Brother (Matt Corby song)

"Brother"
Single by Matt Corby
from the album Into the Flame
Released	11 November 2011
Genre	Soul blues Pop rock
Length	4:14
Label	Universal Australia
Songwriter	Matt Corby
Matt Corby singles chronology
"Made of Stone" (2010) "Brother" (2011) "Resolution" (2013)

"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] Brother came in at #3 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2011, behind "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Lonely Boy" and placed 51 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs in 2025. ^[3]

Charts

Chart (2011–12)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [4] Into the Flame EP	3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5]	29
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6]	32

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
Australia (ARIA) [7]	68
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA) [7]	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [8]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

Thundamentals performed a version of "Brother" on triple j's Like a Version in 2012. ^[9]

Austin P. McKenzie performed a version of "Brother" on 30 August 2015, live at the Spring Awakening Cabaret. ^[10]

References

1. "2012 Winners Announced". ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
2. "Song of the Year - 2012". APRA Awards. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
3. "Countdown #1 to #100 - Hottest 100 Australian Songs". triple j. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
4. "Matt Corby – Into the Flame %5BEP%5D". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
5. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Matt Corby" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
6. "Matt Corby – Brother" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
7. "2019 ARIA End of Decade Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
8. "New Zealand single certifications – Matt Corby – Brother". Radioscope. Retrieved 14 December 2025.Type Brother in the "Search:" fieldand press Enter.
9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Thundamentals cover Matt Corby 'Brother' for Like A Version" – via YouTube.
10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Austin McKenzie – "Brother" (Matt Corby)" – via YouTube.