Critical reception

Mother Jones

Mother Jones (magazine)

Mother Jones is an American independent news organization, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001,...

ranked "Mars" at #5 on The Best Singles of 2008.

Chart performance

"Mars" became Fake Blood's first single to chart on the Belgian Dance Chart

Ultratop

Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

. It peaked at #3 and spent a total of 23 weeks on the chart. The single also became Fake Blood's first single on the Dutch Singles Chart

Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

, where it peaked at #40 and spent a total of 4 weeks on the chart. It received a lot of airplay on the Dutch radio station 3FM.

Track listing

• Belgian CD single

1. "Mars (Radio Edit)" – 2:59
2. "Mars" – 4:23
3. "Blood Splashing (Fake Blood Theme)" – 4:25

• UK CD single

1. "Mars (Jack Beats
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    Remix)" – 5:25
2. "Mars (Style Of Eye's Edit To Debit)" – 8:40
3. "Mars (Boy 8 Bit Remix)" – 5:55

Charts

Chart (2008/2009)	Peak Position
Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)	2
Belgian Dance Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	3
Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	40
UK Indie Singles Chart UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...	16