Coming Home (Sheppard song)

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"Coming Home"
Coming Home by Sheppard.jpg
Single by Sheppard
Released10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Length3:38
Label Empire of Song
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sheppard singles chronology
"Edge of the Night"
(2017)
"Coming Home"
(2017)
"Waves"
(2017)
Music video
"Coming Home" on YouTube

"Coming Home" is a song by Australian indie pop band, Sheppard. The song was released on 10 November 2017, an alternative version was released on the band's second studio album, Watching the Sky (2018).

Contents

The band performed the song on Today on 27 November 2017. George Sheppard said "We've tried to capture the joy and excitement we all feel when we get to travel home at last - whether home is a place, a person or a state of mind. It's our most euphoric song to date." [1]

The music video was released in January 2018, alongside announcement of the single's gold certification. The song is used in the trailer for the film, Early Man . [2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [3] [4]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for Most Played Australian Work and Pop Work of the Year. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Coming Home" – 3:38 [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–18)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 22
Australian Independent (AIR) [8] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 32
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [10] 28
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 67

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
Australia (ARIA) [14] 95
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 72
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [16] 77

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] Platinum70,000
Netherlands (NVPI) [18] Gold20,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormatLabel
Australia [6] Standard10 November 2017 Digital download Empire of Song

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