Where the City Meets the Sea

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"Where The City Meets The Sea"
Where the City Meets the Sea album cover.jpg
CD single cover
Single by The Getaway Plan
from the album Other Voices, Other Rooms
Released2008
Recorded2008
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:37
Label Boomtown Records
Songwriter(s) Dave Anderson, Clint Owen Ellis, Matthew Wright, Aaron Barnett
The Getaway Plan singles chronology
"Streetlight"
(2007)
"Where The City Meets The Sea"
(2008)
"Shadows"
(2008)
Alternative cover
Digital Cover.jpg
Digital EP Cover

"Where The City Meets The Sea" is the lead single from the Australian rock band The Getaway Plan's debut album Other Voices, Other Rooms . It reached #28 on the ARIA chart.

Contents

Track listing

CD single [1]
  1. Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36
  2. The Flood - 3:49
  3. Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46
iTunes EP [2]
  1. Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36
  2. The Flood - 3:49
  3. Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46
  4. Streetlight (Live on Triple J)

Charts

The song debuted and peaked at #28, before falling to #39, then exiting top 50. Two weeks later it made two more appearances in the top 50 before exiting again. [3]

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 28

End of year charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 34

Release history

CountryRelease DateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia7 June 2008 [1] CD single, downloadBoomtown RecordsBTR031 [1]

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