Do You Hear

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"Do You Hear"
Do You Hear by Cub Sport.png
Single by Cub Scout
from the album Told You So
ReleasedMarch 2012
Length3:11
Label Cub Sport
Songwriter(s) Tim Nelson [1]
Cub Scout singles chronology
"Evie"
(2011)
"Do You Hear"
(2012)
"Told You So"
(2012)
Music video
"Do You Hear" on YouTube

"Do You Hear" is a song by Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport (then known as Cub Scouts), released in March 2012 as the second single from the group's second EP Told You So. [2]

At the 2012 Queensland Music Awards, "Do You Hear" won Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year. [3] [4] [5]

Music video

"Do You Hear"'s music video was released in April 2012. It was directed and produced by Sam Rogers and shows band members wearing prison jump suits and riding disability scooters around Brisbane. [6]

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References

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  4. "Queensland Music Awards 2012: The Winners". Scenestre. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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