"Labor Day 15 .jpg"@en . . . "Sandcastles in the Sand (song)"@en . "3.55"^^ . . . "\"Sandcastles in the Sand\" is a song written by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. The song was performed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders in the role of Robin Scherbatsky, who has a secret past as a teenage Canadian pop star under the stage name Robin Sparkles. A follow-up to \"Let's Go to the Mall\" (2006), \"Sandcastles in the Sand\" was inspired by several 1980s pop ballads. The song was made available for streaming on April 15, 2008, before it appeared in an episode of the same name that aired on April 21. It was released as a single on April 23, and appeared on the soundtrack album How I Met Your Music (2012). \"Sandcastles in the Sand\" is a breakup ballad song about teenage love. The music video was shot at Zuma Beach, California, featuring Tiffany, Alan Thicke, and James Van Der Beek as her love interest. Television and music critics praised the song's humor and compared it to \"Let's Go to the Mall\". It had sold 1,000 digital downloads in the United States as of August 2008, and the music video attracted more than 70,000 views online after 3 days of release. Smulders later reprised the role of Robin Sparkles in \"Glitter\" (2010) and \"P.S. I Love You\" (2013). Thicke and Van Der Beek also returned in multiple episodes."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "single"@en . . . . . . . . "Sandcastles in the Sand"@en . "36804"^^ . . . . . . . . "2008-04-23"^^ . . . . . "1122753559"^^ . . . . . . "2008-04-23"^^ . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . "59633395"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alan Thicke 2010.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Carter Bays"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Robin Sparkles Sandcastles in the Sand.jpg"@en . . . . "Sandcastles in the Sand"@en . . . . . . . . . . "213.0"^^ . . . "\"Sandcastles in the Sand\" is a song written by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. The song was performed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders in the role of Robin Scherbatsky, who has a secret past as a teenage Canadian pop star under the stage name Robin Sparkles. A follow-up to \"Let's Go to the Mall\" (2006), \"Sandcastles in the Sand\" was inspired by several 1980s pop ballads. The song was made available for streaming on April 15, 2008, before it appeared in an episode of the same name that aired on April 21. It was released as a single on April 23, and appeared on the soundtrack album How I Met Your Music (2012)."@en . . "Craig Thomas"@en . "Fox Music"@en . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . "Robin Sparkles"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Sparkles wearing a white dress, staring into the distance"@en . . "20"^^ . . . "Thicke and Van Der Beek's performances received positive reviews."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . "250"^^ . . . . . . .