Glee Explodes

GLEE ON FIRE: With two episodes this week, including one following the Super Bowl last Sunday, Glee now has eight of the Top 12 singles at iTunes, with their version of Katy Perry’s “Firework,” from last night’s episode, at #1. The cover of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” from the post-football game episode, is #2, followed by the Destiny’s Child song, “Bills Bills Bills,” also from that night, at #4. Four of the songs from last night’s episode also chart, including Paul McCartney’s “Silly Love Songs” (#6), Robin Thicke’s “When I Get You Alone” (#7), Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” (#9) and Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” (#11). The cast’s take on Lady Antebellum’s Grammy-nominated “Need You Now,” from the post-Bowl episode, rounds out the hit Fox show's entries at #12, making Steve Barnett and the team at Columbia very, well, Glee-ful. (2/9p)