"Like a Drum" is a song by Australian recording artist
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...
released
digitally in Australia on 25 October 2013.
It debuted at number four on the
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
, Sebastian's twelfth top ten single in Australia, and has been certified 4× platinum.
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Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 30 March 2019. It also reached number 13 and gold certification on the
New Zealand Singles Chart
The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music ...
and has been certified platinum in Sweden.
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RIANZ Charts archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 January 2014.[Official New Zealand Music Charts - 10 March 2014](_blank)
Recording Industry Association New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived fro
the original
on 14 March 2014.
Music video
The video begins as Guy Sebastian starts singing the song as a red hooded figure on a porch of a house. The scene switches to a boy (possibly him as a child) who has a girlfriend though they are possibly ten or twelve years old. As the song goes of scenes of Guy continuing on that porch the childhood girlfriend moves away and the young Guy hops on a bike and scooter and travels the world searching for her. They finally find each other and the swing and play together being happy and the video ends with the adult Guy pulling up his hood and walking off.
Release and promotion
"Like a Drum" was serviced to Australian radio on 21 October 2013. The song became the most played song in Australia in late December where it remained for two weeks. Sebastian performed the song on the Grand Final of
season five
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of ''
The X Factor Australia
''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The first season of the show premiered on Network Ten on 6 February 2005. Ten dropped ''The X Factor'' after ...
''.
Sebastian also performed the song on the Grand Finale of
season 13 of ''
Dancing with the Stars Australia'' and ''
Indonesia's Got Talent (Series 2)''.
Commercial performance
"Like a Drum" debuted at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart, Sebastian's 12th top ten single in Australia, and tenth to peak in the top five. The song spent 18 weeks in the chart, including ten non-consecutive weeks in the top ten, and has been certified 4× platinum.
Guy Sebastian - Like a Drum (Song)
ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 January 2014
Track listing
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Remix
#"Like a Drum" (The Chainsmokers Remix) – 3:20
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2013 singles
Guy Sebastian songs
Sony Music Australia singles
2013 songs
Songs written by Guy Sebastian