Edge of Town
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| "Edge of Town" | ||||
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| Single by Middle Kids | ||||
| from the album Middle Kids | ||||
| Released | May 2016 | |||
| Label | Middle Kids, UMA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hannah Joy | |||
| Producer(s) | Tim Fritz | |||
| Middle Kids singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Edge of Town" on YouTube | ||||
"Edge of Town" is a song by Australian group Middle Kids released in May 2016 as their debut single and lead single from the group's self-titled debut EP. The song is a "non-fictional account of a girl who got swallowed up by the earth".[1]
In November 2016, the song won FBi Radio's Northern Lights competition and shortly after, the group performed at the Iceland Airwaves music festival in Reykjavík.[2]
In February 2017, the group made their US television debut and performed the song on Conan.[3]
The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019 and platinum in February 2024.
Middle Kids uploaded "Edge of Town" onto Triple J Unearthed and became "the blueprint" for the group's formula. In 2018, band member Tim Fitz said "I think there was a spirit in that song that felt very special and I think in some ways that set at a certain direction for how we were trying to write songs." Hannah Joy added "I feel that it's optimistic. It's obviously very angsty, but there is a thread of hope through it all. I feel like it's definitely dealing with a lot of kind of angst and confusion and pain but there's definitely, through it all, an unswerving hope."[4]
Music video
The music video was directed by Tim Fitz and Ro Miles and released on 20 May 2016.