"Roll Up Your Sleeves" is a song recorded by Australian singer

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''. The song was released for digital download on 1 July 2014. "Roll Up Your Sleeves" gave Mac her first

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entry, peaking at number 80. The song was voted in at number 24 on the

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. In an interview with

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, Mac described the song saying; “I feel like I wrote this song from myself to myself as some sort of reminder. Doing the right thing is hard and sometimes it is way easier to pretend you don't give a shit. Deep down I think we all give a shit and that everything has to be alright if you want it to be. I do really believe that.” Meg also said it is the quickest song she has ever written. The song placed second in the 2014

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Reviews

The track has been described as “a dark soul ballad enriched by a warm, breathy refrain, the piano-led single stands in radiant contrast to the grit of powerhouse stomper, “Every Lie”” In a review on

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, it was described as “punchy and empowering". Nastassia Baroni of

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said; “This new single follows up tracks "Known Better" and "Every Lie" and it's laced with as much bluesy soul as its predecessors. Led by a simple driving piano, ac'spowerful and soaring vocals demand all the attention.” Zara Golden from

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described the song as “a folky, infectious just-do-you anthem.”

Music video

The black and white music video for “Roll Up Your Sleeves” was directed by Tobias Andersson and released on 14 July 2014.

Charts

Weekly charts

Covers

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, Tom Thum and

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) covered the song in December 2015 as part of

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References

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