Two of Us (Birds of Tokyo song)

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"Two of Us"
Two of Us by Birds of Tokyo.png
Single by Birds of Tokyo
from the album Human Design
Released17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
Length3:27
Label Birds of Tokyo, EMI
Songwriter(s) Adam Spark, Adam Weston, Glenn Sarangapany, Ian Berney, Ian Kenny
Producer(s) Adam Spark, Scott Horscoft, Patrick Rahme
Birds of Tokyo singles chronology
"The Greatest Mistakes"
(2019)
"Two of Us"
(2020)
"Dive"
(2020)

"Two of Us" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo. It was released on 17 January 2020 [1] as the fourth single from the band's sixth studio album, Human Design . The song was premiered on the band's Good Lord Tour. [2]

Contents

The song was nominated for Most Performed Alternative Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2021 [3]

Music video

The music video for "Two of Us" was released on 3 February 2020. Director Zac Lynch-Woodlock said "We all had a lot of fun making this clip. I've been friends with the guys for ages, and when Glenn and Berney approached me about collaborating on a music video, I was super keen. They had some nice references in mind including the idea of doing the video as a one-shot which always presents its own unique set of challenges, Finding an interesting location that would allow continuous movement along a road for the entire song being one of them." Lynch-Woodlock said "We wanted to show Kenny's journey as a road to redemption and the clip picks up from the bloodied and beaten Kenny in the 'Good Lord' music video. 'Two of Us' travels with a bandaged Kenny as he transitions with the help of some friends to a place of happiness." [4] [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 65

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
Australian Artist (ARIA) [7] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Platinum70,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

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

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