Brother (Matt Corby song)

"Brother" is the first single released from Australian singer Matt Corby's extended play (EP), Into the Flame. The song peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts as the Into the Flame EP, as songs' sales are counted towards their parent EPs on the singles chart. The song won Song of the Year at the 2012 ARIA Awards[1] and was nominated for the same category at the 2012 APRA Awards.[2] It also came in at #3 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2011, behind "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Lonely Boy".

"Brother"
Single by Matt Corby
from the album Into the Flame
Released11 November 2011
Genre
Length4:14
LabelUniversal Australia
Songwriter(s)Matt Corby
Matt Corby singles chronology
"Made of Stone"
(2010)
"Brother"
(2011)
"Resolution"
(2013)

Charts

Chart (2011–12)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3]
Into the Flame EP
3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4]29
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5]32

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)Position
Australia (ARIA)[6]68
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[6]8

Other versions

Thundamentals performed a version of "Brother" on triple j's Like a Version in 2012.[7]

Austin P. McKenzie performed a version of "Brother" on 30 August 2015, live at the Spring Awakening Cabaret.[8]

References