Brother (Matt Corby song)

"Brother"
"Brother"
Single by Matt Corby
from the album Into the Flame
Released	11 November 2011
Genre	Soul; blues; Pop rock;
Length	4:14
Label	Universal Australia
Songwriter	Matt Corby
Matt Corby singles chronology

Released11 November 2011

Genre

Length4:14

LabelUniversal Australia

"Brother" is the first single released from Australian singer Matt Corby's extended play (EP), Into the Flame. The song peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts as the Into the Flame EP, as songs' sales are counted towards their parent EPs on the singles chart. The song won Song of the Year at the 2012 ARIA Awards^[1] and was nominated for the same category at the 2012 APRA Awards.^[2] Brother came in at #3 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2011, behind "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Lonely Boy" and placed 51 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs in 2025.^[3]

"Brother" (2011)

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Chart (2011–12)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4] Into the Flame EP	3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[5]	29
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[6]	32

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	68
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)^[7]	8

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[8]	2× Platinum	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

v t e Matt Corby
Discography
Studio albums	Telluric Rainbow Valley Everything's Fine Tragic Magic
EPs	Transition to Colour Into the Flame iTunes Session Resolution Live on the Resolution Tour
Singles	"Brother" "Resolution" "Monday" "All Fired Up" "Miracle Love" "Talk It Out" "Problems" "Reelin'"
Related articles	Australian Idol season 5

v t e ARIA Award for Single of the Year
1980s	"You're the Voice" by John Farnham (1987) "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (1988) "Under the Milky Way" by The Church (1989)
1990s	"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990) "I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991) "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992) "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993) "The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996) "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
2000s	"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "My Happiness" by Powderfinger (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (2005) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by Eskimo Joe (2006) "Straight Lines" by Silverchair (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun (2009)
2010s	"Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone (2010) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2011) "Brother" by Matt Corby (2012) "Resolution" by Matt Corby (2013) "She Looks So Perfect" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2014) "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell (2015) "Youth" by Troye Sivan (2016) "Stranger" by Peking Duk (2017) "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2018) "Choir" by Guy Sebastian (2019)
2020s	"Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2020) "Booster Seat" by Spacey Jane (2021) "Cloudy Day" by Tones and I (2022) "Rush" by Troye Sivan (2023) "The Worst Person Alive" by G Flip (2023)

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