Healing Hands (Conrad Sewell song)

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"Healing Hands"
Healing Hands by Conrad Sewell.jpg
Single by Conrad Sewell
from the EP Ghosts & Heartaches and the album Life
Released18 May 2018
Genre Pop
Length4:10
Label Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Stuart Crichton
Conrad Sewell singles chronology
"Sex, Love & Water"
(2018)
"Healing Hands"
(2018)
"Changing"
(2018)

"Healing Hands" is a pop song by Australian singer Conrad Sewell. It was released to radio on 18 May 2018 as the lead single from Sewell's second extended play, Ghosts & Heartaches . The song has peaked at number seven on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

Contents

Sewell performed "Healing Hands" on The Voice Australia on 10 June 2018. [1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the song was nominated for Song of the Year. [2] [3]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for Pop Work of the Year. [4]

Music video

The music video for "Healing Hands" was directed by Tyler Dunning Evans and released on 28 June 2018. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 56

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] 3× Platinum210,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia18 May 2018
  • Streaming
  • digital download
  • airplay
Sony Music Australia

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References

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