"When the Night Falls Quiet" is the third single from

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's fourth album, '' March Fires''. The song peaked at #43 on the

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,. The song was used for preview promos for the last few episodes of the second season of

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. Band member Ian Berney said "I remember the day we wrote the chorus for "When The Night Falls Quiet". It all came out at once – it literally fell out of the sky - the creative sky - and into our laps within 15 minutes. We got so stoked on it, we went to the pub and had a few beers and we started singing it as a gang, the whole band. In hindsight, the chorus is actually this bizarre combination of "

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Chart performance

"When the Night Falls Quiet" debuted on the

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at #53 on the issue dated 1 July 2013. It reached #43 on 8 July 2103. It also reached #9 on the ARIA Australian Singles Chart on 15 July 2013.

Music video

The music video for "When the Night Falls Quiet" was directed by Josh Logue and was shot in

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Charts

References

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