Black & Blue (Guy Sebastian song)

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"Black & Blue"
Black & Blue single cover by Guy Sebastian.jpg
Single by Guy Sebastian
Released13 November 2015 (2015-11-13) [1]
Genre Pop
Length3:39
Label Sony
Songwriter(s)
Guy Sebastian singles chronology
"Tonight Again"
(2015)
"Black & Blue"
(2015)
"Desert"
(2016)

"Black & Blue" is a song by Australian recording artist Guy Sebastian, released as a stand-alone single in November 2015. "Black & Blue" peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The song became his 25th Top 100 entry and his twentieth Top 20 hit in Australia. [2]

Contents

Sebastian explains "Black & Blue" is a hindsight song about not appreciating something you had that was great, it is now gone and you know it’s only yourself that is to blame." [3]

Two remixes were released on iTunes on 22 January 2016.

Release and promotion

Sebastian performed "Black & Blue" on The X Factor on 17 November 2015. [4]

Music video

The video premiered on 30 November 2015. It was directed by Matt Sharp. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Black & Blue" – 3:39
  1. "Black & Blue" (Paces Remix) – 3:30 [6]
  1. "Black & Blue" (YMNO Remix) – 3:32 [7]

Charts

Weekly chart

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 17

Year-end chart

Chart (2015)Position
Australian Artist Singles Chart [9] 33

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] Platinum70,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

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

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