"Older Than You" is a song by Australian rock band

Eskimo Joe Eskimo Joe are an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 1997 by Stuart MacLeod, on lead guitar, Joel Quartermain, on drums and guitar, and Kavyen Temperley, on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia, Austral ...

, released in October 2004 as the third and final single from their second studio album, ''

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'' (2004). The song peaked at number 46 on the

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and was ranked at number 32 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. At the

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, the song won the

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while being nominated for

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and

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with

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Background

Kav Temperley said "This song was written in autumn last year when I'd just split up with my girlfriend of four years and had gone over to Melbourne to meet up with a girl who I guess was one of the catalysts for the break up. Nothing had happened, but that window was there. We met up and the thing that I really appreciated about her is that she was a couple of years younger than me but her eyes were like the eyes of an old soul. So it's the story of us meeting up over there, but I held back 'cause it didn't seem right to simply jump from one relationship to the next. I have to trust in existence. It's a continuing story."

Music video

The film clip for "Older Than You" was shot over 14 hours at Sydney's Hyde Park by director,

Nash Edgerton Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director, actor and stuntman, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films. Early life Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural ...

, who had previously directed

's "Liar" film clip.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{Eskimo Joe Eskimo Joe songs 2004 singles 2004 songs ARIA Award-winning songs Mushroom Records singles Songs written by Stuart MacLeod (musician) Songs written by Joel Quartermain Songs written by Kavyen Temperley