced by Minae Noji, her father voiced by Rob Paulsen, and her grandmother voiced by Seth Green. In this sketch version, she was selling matches stating that she must sell them or her father will beat her. Upon lighting a match, she sees a family. Upon lighting the second match, she sees a vision of her grandmother who tells the Little Match Girl that Vishnu is in Heaven and that Jesus is a fairy tale. Upon being told of her grandmother's plan, the girl learns the power of fire with the matches and kills her father for his abuse upon spilling alcohol on him and then using her matches to burn him to a skeleton. Then she finds her grandmother's jewelry and cracks an egg on her father's burning skeleton. By the final scene, the Little Match Girl is in a warmer location where she gives the bartender a big stack of money for a cup of Mai Tai. When asked what her name is, the girl states "My name's the Little F****** Match Girl" and then throws the cup of Mai Tai at the screen.
In 2017, a version of The Little Match Girl was featured on Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Rolando Villazon televised on PBS.
See also[edit]
Children's literature portal
List of works by Hans Christian Andersen
Near death experience
Vilhelm Pedersen, the first illustrator of Andersen's fairy tales
"To Build a Fire", two versions of a short story by Jack London about an adult who suffers from hypothermia in the Yukon Territory
References[edit]
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Hold On, We're Going Home
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"Hold On, We're Going Home"
Single by Drake featuring Majid Jordan
from the album Nothing Was the Same
Released
August 7, 2013 (2013-08-07)
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2013
Genre
R&B
synthpop[1]
Length
3:47
Label
OVO
Aspire
Young Money
Cash Money
Republic
Songwriter(s)
Aubrey Graham
Noah Shebib
Majid Al Maskati
Jordan Ullman
Paul Jefferies
Producer(s)
Nineteen85
Majid Jordan
Noah "40" Shebib (add.)
Drake singles chronology
"No Guns Allowed"
(2013) "Hold On, We're Going Home"
(2013) "Live For"
(2013)
"No Guns Allowed"
(2013) "Hold On, We're Going Home"
(2013) "Live For"
(2013)
Majid Jordan singles chronology
"Hold On, We're Going Home"
(2013) Hold On, We're Going Home2013 "A Place Like This"
(2014) A Place Like This2014
Music video
"Hold On, We're Going Home" on YouTube
"Hold On, We're Going Home" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake, featuring the R&B group Majid Jordan. The song was produced by OVO Sound's Majid Jordan, Nineteen85, and Noah "40" Shebib. It is the second single from his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same, and was released for digital download on August 7, 2013,[2] following the 2013 OVO Fest. It was later released to mainstream and rhythmic contemporary radio on August 13, 2013.
The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, as well as number five on the singles chart in his native Canada. The song received positive reviews from music critics and was named the best song of 2013 by Pitchfork Media[3] as well as number 10 on its "Best Tracks of the Decade" list.[4]
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Music video
3 Cover versions
4 Commercial performance
5 Track listing
6 Charts
6.1 Weekly charts
6.2 Year-end charts
7 Certifications
8 Release history
9 See also
10 References
Background[edit]
Before "Hold On, We're Going Home" was released, Drake had an interview with MTV News about the song during the 4th Annual OVO Fest saying, "It's me and 40 just channeling our Quincy Jones/Michael Jackson production duo,... Obviously no offense to the greats, I know we're not anywhere near that — it's just us kinda doing our thing, humbly attempting." He also added, "It's not a rap record,... It's not 'Versace,' it's not 'Started from the Bottom.' In approaching this album I was like man, it would be great if we had a record that was played at weddings in 10 years or that people that are away from their families in the Armed Forces could listen to. Something that just [has] timeless writing, timeless melody. So I did it with the group that we signed to OVO called Majid Jordan."[5]
Music video[edit]
The music video is labeled a short film and takes place in 1985 Miami.[6] It was directed by Bill Pope and released on September 24, 2013.[7] In the video Drake plays a kingpin whose lover (Ashley Moore) is kidnapped by a rival gang. Throughout the video, Drake does everything in his power to rescue her from captor/mobster played by actor Micah Fitzgerald. Cameo appearances in the video included Fredo Santana, Steven Bauer, Johnny Simmons, Majid Jordan and ASAP Rocky among others.[6][7][8]
Cover versions[edit]
The song has been covered by British artist Dev Hynes under his Blood Orange moniker,[9] English band Arctic Monkeys,[10] Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Holy Ghost!,[11] The Saturdays,[12] Lissie and Ella Henderson did a mashup of the song with John Newman's "Love Me Again".[13] Conor Maynard did a medley with the song along Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" and Ellie Goulding's "Burn".[14] He later performed a separate cover for the song.[15] In May 2014, The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie sang the song during the sixth season of the show.[16] In June 2014, Foster the People also covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.[17] In September 2014, Nick Mulvey also delivered an acoustic rendition of the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.[18]
Commercial performance[edit]
"Hold On, We're Going Home" debuted at number five on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Drake's thirty-third top 10 hit on the chart. This accomplishment broke the tie for second-most top ten hits with singer R. Kelly, only trailing behind rapper Lil Wayne, who has 36.[19] The song has also made the top ten in the Canadian Hot 100, peaking at number five, making it his highest-charting single in his home country.[20] In the song's fifth week on the US Billboard Hot 100, it became Drake's 13th top ten hit, climbing at number eight. This feat gave him the most top ten hits of the year with four, including "Fuckin' Problems" (number 8), "Started from the Bottom" (number 6), and "Love Me" (number 9).[21] The song has reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[22] becoming Drake's first song to reach the top five of the Hot 100 since "Find Your Love".[23] The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[24] It has sold over two million copies as of January 2014.[25]
The song sold 207,000 copies in Canada in 2013.[26]
The single reached a peak of number four in the United Kingdom, giving Drake his highest-peaking single there at the time ("One Dance" later reached number one in 2016).[27] It also received heavy rotation on South African radio stations, peaking a number one on the South African Airplay Chart.[28]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download
No.
Title
Length
1. "Hold On, We're Going Home" 3:47
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2013–15)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[29]
8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[30]
72
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[31]
20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[32]
18
Belgium Urban (Ultratop)[33]
6
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[34]
5
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[35]
41
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[36]
50
Denmark (Tracklisten)[37]
4
France (SNEP)[38]
12
Germany (Official German Charts)[39]
27
Ireland (IRMA)[40]
7
Italy (FIMI)[41]
42[42]
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[43]
4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[44]
12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[45]
9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[46]
8
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[47]
93
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[48]
73
Slovenia (SloTop50)[49]
43
South Africa (EMA)[50]
1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[51]
22
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[52]
40
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[53]
4
US Billboard Hot 100[54]
4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[55]
1
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[56]
5
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[57]
19
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[58]
11
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[59]
4
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[60]
1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2013)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[61]
59
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[62]
95
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[63]
42
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[64]
31
US Billboard Hot 100[65]
34
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[66]
9
Chart (2014)
Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[67]
49
US Billboard Hot 100[68]
55
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[69]
2× Platinum 140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[70]
Platinum 207,000[26]
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[71]
Platinum 20,000^
Italy (FIMI)[72]
Gold 15,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[73]
Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[74]
Platinum 803,000[75]
United States (RIAA)[76]
3× Platinum 3,000,000[25]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Country
Date
Format
Label
United States
August 7, 2013[2] Digital download
OVO
Aspire
Young Money
Cash Money
Republic
August 13, 2013[77][78] Mainstream radio
Rhythmic contemporary radio
United Kingdom
August 8, 2013[79] Urban contemporary radio
See also[edit]
List of number-one singles of 2013 (South Africa)
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Age of candidacy is the minimum age at which a person can legally qualify to hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at which a person may be eligible to stand for an election or be granted ballot access.
The first known example of a law enforcing age of candidacy was the Lex Villia Annalis, a Roman law enacted in 180 BCE which set the minimum ages for senatorial magistrates.[1]
Contents
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1 Controversies
2 Reform efforts
3 In various countries
3.1 Australia
3.2 Austria
3.3 Belgium
3.4 Belize
3.5 Brazil
3.6 Canada
3.7 Chile
3.8 China
3.9 Cyprus
3.10 Denmark
3.11 Estonia
3.12 France
3.13 Germany
3.14 Hong Kong
3.15 India
3.16 Indonesia
3.17 Israel
3.18 Italy
3.19 Iran
3.20 Iraq
3.21 Ireland
3.22 Japan
3.23 Korea, South
3.24 Malaysia
3.25 Mexico
3.26 Netherlands
3.27 New Zealand
3.28 Nigeria
3.29 Norway
3.30 Pakistan
3.31 Philippines
3.32 Poland
3.33 South Africa
3.34 Turkey
3.35 United Kingdom
3.36 United States
3.37 Venezuela
4 See also
5 Notes and references
Controversies[edit]
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
In 1972, Linda Jenness ran for President of the United States although she was only 31 at the time.
Many youth rights groups view current age of candidacy requirements as unjustified age discrimination.[2] Occasionally people who are younger than the minimum age will run for an office in protest of the requirement or because they don't know that the requirement exists. On extremely rare occasions, young people have been elected to offices they do not qualify for and have been deemed ineligible to assume the office.
In 1934, Rush Holt of West Virginia was elected to the Senate of the United States at the age of 29. Since the U.S. Constitution requires senators to be at least 30, Holt was forced to wait until his 30th birthday, six months after the start of the session, before being sworn in.[3]
In 1954, Richard Fulton won election to the Tennessee Senate. Shortly after being sworn in, Fulton was ousted from office because he was only 27 years old at the time. The Tennessee State Constitution required that senators be at least 30.[4] Rather than hold a new election, the previous incumbent, Clifford Allen, was allowed to resume his office for another term. Fulton went on to win the next State Senate election in 1956 and was later elected to the US House of Representatives where he served for 10 years.
In South Carolina, two Senators aged 24 were elected, but were too young according to the State Constitution: Mike Laughlin in 1969 and Bryan Dorn (later a US Congressman) in 1941. They were seated anyway.[5]
On several occasions, the Socialist Workers Party (USA) has nominated candidates too young to qualify for the offices they were running for. In 1972, Linda Jenness ran as the SWP presidential candidate, although she was only 31 at the time. Since the U.S. Constitution requires that the President and Vice President be at least 35 years old, Jenness was not able to receive ballot access in several states in which she otherwise qualified.[6] Despite this handicap, Jenness still received 83,380 votes.[7] In 2004, the SWP nominated Arrin Hawkins as the party's vice-presidential candidate, although she was only 28 at the time. Hawkins was also unable to receive ballot access in several states due to her age.[8]
Reform efforts[edit]
In the United States, many groups have attempted to lower age of candidacy requirements in various states. In 1994, South Dakota voters rejected a ballot measure that would have lowered the age requirements to serve as a State Senator or State Representative from 25 to 18. In 1998, however, they approved a similar ballot measure that reduced the age requirements for those offices from 25 to 21. In 2002, Oregon voters rejected a ballot measure that would have reduced the age requirement to serve as a State Representative from 21 to 18.
During the early 2000s, the British Youth Council and other groups successfully campaigned to lower age of candidacy requirements in the United Kingdom.[9] The age of candidacy was reduced from 21 to 18 in England, Wales and Scotland on 1 January 2007,[10] when section 17 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 entered into force.[11]
In various countries[edit]
Australia[edit]
In Australia, any person 18 years of age or older may stand for election to public office at federal, state or local government level.
The youngest ever member of the House of Representatives was 20-year-old Wyatt Roy elected in the 2010 federal election after the Electoral Act 1918 was amended (in 1973) to reduce the age of candidacy for that office from 21 to 18.[citation needed]
Austria[edit]
In Austria, a person must be 18 years of age or older to stand in elections to the European Parliament or National Council.[12] The Diets of regional Länder are able to set a minimum age lower than 18 for candidacy in elections to the Diet itself as well as to municipal councils in the Land.[13] In presidential elections the candidacy age is 35.
Belgium[edit]
Any Belgian who has reached the age of 21 years can stand for election for the Chamber of Representatives, can become a member of the Senate, or can be elected in one of the regional parliaments.[citation needed] This is regulated in the Constitution and in the Special Law on the Reform of the Institutions.
Belize[edit]
According to the Constitution of Belize, a person must be at least 18 years old to be elected as a member of the House of Representatives and must be at least 30 to be Speaker of the House. A person must be at least 18 years old to be appointed to the Senate and must be at least 30 to be President or Vice-President of the Senate. As only members of the House of Representatives are eligible to be appointed Prime Minister, the Prime Minister must be at least 18 years old. A person must also be at least 18 years old to be elected to a village council.[14]
Brazil[edit]
The Brazilian Constitution (Article 14, Section 3 (VI)) defines 35 years as the minimum age for someone to be elected President, Vice-President or Senator; 30 years for state Governor or Vice-Governor; 21 for Federal or State Deputy, Mayor or Vice-Mayor; and 18 for city Councilman.[15]
Canada[edit]
In Canada, any person 18 years of age or older may stand for election to public office. However, to be appointed to the Senate, one must be at least 30 years of age, must possess land worth at least $4,000 in the province for which he or she is appointed, and must own real and personal property worth at least $4,000, above his or her debts and liabilities.[citation needed]
Chile[edit]
In Chile the minimum age required to be elected President of the Republic is 35 years on the day of the election. Before the 2005 reforms the requirement was 40 years, and from 1925 to 1981 it was 30 years. For senators it is 35 years (between 1981 and 2005 it was 40 years) and for deputies it is 21 years (between 1925 and 1970 it was 35 years).[16]
China[edit]
In China the minimum age to be elected as president or vice-president is 45.[17]
Cyprus[edit]
In Cyprus the minimum age to be elected president is 35 years.
Denmark[edit]
In Denmark, any adult 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be elected in any public election.
Estonia[edit]
In Estonia, any citizen 18 years of age or older can be elected in local elections, and 21 years or older in parliamentary elections. Minimum age for the President of Estonia is 40.[18]
France[edit]
In France, any citizen 18 years of age or older can be elected to the lower house of Parliament, and 24 years or older for the Senate. The minimum age for the President of France is 18.
Germany[edit]
In Germany, any citizen 18 years of age or older can be elected in national, regional or local elections. The only exception is the Landtag election in Hesse where a minimum age of 21 is required.[19] Minimum age for the President of Germany is 40 by constitution.
Hong Kong[edit]
In Hong Kong a person must be at least 21 to be candidate in a district council or Legislative Council election. A person must be at least 40 to be candidate in the Chief Executive election, and also at least 40 to be candidate in the election for the President of the Legislative Council from among the members of the Legislative Council.
India[edit]
In India a person must be at least:
35 to be the President or Vice President, Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of the States as specified in the Constitution of India
30 to be a member of Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament of India) and a Vidhan Parishad (the upper house of a State Legislature, in those states where the legislature is bicameral.)
25 to be the Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, Union Minister, Chief Minister, Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Minister in the State Governments. Additionally, to be a member of Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament of India) and a Vidhan Sabha (the lower house a State Legislature in the States of India.)
21 to be the Mayor, Chairman, Head and a Member (Members are variously called Corporators/Councillors/Ward Members according to the type of their respective local bodies) of a Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation), Nagar Palika (Municipal Council), Nagar Panchayat (Town Committee), Gram Sabha (Village Council) and Gram Panchayat (Village Committee) respectively.
Indonesia[edit]
In Indonesia a person must be at least:
35 to be President or Vice President as specified in the Constitution of Indonesia
30 to be Governor or Lieutenant Governor, as specified in the 2004 Regional Government Act
25 to be Regent, Vice Regent, Mayor, or Deputy Mayor, as specified in the 2004 Regional Government Act
21 to be Senator or Representative in both national and local parliament, as specified in the 2008 Election Act
Israel[edit]
In Israel one must be at least 21 to become a member of the Knesset (Basic Law: The Knesset section 6(a)) or a municipality. When the Prime Minister was directly elected, one must have been a member of the Knesset who is at least 30 to be a candidate for Prime Minister. Every Israeli Citizen (including minors) can be elected as President of Israel, but the role is mostly ceremonial and elected by the Parliament.
Italy[edit]
In Italy a person must be at least 50 to be President of the Republic, 40 to be a Senator, and 25 to be a Deputy, as specified in the 1947 Constitution of Italy. 18 years of age is sufficient, however, to be elected member of the Council of Regions, Provinces, and Municipalities (Communes).
Iran[edit]
In Iran a person must be at least 21 years old to run for president.[20]
Iraq[edit]
In Iraq, the constitution states that a person must be at least 40 years old to run for president[21] and 35 years old to run for Prime Minister.[22] The Iraqi Election Law No. 45 of 2013 states that a person must be 30 years old to run for the House of Representatives.[23] There are proposals by various MP's to amend the Law and reduce the age from 30 to 25.
Ireland[edit]
The 1937 Constitution of Ireland requires the President to be at least 35 and members of the Oireachtas (legislature) to be 21.[24][25] Members of the European Parliament for Ireland must also be 21.[25][26] Members of local authorities must be 18, reduced from 21 in 1973.[25][27] The 1922–37 Constitution of the Irish Free State required TDs (members of the Dáil, lower house) to be 21,[28] whereas Senators had to be 35 (reduced to 30 in 1928).[29] The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 proposes to lower the presidential age limit to 21.[30] However, this proposal was rejected by 73% of the voters.
Japan[edit]
In Japan a person must be at least:[31]
25 to be the Member of parliament of the House of Representatives with Japanese nationality
30 to be the Member of parliament of the House of Councillors with Japanese nationality
See also: House of Peers (Japan)
25 to be the Member of metropolitan, prefecture, city, town or village with valid vote rights
30 to be the Governor
25 to be the Mayor
Korea, South[edit]
[32]
President : 40
Member of National Assembly : 25
Governor, Mayor : 25
Malaysia[edit]
In Malaysia, any citizen 21 years of age or older can become a candidate and be elected to the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Undangan Negeri. Minimum age for the Senator is 30.
Mexico[edit]
In Mexico a person must be at least 35 to be President, 25 to be a Senator, or 21 to be a Congressional Deputy, as specified in the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.
Netherlands[edit]
In the Netherlands, any adult 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be elected in any public election.
New Zealand[edit]
In New Zealand the minimum age required to be elected Prime Minister of New Zealand is 18 years old. Citizens and permanent residents who are enrolled as an elector are eligible to be a candidate for election as a Member of Parliament.[33]
Nigeria[edit]
In Nigeria, a person must be at least 40 years of age to be elected President or Vice President, 35 to be a Senator or State Governor, and 30 to be a Representative in parliament.
Norway[edit]
In Norway, any adult can become a candidate and be elected in any public election, from the calendar year that he or she turns 18 years.
Pakistan[edit]
In Pakistan, a person must be at least 40 years old to be President.
Philippines[edit]
President and Vice President: 40
Senator: 35
Regional governor: 35
Member of the House of Representatives: 25
Provincial-level elected official: 23
City-level elected official: 21
Municipal-level elected official: 21
Member of the regional legislative assembly: 21
Barangay-level elected official: 18
Member of youth councils: 18-24
Poland[edit]
President: 35
Senator: 30
Mayor/Wójt: 25
Poseł: 21
Member of the European Parliament: 21
Councillor: 18
South Africa[edit]
Section 47, Clause 1 of the 1996 Constitution of South Africa states that "Every citizen who is qualified to vote for the National Assembly is eligible to be a member of the Assembly", defaulting to Section 46 which "provides for a minimum voting age of 18 years" in National Assembly elections; Sections 106 and 105 provide the same for provincial legislatures.
Turkey[edit]
The 1876 constitution set the age for parliamentary eligibility as 30. This remained unchanged until 13 October 2006, when it was lowered to 25 through a constitutional amendment. In 2017, it was further lowered to 18, the same as the voting age.[34]
The Prime Minister of Turkey has to be a member of the parliament, hence it has the same requirements as parliamentary eligibility. The age of candidacy for the President is 40.
United Kingdom[edit]
In the UK (other than in Scotland) a person must be aged 18 or over (16 in Scotland) to stand in elections to all parliaments, assemblies, and councils at the European, UK, devolved, or local level. This age requirement also applies in elections to any individual elective public office; the main example is that of an elected mayor, whether of London or a local authority. There are no higher age requirements for particular positions in public office. Candidates are required to be aged 18 on both the day of nomination and the day of the poll. This was reduced from 21 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006.
United States[edit]
Main article: Age of candidacy laws in the United States
In the United States, a person must be at least 35 to be President or Vice President, 30 to be a Senator, and 25 to be a Representative, as specified in the U.S. Constitution. Most states in the U.S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative.[35] Some states have a minimum age requirement to hold any elected office (usually 21 or 18).
Venezuela[edit]
In Venezuela, a person must be at least 30 to be President or Vice President,[36] 21 to be a deputy for the National Assembly [37] and 25 to be the Governor of a state.[38]
See also[edit]
Youth
Youth suffrage
Youth rights
Ageism
Ballot access
Electoral reform
Voting age
Notes and references[edit]
Jump up ^ Broughton, Thomas; Marcia Patterson (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. American Philological Association. p. 388.
Jump up ^ "BYC Youth Manifesto" (PDF). British Youth Council. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2008-07-28. Young people believe that the age to stand as candidates for local, regional, national and European elections should be 16, as should the age to become a trustee of a charity. Young people have significant responsibilities to society at the age of 16 and can have significant responsibilities in the private sector as company directors; this inconsistency should be rectified. Young people have lots to offer and the decision of their appointment to positions of political authority or governance of organisations should be in the hands of the electorate or membership respectfully.
Jump up ^ "Unsworn Senators". Time Magazine (January 14, 1935).
Jump up ^ Battle, Dick; Tom Flake (January 5, 1955). "Senate Vote Ousts Fulton". Nashville Banner.
Jump up ^ O'Brian, Jack (11 January 1969). "Senate To Have Ineligible Man". Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, SC. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Freeman, Jo (2008). We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 91. Only 31, Linda Jenness did not meet the Constitutional age requirement to hold the office of President, but the SWP was on the ballot in 25 states — six more than in 1968.
Jump up ^ "1972 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
Jump up ^ "Presidency 2004". Politics1.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-30. Retrieved 2007-10-16. Since they weren't going to be elected anyways, the Socialist Workers Party didn't care that they nominated a ticket entirely ineligible to be elected. Why? Because Róger Calero is both foreign born and also not a US citizen; and Arrin Hawkins is too young. To avoid ballot access problems for the SWP, as the constitutional ineligibility may also render them unable to be listed on the ballot in some states, the 2000 SWP ticket of James Harris for President and Margaret Trowe for Vice President are being used in states that will not permit the Calero-Hawkins slate to be listed.
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