"Low Blows" | ||||
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Single by Meg Mac | ||||
from the album Low Blows | ||||
Released | 31 March 2017 | |||
Length | 3:32 | |||
Label | littleBIGMAN, Inertia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Meg Mac [1] | |||
Meg Mac singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Low Blows" on YouTube |
"Low Blows" is a song recorded by Australian singer Meg Mac. The song was released on 31 March 2017 as the lead single from Mac's debut studio album of the same name. [2] The song was certified platinum in Australia in 2019.
The song was voted in at number 30 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2017.
Upon release of the album, Mac told V Magazine she wrote the song in her room in Melbourne, saying "I didn't plan on 'Low Blows' being the [lead] single, but whenever people listened to it they thought that it should be. 'Low Blows' is really about looking back and knowing that things would be different if I stood up for myself. It's almost a little bit sad watching yourself and how things could be different." [3]
The music video for "Low Blows" shows Mac in the Niles City Sound studio in Texas, recording the Low Blows album. The video was released on 20 March 2017. [4]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [5] | Platinum | 70,000 |
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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