Bloom (The Paper Kites song)

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"Bloom"
Bloom - Renegade single cover.jpg
Promotional single cover of the 2016 release of "Bloom" / Renegade"
Single by The Paper Kites
ReleasedSeptember 2010 (2010-09)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:30
Songwriter(s)
  • Samuel Bentley
  • Christina Lacy
Producer(s)
  • Tim Johnston
  • The Paper Kites
The Paper Kites singles chronology
"Bloom"
(2010)
"Featherstone"
(2011)
Music video
"Bloom" on YouTube

"Bloom" is a song by Australian band The Paper Kites, released independently as the band's first single in 2010. [1] "Bloom" was written by Samuel Bentley and Christina Lacy, and produced by Tim Johnston and the Paper Kites themselves.

Contents

"Bloom" was included as a bonus track in the digital release their debut EP Woodland in March 2013.

A promotional double-A sided CD single was released in the United Kingdom in 2016, with "Renegade".

In Canada and the United States, the song was certified platinum.

Music video

The music video was directed by Pete Seamons and vocalist Sam Bentley. [2] The clip starts with a woman and man waking up, finding both of them a tin can phone, deciding to follow the cord through a forest. It also shows the band members playing their respective instruments around a tree. Finally, both meet and follow the cord up to the tree where the band members were playing, finding only a banjo leaning on the tree.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Bloom"
  2. "Sink in"
  3. "Heavy Hearts & Thread" (Demo)
  4. "Eve" (Demo)
  5. "Arms" (Demo)
  6. "Drifting"

Personnel

Adapted from the "Bloom" liner notes. [3]

The Paper Kites

Production

Certifications

Certifications for "Bloom"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] Platinum80,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [5] Gold45,000
France (SNEP) [6] Gold100,000
Italy (FIMI) [7] Gold25,000
Netherlands (NVPI) [8] Platinum20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [9] Platinum30,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [10] Gold30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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