 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.As of June 2016, the song has sold over 3,151,000 downloads in the United States alone.The video, filmed in Sydenham Woods, was uploaded onto YouTube on 6 November 2008.