Telephones (song)

Last updated

"Telephones"
Single by Vacations
from the album Changes
Released25 March 2018
Label
Producers
  • Campbell Burns
  • Nate Delizzotti
Music video
"Telephones" on YouTube

"Telephones" is a song by Australian indie rock Vacations and included on their debut studio album Changes (2018).

The title reveals a different layer: the world's unhealthy attachment to phones, further backed up by Campbell Burns in an interview with Cereal and Sounds "Telephones came from me staying up way too late before going to bed just scrolling through Instagram’s explore tag during a period when I was feeling down". [1]

Following the songs release, it would gain virality on TikTok. [2]

The song was certified platinum by both the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Certifications

Certifications for "Telephones"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [3] Platinum70,000‡
United States (RIAA) [4] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Premiere/Interview: Vacations - Changes". Cereal and Sounds. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ↑ West, Spencer (6 August 2024). "'Australia's Greatest Boy Band': Vacations bring Australian indie rock to the U.S. for 2024 tour". Phoenix.org. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2025 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "American single certifications – Vacations – Young". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.