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Lanterns (song)

"Lanterns"
Birds of Tokyo - "Lanterns".jpg
Single by Birds of Tokyo
from the album March Fires
Released 14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:56
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Ian Berney, Ian Kenny, Glenn Sarangapany, Adam Spark, Adam Weston
Producer(s) Dave Cooley
Birds of Tokyo singles chronology
"This Fire"
(2012)
"Lanterns"
(2013)
"When the Night Falls Quiet"
(2013)
"This Fire"
(2012)
"Lanterns"
(2013)
"When the Night Falls Quiet"
(2013)

"Lanterns" is the second single from Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo's fourth album, March Fires. The song peaked at #3 on the Australian Singles Chart, becoming their first ever single to hit the top 10 in Australia. The song was used for a preview promo for the second season of Revenge on Australia's Seven Network in 2013.

Band member Ian Berney said "It was always about our own sense of community and reaching far and wide in the most positive way we could, with the most positive message we had at the time, and it really connected with people."

"Lanterns" debuted at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart on the issue dated 28 January 2013, reaching its peak of number three two weeks later. It also topped the ARIA Australian Singles Chart for a total of nine weeks.

The music video for "Lanterns" was directed by Josh Logue and was shot in Sydney, Australia.

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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