"Rushing Back" is a song by Australian

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musician

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featuring Australian singer/songwriter

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. It was released on 27 September 2019 via

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. The track was first premiered on radio

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on 26 September 2019 after being performed live for the first time during Flume's

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set in August. "Rushing Back" reached a new peak of number 8 on the

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in the week after

's Hottest 100 of 2019 aired, where it was voted in second place. The song features on ''

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''. At the

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, the song was nominated for Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single. The song was nominated for Most Performed Australian Work and won Most Performed Dance Work at the

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Background

Speaking on

, Flume said it was Vera Blue's 'vocal gymnastics' that really caught his attention, particularly on her 2015 single "

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". Flume said "I heard her song 'Hold' and I was like, this is insane. Her voice, the melody... As soon as I heard that I was like, we have to find this person and work with her." In 2016, Flume collaborated with Vera Blue (and Vince Staples, Kučka and Ngaiire) and covered

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' " My Boo" for Triple J's

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. In 2019, Flume and Vera Blue met in

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to record the song. Blue said "Harley (aka Flume) threw me a bunch of ideas and I was riffing over the songs, just humming melodies that came to my head based on how the song made me feel. There were a couple of ideas I resonated with but I really fell in love with this one as soon as I heard the first few chords, which eventually blossomed into 'Rushing Back'." The song was performed live in August 2019 during Flume's

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performance, in

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Critical reception

Debbie Carr from Triple J complimented the song's sound, stating: "'Rushing Back' feels like a natural evolution for the Sydney producer, taking the jagged, futuristic production we first heard from him back on ''

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'' and pushing it into a new melodic earworm territory." Lake Schatz from ''Consequence of Sound'' was positive of the collaboration'','' writing'':'' "The two drum up a contagious chemistry, as Vera Blue's featherweight voice swiftly floats above, below, and around Flume's warping, bent production. It's almost as though they've imagined the feeling of 'rushing back' but in audio form."

Music video

An official music video was uploaded onto YouTube on 13 November 2019. It was directed by longtime Flume collaborator, Jonathan Zawada. The video features Flume and Vera Blue seated next to each other in the same

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-coloured Nissan that was used as the cover art and visualizer for Flume's ''

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'' mixtape.

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called the video "a visual appendage to the relationship reflection inherent in the lyrics".

Track listing

Original version

# "Rushing Back" – 3:51

Petit Biscuit remix

# "Rushing Back" – 3:09

MJ Cole remix

# "Rushing Back" – 4:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Harley Streten – songwriting, production *

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– songwriting * Eric J Dubowsky – songwriting, vocal production, mixing * Sophie Cates – songwriting

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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