Inventing Myself (song)

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""Inventing Myself""
Inventing Myself Stan Walker.jpg
Single by Stan Walker
from the album Inventing Myself
Released9 July 2013
Genre R&B
Length3:58
Label Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s) Andy Macken · Thomas Macken
Stan Walker singles chronology
"Bulletproof"
(2013)
""Inventing Myself""
(2013)
"Like It's Over"
(2013)

"Inventing Myself" is a single by recording artist Stan Walker from his fourth studio album Inventing Myself .

Contents

Background and composition

"Inventing Myself" is a R&B ballad with funk-influenced horns. [1] It was released as a single via music download by Sony Music Australia on 9 July 2013 in New Zealand. [2]

Reception

"Inventing Myself" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 27 on 22 July 2013, but fell off the chart the next week. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [4] 27

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References

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