Bend (song)

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"Bend"
Bend by Chet Faker (cover).jpg
Single by Chet Faker
Released19 June 2015
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:25
Label Future Classic
Songwriter(s) Nicholas Murphy
Producer(s) Nicholas Murphy
Chet Faker singles chronology
"Gold"
(2014)
"Bend"
(2015)
"The Trouble with Us"
(2015)

"Bend" is a song by Australian musician Chet Faker. It was released as a digital single in Australia on 19 June 2015 through Future Classic. [1]

Contents

Faker announced a new Australian tour and premiered the song on the Matt and Alex show on Triple J on 17 June. During the interview Faker said the song was intended to be on his debut album Built on Glass , but was ultimately replaced by "To Me". Faker said, "Ever since it got cut from the album it's just been sitting on my iTunes, sitting there looking at me. Usually when I cut a song after a few months I'm like 'yeah cool, that song's dead' but it's been annoying me... [so] it was either never going to be put out, or now, with this tour." [2] "I recorded it in 2013 and kinda wanted to put it out since. It's always felt like a part of Built on Glass and since [the upcoming Australian] tour is the sort of live 'director's cut' of the album it made sense to release this before it lost context." [3]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Bend"3:25

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 48
Australian Independent Singles (AIR) [5] 2

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia19 June 2015 Digital download Future Classic

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