Crying Underwater

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"Crying Underwater"
Crying Underwater by Dami Im.png
Single by Dami Im
Released13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)
Length3:38
Label Dami Im
Songwriter(s)
  • Dami Im
  • Michael Tan
Producer(s)
  • Andy Mak
Dami Im singles chronology
"Hold Me In Your Arms"
(2017)
"Crying Underwater"
(2019)
"Kiss You Anyway"
(2020)
Music video
"Crying Underwater" on YouTube

"Crying Underwater" is a song by Australian singer Dami Im, released on 13 September 2019. The song marks the beginning of a new chapter in Im's career, as it was released independently. Im said of the release; "There is so much pressure in today's society to always look happy so we end up feeling like we're not allowed to talk about how we really feel, Just like you're crying underwater where no one can see you crying." [1] Speaking to The Courier-Mail , Im said "It's a song I wrote about somebody I knew who seemed really happy and he took his own life."

Contents

Im performed the song live on Sunrise on 13 September [2] [3] and on Studio 10 on 19 September 2019.

Track listings

  1. "Crying Underwater" – 3:39
  1. "Crying Underwater" (Taekn remix) – 3:26

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [4] 28
Australia Independent (AIR) [5] 3

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia13 September 2019 [6] Digital download, streaming Dami Im

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