"Straight Lines" | ||||
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Single by Silverchair | ||||
from the album Young Modern | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 12 March 2007 [1] | |||
Studio | Seedy Underbelly (Los Angeles, California, US) | |||
Genre | Baroque pop [2] | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Eleven | |||
Composer(s) | ||||
Lyricist(s) | Daniel Johns | |||
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Silverchair singles chronology | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
"Straight Lines" saw a musical change in direction for Silverchair. | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Straight Lines" on YouTube |
"Straight Lines" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair. It was released on 10th March 2007 and debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart,becoming the band's first number-one single since 1997's "Freak". The single was shortly followed by the release of the band's fifth studio album Young Modern on 31 March 2007. Unlike the songs written during Diorama ,when Daniel Johns wrote all the tracks himself,"Straight Lines" was co-written by the Presets' Julian Hamilton.
"Straight Lines" was awarded a double-platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) on 2 September 2007,indicating combined digital and physical single sales of 140,000 units in Australia. On 28 October 2007,"Straight Lines" won "Best Selling Australian Single" at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007,as well as "Single of the Year". The song was the most played song on Australian radio in 2007. [3] It charted at number two on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 and missed out on the number-one spot by only 13 votes. The song also peaked at 28 on the U.S. Adult Pop Airplay.
In January 2018,as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100",the 'most Australian' songs of all time,"Straight Lines" was ranked number 74. [4] In 2025,the song placed 28 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs. [5]
The music video for the song features a dynamic band performance,and was filmed at the Olympic Park railway station,Sydney,by directors Paul Goldman and Alice Bell (the pair behind the film Suburban Mayhem ). [6] [7]
The video appeared on the official website on 2 February [7] It was awarded "Best Video" at the 2007 ARIA Awards. [8]
Australian maxi-CD single(ELEVENCD62) [11]
Credits are taken from the Australian maxi-CD single liner notes. [11]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [21] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [22] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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